Certification
IMI Certified Mediator
(International Mediation Institute)
Mediation Experience
Served as a mediator in domestic and international commercial disputes including:
- claims relating to the attached Swiss bank account of a Central Bank
- regional bank’s claim against a software company for deficiencies in development of proprietary software
- dispute between a foreign State and a municipality involving issues of sovereign immunity
- litigation involving a property developer and an insurance company regarding a performance bond obligation
- claim by an investment bank for M&A transactional advisory fees
- suit by minority shareholder against a regional franchise operator, its directors, and the trustees of majority stockholder alleging fraud by the majority shareholder
- claim for monies owed under an equipment lease contract
- suit against a national property developer for failure to maintain letters of credit
- suit by an investment bank on obligations due under an advisory fee agreement
- cargo damage resulting from alleged breach of a maritime contract of carriage
- multi-party suit concerning the construction of a gas pipeline
- accounting dispute between a telecommunications company and a reseller under a Carrier Services Agreement
- suit relating to a private placement of securities in the United States by a Japanese corporation
- suits involving sexual harassment, age, retaliation, hostile work environment, race discrimination
- class action involving the cancellation of a financial instrument by an international financial service company
Mediation Style
Mediation is a process of assisted or facilitated negotiation. As a corporate/commercial/international attorney, George Gluck has more than twenty years’ experience negotiating high value, multi-party, cross-cultural and complex transactions. In the mediation setting, he provides insight to the parties at critical junctures when negotiations might otherwise break down.
In preparing for the mediation, he requests and thoroughly studies a detailed mediation statement from each of the parties, including relevant underlying documents. He confers with attorneys and/or the parties prior to the mediation in order to better understand the issues and their positions. During the mediation, full participation by party representatives as well as their respective attorneys is encouraged.
He has no pre-determined approach to individual mediations and allows the mediation process to naturally move the negotiations forward, usually starting with a facilitative style and then moving toward reality testing. Although the process often culminates in an evaluative approach, it is the parties who ultimately determine whether — and to what extent — the evaluative approach is used.
