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Founder at CONCILIA, one of the first ADR Centres in Italy, highly recognized abroad. Business lawyer, international mediator, arbitrator, and ADR trainer accredited by the Ministry of justice, with 25+ years of experience and more than 5000 mediations managed as mediator.


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IMI Certified Mediator, IMI Certified Mediation Advocate
China, France, Italy, Maldives, Saudi Arabia, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom
Business, Civil, Commercial, Maritime, Sport, Workplace
English, Italian
Evaluative, Facilitative, Transformative
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Mediation Profile

Dr. Alessandro Bruni, is a national and international mediator & arbitrator, with more than 6.000 mediations managed, and an international ADR trainer, also an expert in neuro-linguistic programming (NLP), and effective communication.

He is a Distinguished Fellow at the International Academy of Mediators – IAM.

Member, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.

ICDR-AAA International Panelist; CAfA Arbitrator & Mediator; TAS-CAS Mediator; WIPO Arbitrator & Mediator. 

He is also an accredited Mediator for the Asian Development Bank (ADB).

Since 2016 he is recognized by “Who is Who Legal” as one of the top mediators-lawyers in the world, with clients and peers praising him as “a very sharp man, with an incomparable insight on mediation issues”.

He is the founder, board member, trainer, mediator, and arbitrator of CONCILIA – since 1999 the Italian leading ADR Provider, headquartered in Rome, at Via B. Spinoza, 49, 00137, and with secondary offices in many Italian cities; and – via EUresolve Ltd. – in many EU countries.

CONCILIA, founded in 1999, is one of the first ADR Center accredited by the Italian Ministry of Justice as a “professional-mediators training Institute” and as “ADR Provider” (www.concilia.it – www.conflictresolution.it – alessandro.bruni@concilia.it).
Alessandro brought CONCILIA to win many prestigious international awards as “Best ADR Provider of the Year”, “best for Commercial Dispute Resolution – Italy”, “Sustained Excellence in Mediation” and “Mediation Firm of The Year”, with Corporate International, Acquisition International, Corporate Livewire and others.
CONCILIA was included by IMI in Category 2, among the list of Organizations qualifying their mediator panels on the basis of established high competency standards.
In 2013 CONCILIA was nominated, as the first in Italy, IMI Qualifying Assessment Program (QAP) by the Independent Standard Commission of the IMI.

Alessandro Bruni is an Avvocato, admitted to the Italian BAR (2004).

Alessandro is an Italian international mediator and arbitrator, accredited in the US (AAA-ICDR), Switzerland (he is the youngest Mediator of the Court of Arbitration for Sport – TAS-CAS, he is also a WIPO Mediator and Arbitrator), Belgium (Commission fédérale de médiation), UK (Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators), France (Conference Internationale de la Médiation Judiciaire – CIMJ and Groupement Européen des Magistrats pour la Médiation – GEMME), Austria (Vienna International Arbitral Centre – VIAC), Greece (Maritime Mediation Center), Barbados (AMCC’s), India (Indian Institute of Arbitrators and Mediators – IIAM), Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur Regional Centre for Arbitration), China (International Commercial Mediation Center for Belt and Road Initiative, and MHJMC), Maldives (Maldives International Arbitration Centre – MIAC), Saudi Arabia (Saudi Center for Commercial Arbitration – SCCA), Italy (Florence International Mediation Chamber, Lazio region as a medical malpractice Mediator, CONCILIA LLC., many Chambers of Commerce, ADR Centre of the National Council of Accountants).
Since 1996 he has been practicing mediation, arbitration, and other ADR techniques.
In 2007 he became one of the first Italian Professional Mediators accredited by the Italian Ministry of Justice and authorized in conducting corporate, banking, and financial professional mediations, and one of the few “professional-mediators trainers” accredited by the same Ministry.
Since 2007 he is a professor of “Mediation and Conciliation” and “Strategic Management of the Human Resources” at The International Academy of Sciences of Peace, Rome.
In the Academic Years 2004, 2005, and 2006 he was “Cultore della Materia” (Assistant Professor) in “Mediation and Conciliation” at the University of Pisa – CISP, Italy.
Alessandro is an International ADR Trainer and Speaker for:
ERA Academy, Trier (D)
European Mediation Training for Practitioner of Justice, Bruxelles (B)
Court of Appeal of Craiova (RO), in Romania and Bulgaria
Riga School of Law, (LV) – nominated
UIA World Forum of Mediation Centres (F)
Gemme (European Group of Magistrates for Mediation)
CIMJ (International Conference of Judicial Mediation)
Rotary International

From 2010 to 2015 Alessandro Bruni was the President of “Mediators Beyond Borders International” (MBBI), Italy Professional Chapter (the first professional chapter outside the US), nominated by the well-known international Mediator Mr. Kenneth Cloke, founder of MBBI.
From 2008 to 2017 Alessandro was Vice-President of the Arbitral Chamber of the Chamber of Commerce of the City of Viterbo, Italy.

Moreover, he is a member of the Directive Council and an International mediator for SIMED (Italian Society for Mediation), Rome, Italy; founding member and member of the Scientific Committee of CIMJ (International Conference on Judicial Mediation), Paris, France; founding member and former member of the Executive Committee of GEMME (European Group of
Magistrates for Mediation), Italian Chapter; founding member of the ADR Commission of the Rome BAR; coordinator of the ADR-Committee of Avocats Sans Frontierés – Italian Chapter; member of:
ASA Below-40; LCIA-YIAG; CIArb (MCIArb); ARBAut-YAAP; Rotary International, District 2080; AIA Network; ICDR-Y&I; ICCA-YOUNG; Mediation Forum Ireland, AAA-ICDR, TAS-CAS; CAfA; VIAC; KLRCA, IIAM, MHJMC, BNRMC, SCCA, MIAC.
He is the author of more than 12 books, 3 codes, and many articles on mediation, conciliation, negotiation, and ADR techniques, translated in English, French, Spanish, Romanian, Bulgarian, German.
He is the author of books on EU Law and International Private Law.
He is an author in mediation and ADR for: Law Business Research, London, UK; L’Harmattan, Paris, France; Maklu, Belgium; Editura Universitara, Romania; Il Sole 24Ore, Milan, Italy; Plus-Pisa University Press, Pisa, Italy; Maggioli Editore, Santarcangelo di Romagna, Italy.
Alessandro is an active member of Rotary International: he is a Member of the Peace and Conflict Prevention Commission, District 2080, and he was one of the administrators and Mediation Chair, Rotarian Action Group for Peace (RAGFP); he is Member, MBB-Rotary International Working Group; and Member, Rotary District 2080 – “International Action” Commission (2014-since now); Member, Rotary District 2080 –  “Peacebuilding and Conflict prevention” Commission (2020-since now), and Board Member, Rotary Club of Viterbo (2014-2015-2016-2021).

Alessandro has mediated since 1996 more than 5.000 national and/or international civil, commercial, business, workplace, sport, art, maritime, and family cases, including complex, very high value, and multi-party.

He has conducted many mediations both for private ADR Providers and for Chambers of Commerce and Public Bodies.

He is also an expert in social and environmental mediations and in EU Financed Project.

He brought CONCILIA to win, as a member of a Consortium, the EU Financed Project “Support the ADR in the Serbian Judiciary”, financed by the European Agency for the Reconstruction and the EU Commission.
He has been nominated several times as Key Expert and Key International Expert in EU Financed Projects related to mediation and ADR, communication, human rights, in Romania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Latvia, Hungary, Turkey, Greece.

He has conducted ad hoc mediations and online mediations especially referred to consumer disputes.
He is also an expert in family, social and environmental mediations.
He is also an expert in Mediation Advocacy Techniques (MA), and one of the first MA professionals in Italy.

He teaches mediation and mediation advocacy for over 22 years, and he has trained thousands of professionals.

Alessandro Bruni conducts mediation both in evaluative and in facilitative method. Sometimes his style is also transformative. Alessandro Bruni uses to bring the parties to see what is possible to reach after a mutual solution is found with mediation agreement, working with their emotions and feelings in order to make them mutually satisfied, putting the parties themselves at ease and helping them overcome the fear of a waste of time. Especially for corporate, banking, financial mediations, he can act as an evaluative mediator when the parties mutually agreed.

Alessandro Bruni is a long-term expert mediator (both in national and in international mediations and arbitrations) with +25 years of expertise (since 1996) in civil, commercial, corporate, banking, financial, workplace, sports, art, maritime, family, and social mediation. He is, however, comfortable mediating in any areas, specialized or not, cross-border or domestic. Mediations conducted include cases of * Contracts * Banking and finance/commodities * Employment * Transport * Automotive * Manufacturing * Retail * Distribution/Franchising * Agency agreements * Partnership * Workplace * Property * Sport *Art * Condominium * Professional Negligence including law practices * Inheritance * General Commercial * IT/Telecoms * Family and Inheritance * IP/IT * Maritime.

It depends on the kind of mediation. When he acts as mediator in an institution (public or private) his fees are decided by the same ADR provider. When he practice ad-hoc mediations he uses basic daily fee (fees and expenses are anticipated by and split between the parties): 1) up to one-day mediation meeting (eight hours maximum per day), including time for general preparations of meetings, research, etc., 2,000 € plus VAT and expenses for food, travel, accommodation; 2) additional hours, Euro 300/h; plus VAT and expenses for food, travel, accommodation; Flat fees upon agreement of the parties.

As senior professional mediator and arbitrator Alessandro Bruni is accredited with:
American Arbitration Association – International Centre for Dispute Resolution – AAA-ICDR, Court of Arbitration for Sport (TAS-CAS), Lausanne, Switzerland (he is the world’s youngest accredited mediator), WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center’s List of Arbitrators, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, Member (MCIArb), Commission Fédérale de Médiation du Belgique, Belgium, Maritime Mediation Center, Greece, AMCC’s, Barbados (as mediator), Vienna International Arbitral Centre – VIAC (as arbitrator), Austria, Kuala Lumpur Regional Centre for Arbitration KLRCA, Malaysia, Indian Institute of Arbitration and Mediation – IIAM, India, Mainland – Hong Kong Joint Mediation Center, International Commercial Mediation Center for Belt and Road Initiative, Beijing, China, Maldives International Arbitration Centre – MIAC, Maldives, Saudi Center for Commercial Arbitration – SCCA, Saudi Arabia, Chamber of Mediation and Arbitration of the Italian Chamber of Commerce for Switzerland, Mediation Forum Ireland, Florence International Mediation Chamber (FIMC), CONCILIA (Italian leading ADR provider) – Founding Member and Board Member, CIMJ (Conference Internationale de la Mèdiation pour la Justice) – Founding Member and Member of the Scientific Committee, SIMED (Italian Society for mediations), Rome, international mediator, Chamber of Arbitration and Mediation of the Italian Agency for Agricultural Supply (AGEA), Chamber of Arbitration and Mediation of the “Dottori Commercialisti” of Milan, Chamber of Arbitration of Grosseto, Chamber of Arbitration of Lucca, Curia Mercatorum (Treviso), Chambers of Mediation of the Chambers of Commerce of Sondrio, Frosinone, Caserta, Venezia, Ferrara, Viterbo, Rieti, Latina, Prato, Chamber of Mediation of the Italian Commission on Stock Exchange (CONSOB).
Alessandro Bruni is Member of: LCIA-YIAG; ASA Below-40; ICDR Young & International; ArbAUT; YAAP; CIArb (Member); Young-ICCA.
Member of the Directive Council of SIMED (Italian Society for Mediations), Rome.
Founding Member and former Member of the Executive Committee of GEMME (European Group of Magistrates for Mediation) – Italian Chapter.
Member of ASF (Lawyers without Borders) – Italian Chapter, and Coordinator of the ADR Committee.
Member of the ADR Commission of the Rome BAR
From 2010 Alessandro Bruni is the President of “Mediators Beyond Borders International”, Italy Professional Chapter.
Alessandro Bruni is a Member of Rotary International, District 2080.
In Rotary International he was Mediation Chair, Rotarian Action Group for Peace (RAGFP); he is a Member, MBB-Rotary International Working Group; and a Member, Rotary District 2080 – Commission “International Action” (2014-2015); he was also a Board Member, Viterbo Rotary Club (2014-2015-2016).

Mr. Dr. Daniele Boccucci, past-Head of Mediation Service, TAS-CAS, Lausanne, CH;
Mrs. Dr. Anna Maria Pedone, Director of the Arbitration & Mediation Service of the Chamber of Commerce of Lucca;
Mrs. Dr. Anna Cecchetti, Director of the Arbitration & Mediation Service of the Chamber of Commerce of Viterbo.

Training and Education

Alessandro Bruni regularly updates his knowledge in the fields of ADR and mediation. Routinely attends ADR continuing education events such as courses, conferences, study forums, and meetings. Moreover, he is constantly engaged in ADR readings both national and international. Among the more recent it can be remembered: -Refresher Course on “Neuro-Linguistic Programmation and Problem Solving”, Rome. -Advanced training course for corporate, banking, and financial practitioner mediators, accredited by the Italian Ministry of Justice, Rome. -Training Course on Mediation: theory and practice, Consumers’ Centre, Rome. -Course on “Mediation Advocacy”, Chamber of Commerce, Grosseto. – “1st Refresher Course for arbitrators”, Chamber of Commerce, Grosseto. -The “Tuesdays of Mediation”, study meetings in ADR, Rome. -Advanced Course on Neuro-Linguistic Programmation, Theory and Practice”, Rome. -Advanced Course in “ADR techniques, Chamber of Commerce, Perugia. -Course in “ADR techniques”, L.U.M.S.A. University, Rome. -Training Course in “ADR techniques, theory and practice”. Various training and seminars at: the Program On Negotiation (PON at Harvard Law School, MA, USA); UIA World Forum of Mediation Centres; CIArb; ELSA; LUISS University; Rotary International; MBBI. Among the others, he has been trained with: William Ury, Jacqueline Morineau, Kenneth Cloke, Thierry Garby, Robin Sharma, Robert Cialdini, Anthony Robbins.

Alessandro Bruni was a precursor to the teaching of “mediation advocacy” (MA) in Italy. He started teaching MA from many Italian Chambers of Commerce in the early 2000s, developing a unique technique of teaching the subject. In over ten years of teaching MA, Alessandro has trained thousands of professionals in MA: lawyers, accountants, engineers, architects, public officials, NGO officials, retired judges, surveyors, etc … The MA course has been commissioned to Alessandro from multiple Italian Chambers of Commerce, private clients, law firms and commercial companies and public administrations. With the ADR Provider CONCILIA, accredited by the Ministry of Justice, Alessandro Bruni also taught how to carry out the activity in the field of advocacy in mediation to many dozens of lawyers and other professionals who accompany clients in mediation. 

As a full-time long-experienced professional mediator, Alessandro Bruni is very often engaged in ADR speaking and teaching both in Italy and abroad.
He is one of the first and very few Italian professional-mediation trainers accredited by the Italian Ministry of Justice for teaching “corporate, banking and financial mediation”.
He is the second of only four Italian mediators to be “IMI certified”.
In 2013 he was called to organize and develop the first training for mediators in the field of workplace conflicts for the UN Agency World Food Program – WFP (15 WFP Senior Officials, coming from all over the world, trained).
Over the last 25 years he has trained over 25.000 professionals in negotiation, mediation, conciliation, arbitration, problem solving & conflict management, NLP, strategic Management of the H.R., effective communication techniques, mediation advocacy.
Among others, it can be remembered:
* Academic years 2007-2015: the teaching of “Mediation and Conciliation” and “Strategic Management of the H.R.” at the International Academy of Sciences of Peace, Rome.
* 2007-2015: more than 200 training courses (44 and/or 50 hours each) for more than 7.000 professional mediators; training courses accredited by the Italian Ministry of Justice and (most of them) by the Italian BAR Council.
* 1997-2007: more than 100 training courses (minimum of 20-hours each) for more than 6.000 professionals (lawyers, notaries, economists, managers, accountants, etc…).
* Academic years 2004, 2005, 2006: Assistant Lecturer in “Mediation and Conciliation” at the University of Pisa, Italy.
* November 2006: Practical ADR Seminar for Judges, the Court of Appeal of Rome.
* October 2006: Teaching “Commercial Mediation” for the students of the Marketing Course, the University of Siena, Italy.
* 2006: Teaching of “Communication, conflict management and problem-solving”, Training Course for “Technical for the strategies of the communication”, financed by the European Social Fund (European Union), Regione Lazio, Office of the Labour and the Social Politics, (76 hours of training for 25 trainees).
* March-June 2006: Teaching of “Management of conflicts and business comfort”, Co-organizer and Teacher of the Course of Formation financed by the European Social Fund (European Union), Lazio Region and Office of the Labour and the Social Politics, for the managerial staff of the Ministry of the Health, Rome (51 hours of training for 30 trainees).

 

Alessandro is an International ADR Trainer and Speaker. His speeches include:

Court of Cassation of Turkey-University of Ankara (T)

ERA Academy, Trier (D)

European Mediation Training for Practitioner of Justice, Bruxelles (B)

Court of Appeal of Craiova (RO), in Romania and Bulgaria

Riga School of Law, (LV) – nominated

UIA World Forum of Mediation Centres (F)

Gemme (European Group of Magistrates for Mediation)

CIMJ (International Conference of Judicial Mediation)

Rotary International

CONCILIA LLC.

Many Italian Chambers of Commerce and Italian Universities.

Publications

Alessandro Bruni has written many articles on mediation advocacy and has produced teaching materials for training courses in MA that are recognized and used by many Italian Chambers of Commerce and accepted by them in the quality of educational institutions, as part of a recognized qualification in MA. Some of the latest articles and works are: – “Mediation Advocacy”, Rivista La Mediazione (quarterly journal of the culture of prevention and resolution of conflicts), edited by Lombardo Press, Rome, Italy, being published in 2014. – “La Mediation Advocacy: come l’avvocato dovrebbe assistere il proprio cliente in mediazione”, Edited by Primiceri Press, Padua, Italy, 2013, pp. 63-80. – “L’attività di Advocacy nella mediazione”, published on www.concilia.it – Slides and other teaching material for the training courses in MA at many Italian Chambers of Commerce.

PUBLICATIONS AND PAPERS (among the most recent):
*”Mediation in Italy”, in “Mediation 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021″, Getting the Deal Through, Law Business Research Ltd, London, UK, 2015-2016-2017-2018, 2019, 2021.
*”Legal instruments and procedures applicable in cross-border family mediation. A guide for magistrates and other legal practitioners”, coauthor, developed under the EU funded project JUST/2013/JCIV/AG/4628
*”Mediation in Italy”, in “Mediation 2015 in 16 Jurisdictions Worldwide”, Getting the Deal Through, Law Business Research Ltd, London, UK, 2014-2015
*”Mediation in Italy”, in “Mediation 2013 in 16 Jurisdictions Worldwide”, Getting the Deal Through, Law Business Research Ltd, London, UK, 2012-2013;
*”Mediation as an Alternative Dispute Resolution Method”, in “European Mediation Training for Practitioner of Justice. A Guide to European Mediation (with DVD)”, Maklu, Belgium, 2012.
*”Civil and commercial mediations, 30 successful cases, Maggioli Press, June 2011.
*”To mediate is worthwhile. The advantages of extrajudicial mediation”, 2nd Edition, Maggioli Press, June 2011.
*”The new civil and commercial mediation”, Uni-service Press, 2011.
*”Practical Code of Mediation in Italy and abroad”, Maggioli Press, 2011.

*”Code of Mediation and Conciliation”, Maggioli Press, 2010.
*”Code of Mediation Laws, in Italy and abroad”, Maggioli Press, July 2008.
*”To mediate is worthwhile. The advantages of extrajudicial mediation”,  Maggioli Press, March 2007.
*”Management of conflicts with mediation” – published in Internet at: www.concilia.it.
*”Criminal Mediation”, June 2006, PLUS – Pisa University Press, co-author.
*”A.D.R. procedures”, in “http://www.concilia.it/concilia-adr/procedure.htm”.
*”Mediation and Conciliation. Application and Procedure of a New Profession”,
October 2004, PLUS – Pisa University Press, co-author.
*”Extrajudicial Mediation. A Different Approach to Commercial Disputes Resolution”, article, QUADERNI DI MEDIAZIONE, mediation magazine, year I, number I – SeptemberNovember 2005, Punto di Fuga Press, Cagliari.
*”Mediation of Disputes: An Ancient Method With a Modern Heart”, article, MEDIARES mediation magazine, n° 5/2005, January-June.
*”Delays and Advantages of the Mediation Procedure”, published in “Temi Romana”, juridical magazine, n° 1/2005.
*”The A.D.R. methods in the American experience”, article published on the Internet at http://www.overlex.com/leggiarticolo.asp?id=974.
*”Professional Extrajudicial Mediation” article published on the Internet at
http://www.overlex.com/leggiarticolo.asp?id=975.
*”International Private Law”, Maggioli Press, May 2005.
*”European Community Law”, Maggioli Press, June 2005.

Compliance

Code of Professional Conduct of the Italian National Bar Council
IMI Code of Professional Conduct
CONCILIA Code of Professional Conduct
FIMC Code of Ethics for Mediators
KLRCA CODE OF CONDUCT FOR MEDIATORS
IIAM MEDIATORS' CODE OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT
The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators Code of Professional Conduct
Union Internationale des Avocats' World Forum of Mediation Centres Code of Ethics
Florence International Mediation Chamber Code of Ethics for Mediators
Rules of Behaviour for Mediators of the Italian Chambers of Commerce

CONCILIA's MEDIATION ADVOCATES/ADVISORS COMPLAINT PROCESS
IMI Professional Conduct Assessment Process
CONCILIA Professional Conduct Assessment Process
The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators Professional Conduct Assessment Process
IIAM Mediators' Code of Professional Conduct and IIAM Mediators' Conduct
Assessment Process
AAA-ICDR Code of Ethics for Arbitrators in Commercial Disputes

Alessandro Bruni is covered by the professional liability indemnity insurance of his ADR provider with UIA – Underwriting Insurance Agency; maximum coverage of 500.000,00 euros.

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Alessandro Bruni
Attorney, International Professional Mediator & Arbitrator; Founder of CONCILIA L.l.c., since 1999 Conflict Management & ADR
CONCILIA, since 1999 Conflict Management & ADR
(+39)06 93 38 75 83
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