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David Lutran is a Mediator accredited by the Paris Mediation and Arbitration Center (CMAP) since 2017. He is also a certified mediator from the International Mediation Institute (IMI) and the French Institute for Certification of Mediators (IFCM). He is referenced by the French National Centre of Mediation for Lawyers (CNMA) and listed among the mediators of almost 15 Courts of Appeal in France (including Paris and Overseas). He is also listed on the rosters of mediators of the following international institutions : Saoudi Center for Commercial Arbitration (SCCA) / Bahrain Chamber for Dispute Resolution (BDCR) / Arbitration, Mediation and Conciliation Center of Ouagadougou (CAMC-O, Burkina Faso).
He acts as a mediator and co-mediator in conventional and judicial mediations, both domestic and international, in commercial cases (brutal termination of established commercial relations, contractual non-performance, earn-out...), real estate, construction, partnership and inheritance disputes in the following sectors: energy, construction and public works, international trade, ready-to-wear clothing, agri-food, information and communication technologies or wine growing.
He is appointed by institutions such as the Center of Mediation and Arbitration of Paris (CMAP) and the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), as well as by the courts.
Author of numerous publications on mediation, that he teaches in several universities and business schools in France and Senegal, he regularly organizes and participates in mediation-related events in France and abroad (Algeria, Dubai, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, Italy, Switzerland, Lebanon, Singapore, Democratic Republic of Congo, etc.).
He has also been a member of the Paris Bar since 2004 (commercial, real estate and criminal litigation) and worked in the litigation departments of various leading law firms (Linklaters, Gide).
David is appointed as conventional and judicial mediator in commercial, corporate, real estate, construction, energy and family related matters.
Calmness, authority, perseverance.
David Lutran has more than 15 years experience as a litigation and pre-litigation lawyer, working for many actors in various industries, from France and abroad. Because of his broad litigation scope and his experience as a lawyer, David is able to mediate in many areas.
Legal: business (breach of contracts, distribution, hidden defects, dismissal of managers, parnters disputes...), real estate, family matters.
Businesses: banking, pharmacy and biotech, luxury, art, car manufacturing, fundraising, energy, housing, consulting, import-export, connected objects, security
Between €250 and €400 on an hourly basis, depending on the parties' financial capacities, the amount at stake, their number, the international nature of the mediation and/or a possible co-mediation to solve the dispute. Billing can also be made on a daily or half daily rate.
Mediation and ADR related institutions
- International Mediation Institute (IMI)
- Centre for Mediation and Arbitration of Paris (CMAP)
- French Institute of Certification of Mediators (IFCM)
- International Arbitration Chamber of Paris (CAIP)
- Saoudi Center for Commercial Arbitration (KSA) - roster of mediators
- Bahrain Chamber for Dispute Resolution (BDCR - Bahrain) - roster of mediators
- Arbitration, Mediation and Conciliation Center of Ouagadougou (CAMC-O - Burkina Faso) - roster of mediators
- French Courts of Appeal's lists of mediators (including Paris and overseas)
- French National Centre of Mediation for lawyers
- Equanim
Association for practicing lawyers in Alternative Methods of Dispute Resolution (AVOMARC – President and co-founder) / International Association of Lawyers (Union Internationale des Avocats – UIA) – Vice-President of the UIA’s Mediation and Conflict Prevention Commission
Other associations
International Law Association (ILA) / Société de Législation Comparée (Comparative Law Society) / French Association for the History of Justice / Institute of High Studies on Justice / Latin America Open Commission of the Paris Bar Association
Certification of mediator granted by the French Institute of Certification of Mediators (IFCM), 2021
Centre for Mediation and Arbitration of Paris (CMAP): inter-enterprise mediation/ Mediator accreditation by the CMAP, 2017
Centre for Mediation and Arbitration of Paris (CMAP): inter-enterprise mediation / Mediator certification by the CMAP / ESCP Europe, 2016
International School for Alternative Methods of Dispute Resolution (EIMA/Paris Bar Association): mediation, collaborative law, arbitration, participative process, interest-based negotiation, 2015
Mediation and ADR related teachings and mentoring
Co-organizer, with the EDGE Institute (Senegal), of the Mediation Certificate in Africa, and academic speaker at the 30 hours Mediation certification in Africa training (summer 2021)
Academic speaker at the University Aix-Marseille (Advanced degree in “Law and practice in business mediation and negotiation”), 3 hours class on the topic “The Singapore Convention on Mediation: towards the achievement of an international transactional justice ?”, June 4, 2021
Member of the Jury (“professional”) during the 16th edition of the international mediation competition organized by the International chamber of Commerce (ICC) (February 5-11, 2021)
Member of the jury of the “International francophone contest of mediation” organized by the Center for Mediation and Arbitration of Paris (CMAP), 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2021 editions
Academic speaker at the University Paris 2 Panthéon-Assas (Advanced degree in “International economic law in Africa”), 8 hours class on the topic “Investments related mediation in Africa”, January 15, 2021
Academic speaker, in 2020, at the Polytechnical University of Valenciennes (Master on Justice, trials and legal proceedings – specialization in Mediation), 20 hours class on civil mediation
Coaching of candidates to the Mediator certification exam organized by the CMAP / ESCP Europe business school, November 2020 session, Paris, November 10, 2020
Academic speaker at the University of Caen-Normandy in 2018 (Master in ADR practice) on the theme “interest-based negotiation”
Other teachings
Academic speaker at the University of Caen-Normandy since 2018 (Master in ADR and Master on Justice, trials and legal proceedings) on the theme “compensation of corporal damage”
Contract law lecturer, University Paris I Panthéon Sorbonne (2005-2006)
Mediation and ADR related activities
Speaker at the webinar organized by Altana (France) and El Ajeri (Tunisia) law firms on the theme "junction between expectations and experiences for an efficient tunisian mediation" in the framework of the preparation of a tunisian law on mediation ; focus on the "Mediator's role : going along with the parties in search of a taylor-made solution", April 15, 2021
Speaker at the Conference organized by the Mediation and Conflict Prevention Commission of the International Association of Lawyers (Union Internationale des Avocats – UIA) on the topic “The Singapore Convention, a first light of the international dawn of mediation?”, Tunis (Tunisia) (to come)
Co-organization and participation to three webinars dedicated to mediation in Africa: (1) “general introduction to mediation in Africa” (November 30, 2020), (2) “the mediation process and its ethical dimensions” (December 7, 2020), (3) “understanding of the mediation practice and its advantages by way of feedbacks” (December 14, 2020), with Alain Fénéon, Romain Carayol and Mamary Diarra
“International mediation”, webinar given in the framework of an in-depth mediation training proposed by HOAPI Mediation Marseille, September 11, 2020
“Online mediation – benefits and challenges”, webinar organized by the International Association of Lawyers (UIA), with Mohamed Lotfi El Ajeri and Catherine Peulvé, June 29, 2020
Speech on mediation given in the French Radio Program “Par ici la sortie” dedicated to the judicial crisis in France, RMC, June 10, 2020
Speaker (along with Marguerite Zauberman, Eric Basso and André Magnon-Pujo) at the Centre for Mediation and Arbitration of Paris’ Exchange and Reflexion Groupe dedicated to online mediation, May 7, 2020
Speaker at the Conference organized by the International Association of Lawyers (Union Internationale des Avocats – UIA) dealing with “the legal and judicial protection of foreign investments” on the topic “the existence of a ADRs friendly legal framework: a way to attract foreign investments”, Algiers (Algeria), February 7 and 8, 2020
Organization and moderation of a roundtable entitled “the acceleration of the development of international business mediation after the Singapore Convention”, 27th World Forum of Mediation Centers (in association with the International Association of Lawyers (UIA) / Milan (Italy), January 17 and 18, 2020
General overview of mediation and its process, French Superior Council of Notaries (“Conseil Supérieur du Notariat), Paris, November 27, 2019
Participation to the 19th International Conference organized by the Saudi Center for Commercial Arbitration (SCCA) on the topic “the evolution of arbitration in the Middle East and North Africa”, Riyadh (Saudi Arabia), October 14 and 15, 2019
Participation to the signing ceremony of the United Nations Convention on International Settlement Agreements Resulting from Mediation (the "Singapore Convention on Mediation"), Singapore, August 7, 2019
Conference organized by the International Association of Lawyers (Union Internationale des Avocats – UIA) on the topic “Mediation as an Instrument of Modern Justice”, Beirut (Lebanon), April 24 and 25, 2019, speeches given at the roundtables on “Judicial Mediation – successes and challenges” and “Mediation clauses”
Conference given to the students of the Professional master’s degree on Law and Labor relationships (DPRT), University Paris II Pantheon-Assas, on ADR and their use in Labor relationships, Paris, March 19, 2019
Hearing before the Working Group on Mediation established by the French Ministry of European and Foreign Affairs, Paris, March 12, 2019
26th World Form on Mediation Centers organized by the International Association of Lawyers (Union Internationale des Avocats – UIA), speech given in the roundtable dedicated to “economical and marketing concepts applied to mediation”, Zurich (Switzerland), March 8 and 9, 2019
Organization, in cooperation with the Latin America Open Commission of the Paris Bar Association (“Ordre des Avocats de Paris”) of a symposium on the topic: ”Market, legislation and trends in mediation and alternative dispute resolution methods in France and Latin America” and direction of the second roundtable dedicated to the feedbacks from companies executives, mediators and lawyers in the area, December 6, 2018, Paris
Co-organization of a symposium on the theme: “the future of mediation in the OHADA space” and participation to the first roundtable entitled ”mediation: a win-win model of justice” (conflict, ADR, areas where mediation is used, mediator, progress of the mediation process, advantages, specificities of international mediation), Kinshasa (Democratic Republic of Congo), October 26, 2018
Various mediation related speeches given the Congolese students in Kinshasa (Unikin, BellCampus…) + interviews on mediation given to local radios (Top Congo, Radio Okapi), Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, October 22-27, 2018
Participation to the International Campus organized by the Paris Bar Association and the Ivory Coast Bar Association on the topic “Cross looks on Mediation and Arbitration Practice”, Abidjan (Ivory Coast), September 20 and 21, 2018
Organization, with the Brazilian Chamber of Commerce in France, of a symposium on the theme: “Mediation and other alternative methods of dispute resolution in the business relationships between France and Brazil” and moderator of the first roundtable, May 29, 2018, Paris
“Collaborative process”, presentation to the Group DJ-Lawyers (composed of legal directors of big companies and major business law firms’ partners), Gide Loyrette Nouel, March 30, 2018
“The benefits of mediation for startup companies”, HEC Challenge+ Program, HEC Business Scholl, March 14, 2018
"Mediation: an example of a win-win justice? Process sequencing, mediation techniques, cultural and international aspects" (presentations given to various audiences: lawyers, legal and business executives, students from the Sciences Po Paris law school), April 26 and September 22, 2017, February 1 and October 3, 2018, February 4, 2020
“Mediation, collaborative law, participatory procedure and conciliation – general overview of ADR modes and focus on their implementation in labor law”, January 9, 2017 6.2.
Other activities
"Latin America: regional (Mercosur, Andean Community) and local (public prosecutor of the autonomous city of Buenos Aires) judicial institution", Paris Bar Association / Latin America Commission, September 24, 2015
"Practice of international contracts: legal risks and cultural aspects inherent to the implementation of a project abroad", Rivedroit, March 25, 2015
"How to secure an international commercial contract", EFE, December15 and 16, 2014
"International commercial contracts: current events and practice in 2012", EFE, December 12, 2012
"Recognition and enforcement of foreign arbitral awards and decisions: France–Latin America cross-looks", Paris Bar Association / Latin America Commission, February 28, 2012
"The sudden termination of established commercial relationships", Rivedroit, September 28, 2011
Mediation and ADR related publications
“Mediation: a quick and efficient alternative to courts“, Entreprendre, n°345, March 2021
“Mediation: a powerful tool allowing a quick and suitable resolution of companies ‘disputes in this time of sanitary and economic crisis “, Professional Guide in Arbitration & Litigation in France, published by Leaders League/Décideurs, 2020-2021 edition
“Coming out of litigation on top with mediation », Challenges, January 18, 2021
“A good justice is a win-win justice”, interview with avec Ghislena Ly et Dimitri Toko, Le Petit Juriste, November-December 2020
“A good justice solves the conflict in a both efficient and equitable way, without being limited to the sole legal dispute”, interview with Célina Guichenduc and Gabriel Ibrahim Hage Chahine, Le Monde du Droit, November 17, 2020
“The “Sharia-compliance” requirement to safeguard enforcement of mediated settlements in the MENA region”, with Joséphine Hage Chahine, Kluwer mediation blog (Singapore Convention Series), 30 September 2020 (http://mediationblog.kluwerarbitration.com/2020/09/30/singapore-convention-series-the-sharia-compliance-requirement-to-safeguard-enforcement-of-mediated-settlements-in-the-mena-region/)
“Mediation: a culturally well-established dispute resolution mechanism in the MENA (Middle East and North Africa) region gaining in momentum”, with Joséphine Hage Chahine, International Journal of Arab Arbitration, Volume 12, n°1 – September 2020 (https://lutran-avocats-mediation.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Mediation-a-culturally-well-established-dispute-resolution-mechanism-in-the-MENA-region-gaining-in-momentum-IJAA-Vol-12-n1-2020-1.pdf)
“Mediation, the non-litigious fulfillment of rights”, interview with Professor Fayez Hage Chahine in Beirut (Lebanon), December 28, 2019, Le Monde du Droit, July 22, 2020
“The acceleration of the development of international business mediation after the Singapore convention”, with Joséphine Hage Chahine, Ettore Lombardi and Catherine Peulvé (to be published in the European Business Law Review (semester 1 of 2021) + early publication by the Social Science Research Network (SSRN)) (https://lutran-avocats-mediation.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Singapore-Convention-work-version-of-the-article-approved-for-publication-in-the-EBLR-Wolters-Kluwer-International_-002.pdf)
“A useful mediation clause in international business contracts”, mediation practical case study in an international M&A dispute, AGEFI Actifs n°773, May 29 to June 11, 2020
“Mediation in response to the judicial crisis”, AGEFI Actifs n°772, May 15 to 28, 2020
“Lawyers: use mediation in these times of crisis”, interview with Marie-Anne Gallot Le Lorier, LEXBASE Avocats n°303, May 7, 2020
“The impact of the Singapore Convention on the international business mediation”, with Joséphine Hage Chahine, Ettore Lombardi and Catherine Peulvé, Wolters Kluwer France / Actualités du droit, April 10, 2020. Also published in Italian into Giustizia Civile (https://lutran-avocats-mediation.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/The-impact-of-the-Singapore-Convention-on-the-international-business-mediation-Actualites-du-droit-10-avril-2020.pdf)
“Mediation: the intelligence of conflict”, Le Figaro (first French national newspaper of general information), December 10, 2019
“Mediation to support startups”, newsletter of the Center for Mediation and Arbitration of Paris, June 2018
Publications related to other topics
"The robot: a legal chameleon?" (Contribution to the report carried out by the French Parliamentary office for the assessment of scientific and technological choices on the topic: “Robots and the law”, 2016)
"Hidden defects: the means for the defense of professional sellers", April 2015.
"What new traffic regulations for the autonomous car?", David Lutran was quoted in Erick Haehnsen's article published in La Tribune, September 26, 2014.
"Those French judges shaking the Swiss bankers", David Lutran was quoted in Alexis Faure’s article published in Le Temps (Zurich), February 5, 2014. "Caught in the middle of Swiss and French criminal laws", with Alexandre de Senarclens, Le Temps (Zurich), January 29, 2014.
"Legal environment of the Paris financial marketplace: the main reforms in 2008-2009", Paris EUROPLACE report, June 25, 2009 (contribution).
"Going back to the roots of business law; how to temper its over-penalization", with Kiril Bougartchev, AGEFI Hebdo, November 29 – December 5, 2007.
"The international jurisdiction of the French criminal judge", with Kiril Bougartchev, Petites Affiches, n°54, March 15, 2007.
"The European arrest warrant", with Emmanuel Moyne, Letter n°6 of the criminal and commercial litigation department, Gide Loyrette Nouel, January-February 2007.
"Is the opportunity of class actions carried out by shareholders opened? ", with Kiril Bougartchev, Letter n°4 of the criminal and commercial litigation department, Gide Loyrette Nouel, September-October 2006.
"Lawyer: the future of a profession", Co-author of the White Paper published by the Foresight Commission of the Paris Bar Association, Ed. Descartes & Cie, September 2005.
"China and WTO: opportunity or threat?", with Patrick Vovan, Cahier de droit de l’entreprise, n° 4 – extra of the Semaine Juridique, September 1, 2005
"Decentralization and legal certainty", with Patrick Vovan, Revue de l'Avocat Conseil d'Entreprise, n° 90, Sept. 2004
European Code of conduct for mediators
Insurance of the Paris Bar Association