International and Cross-Cultural Disputes [Website: Sub-Categor/-Content Item]

The   Souffront   Group  offers  a  wide  array  of  international  ADR  services  including  international
mediation and arbitration. Our group ensures that settlement agreements entered into by the parties to  a  
mediated  dispute  and  arbitration awards entered by our internationally recognized mediators and  
arbitrators  are internationally recognized and enforceable. Our services are tailored for parties that  have
different languages, legal systems and cultural backgrounds. The neutrals at our group are fully  bilingual  
in  English  and  Spanish  and are both common- and civil-law licensed attorneys and, accordingly,  well-
versed  in  addressing  and  satisfying  the  legal  and business, cross-cultural and idiosyncratic  needs  
and  expectations  of counterparties to international transactions and disputes.

More  importantly,  our  rosters  of  experts  bring  to  bear the required affinity in terms of cultural and
regional  understanding and appreciation. We apply special techniques in Early Resolution, Dispute-
Avoidance, Mediation and Arbitration proceedings that specifically focuses on cross-cultural issues.

We  are  fully cognizant that while cultural differences may not be the actual or immediate source of a
future  or  existing  dispute,  these  differences  can  play  a  crucial  role  in  the  outcome  of an ADR
proceeding. Since our panel of ADR specialists are fully aware of these nuances and subtleties they are  
thoroughly sensitive to act accordingly and, therefore, are most likely to succeed in assisting the parties   
with   different   cultural   and   idiosyncratic  backgrounds  to  achieve  a  mutually  satisfying resolution of
their disputes.

In  addition,  we  are  fully  knowledgeable  of  the  areas  where important cultural differences remain
between  common-law  and  civil-law  approaches  to  ADR.  Particularly,  we  consider  the  different
cultural  approaches  towards  examination  of witnesses- the civil-law based so-called “inquisitorial”
tribunal  written  pleadings  vis-a-vis  oral submissions- expert  evidence,  proof  of  foreign  law  and
application of transnational commercial law, among others.