France\u2019s July 18, 2025 decree transforms mediation \u2014 once largely voluntary \u2014 into a structured stage of civil proceedings, marking a significant shift in alternative dispute resolution.<\/p>\n
\ud83d\udc49 Elsa Rodrigues<\/a>, certified mediator and partner at LERINS<\/a>, analyzes for\u00a0Juristes d\u2019Entreprise Magazine\u00a0(AFJE) the new rules and their practical implications: beyond the new procedural framework \u2014 court-ordered meetings with a mediator (with potential financial penalties for non-compliance), directly enforceable settlement agreements, and the broader use of amicable settlement hearings \u2014 a deeper paradigm shift is underway.<\/p>\n The systematic refusal to engage in dialogue is no longer legally neutral, and mediation is becoming a strategic dispute management tool, supporting both the preservation of business relationships and effective risk control.<\/p>\n The article also highlights the growing use of hybrid mechanisms such as Med-Arb, along with key considerations for drafting robust contractual clauses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" France\u2019s July 18, 2025 decree transforms mediation \u2014 once largely voluntary \u2014 into a structured stage of civil proceedings, marking a significant shift in alternative dispute resolution. \ud83d\udc49 Elsa Rodrigues, certified mediator and partner at LERINS, analyzes for\u00a0Juristes d\u2019Entreprise Magazine\u00a0(AFJE) the new rules and their practical implications: beyond the new procedural framework \u2014 court-ordered meetings […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":9387,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-9779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-publication-en","tag-elsa-rodrigues-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lerins.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9779","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lerins.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lerins.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lerins.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lerins.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9779"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lerins.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9779\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9780,"href":"https:\/\/lerins.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9779\/revisions\/9780"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lerins.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9387"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lerins.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lerins.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lerins.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}