Our Services
Family Business MediationSM works with family-owned enterprises and their consultants to help find solutions to business and interpersonal conflict.Mediation is an informal and non-adversarial process whereby a neutral and impartial third person acts to encourage and facilitate the resolution of a dispute without prescribing what it should be.
Approximately 90% of businesses in the U.S. and across the world are family-owned and controlled. Family-owned businesses are distinguished from other corporate enterprises because they also encompass family dynamics, heritage, succession and wealth preservation.
Gridlock in family firms is universal. Complex issues confronting family-owned businesses, such as succession planning, family charters, governance, structure and estate planning, are better resolved through confidential mediation among family members rather than exposure in the public courts.
Mediation is a proven, effective and inexpensive process for family business disputes - whether your family business is new or multi-generational and its conflict is in its infancy or mired in the court system.
Family Business MediationSM assists in the identification of issues and exploration of alternatives. The ultimate decision-making authority, however, rests solely with family business members.
Our Certified Mediators and Family Business Advisors help family organizations and their consultants formulate strategies in a confidential setting to resolve differences and establish parameters for the prevention of future conflict. Synergy, found in most successful family firms, becomes an attainable goal, whereby the enhanced performance of the group’s interaction is greater than the sum of individual efforts.
Our mediators’ mobility and experience assists members of wealthy families to live their busy lives all over the world while maintaining strong family ties and positive involvement in family business concerns.
Whether you choose to work with us in the early stages of conflict or seek conflict management at any time, we are available wherever and whenever you need us.
