3 to 5 years of uncertainty
This is the average duration of a complex commercial dispute in Quebec courts. During this time, the energy of your teams and administrators is mobilized by a process beyond your control, to the detriment of your business growth.
A net financial loss
The fees for a serious litigation case can run into hundreds of thousands of dollars. Even if you win, the human, operational, and financial cost is heavy. Mediation drastically reduces these costs and protects the value of the company.
A third party decides on your behalf
In court or in arbitration, you are entrusting your future to a third party who does not know your business, whereas in mediation, the parties retain absolute control over the outcome. You decide, you sign, you move on.
"The lasting resolution of a conflict is not one that is imposed. It is the one that the parties have chosen together."
Ms. Hélène de Kovachich
Mediation is not a compromise.
It is a process of precision and added value.
Commercial mediation is not an informal negotiation between exhausted parties. It is a highly structured, rational, and predictable process, led by a judicial expert. Ms. de Kovachich creates the optimal conditions for the parties to regain control and validate their own solution.
Months 1 to 6: Procedures & Timelines
The accumulation of documents, the explosion of initial fees, and the administrative gridlock.
Months 7 to 24+: Audiences & Expertise
Maximum cognitive load for your teams, financial uncertainty, and a total loss of control.
Uncertain outcome: Imposed judgment
A decision rendered by a third party, often unsatisfying for all sides, with no possibility of turning back.
Day 1: Initial meeting and scoping
Confidential analysis of the file, identification of the real issues (commercial and human), and definition of the common goal.
Days 2 to 3: Intensive sessions
Highly structured and rational dialogue led by an experienced practitioner with over 1,000 mediations to her credit.
Days 3 to 5: Closing & Signed Agreement
A sustainable and tailor-made resolution, resulting from the informed consent of all parties, ready to be executed.
Over 1,000 cases,
in the most demanding fields.
A recognized expertise in civil, commercial, and administrative matters, forged in the most complex conflicts.
Reference works
that still set the standard.
"Participating in mediation"
Under the direction of Mtre. Hélène de Kovachich (LexisNexis, 2024). A collective of renowned mediators delivering tips, techniques, and best practices to lawyers accompanying their clients in mediation. Foreword by the Honourable François Rolland, former Chief Justice of the Superior Court of Quebec.
Institutional commitment
Founder of the Mediation Clinic (UdeM)
Mandated directly by the Quebec government's Cabinet, she created, established, and directed the first university mediation clinic at the Université de Montréal's Faculty of Law.
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International reach
Transatlantic & European presence
Co-author of "La médiation administrative" published in France (Territorial, 2020), she regularly speaks before the National Mediation Council in Paris and is an active member of Equanim International.
Teaching Excellence
Judge trainer on 4 continents
Recipient of the Teaching Excellence Award from the Faculty of Law at the Université de Sherbrooke, she has trained judges of the Court of Quebec, the Superior Court, and the Court of Appeal, as well as magistrates around the world.
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