Illarion Igorevich Girs, LL.M.
International Lawyer
IMI Certified Mediator
Mediation Advocate
Mediation Advocate
Mediation first
It's worth a try
It's worth a try
Mediation is a robust and voluntary process where a neutral and independent professional, known as the mediator, expertly guides the parties in navigating their dispute. Fostering legally safe and effective communication, the mediator empowers the parties to take charge of the resolution. This approach enables the parties to craft a settlement agreement that matches their needs and priorities, making mediation an invaluably unique tool for achieving working solutions.
It's the most flexible, confidential to the max, and least formal way to settle a dispute. It's the same legal as litigation but time- and cost-effective with common sense and humanity over unyielding bureaucracy.
What happens in mediation stays in mediation; legally, it's called Without Prejudice. It all goes mainly off the record, enabling the safest space for comprehensive negotiation, for nothing that is said is meant to hit back. Generally, the effect of the Without Prejudice principle is that communications it covers are privileged and thus inadmissible as evidence. Mediation is undoubtedly the safest legal setting for open communication between the disputing parties.
Unlike litigation or arbitration, mediation addresses the situation from a broader, real-life perspective of what's better resolution above and beyond the formal limitations of anything one may get in adversarial mode. Naturally, compliance with mediated agreements is higher than with judgements. It is so because judgements are never mutually satisfactory, while mediated settlements usually are.
- IMI Certified MediatorCEDR Accredited Mediator of the highest professional class by the International Mediation Institute (IMI) standards with a unique blend of foundational training from Britain, Belorussia, Russia, India, and the USA, on top of extensive law practice rich in amicable settlements.
- Regulated ProfessionalismBound by the IMI Code of Professional Conduct, and flexible to practice under any compatible terms worldwide, including UNCITRAL and WIPO Mediation Rules. Independence, neutrality, and confidentiality form the professional duty of care towards the parties in mediation.
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Illarion Girs is not a typical lawyer. He is not only into law, but into justice, and he is not only into words, but into truth.
Learned in law
No-nonsense
professional
No-nonsense
professional
Seasoned all-rounder professional adept at navigating intricate legal landscapes. Track record since 2001 reflects numerous lawsuits, some corporate warfare, countless negotiations, and all sorts of deals, incl. plenty of settlement agreements. The volume of projects advised on totals around $5 bn.
- Courtroom tested troubleshooterLitigation work experience in a wide range of cases on all levels of domestic courts, incl. supreme and constitutional ones, and quite a bit of matters before the European Court of Human Rights.
- Easy-going internationalWell-versed in navigating diverse political, international, and intercultural contexts, operating confidently across the globe. Committed to action, ready to boldly go wherever needed.
- Above and beyond lawyerismReal life demands advice above and beyond lawyering, which is integral to the services provided. Skilled in handling sensitive multidisciplinary tasks, incl. media and politically charged ones.
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International
Law & Mediation Advocacy practice in India
