Catharine Titi is Research Associate Professor at the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS)-CERSA, University Paris II Panthéon-Assas, France.Katia Fach Gómez is Tenured Professor (Profesora Titular) at the Law School, University of Zaragoza, Spain.

In sum, the volume masterfully situates the reader within the existing discourse in the field of mediation. It is useful for academics and practitioners alike who look for a study to delve deeper into the nature of mediation.

• Edna Sussman: Foreword Part I. COMMERCIAL AND INVESTMENT MEDIATION: BOUNDARIES, TRENDS AND OUTLOOK 1: Katia Fach Gómez: The Role of Mediation in International Commercial Disputes: Reflections on some Technological, Ethical, and Educational Challenges 2: Catharine Titi: Between Utopia and Realism: Mediation and the Settlement of Investment Disputes 3: S. I. Strong: Applying the Lessons of International Commercial Arbitration to International Commercial Mediation. A Dispute System Design Analysis 4: Jack J. Coe, Jr.: Concurrent Co-Mediation-Toward a More Collaborative Centre of Gravity in Investor-State Dispute Resolution Part II. MEDIATION RULES AND MEDIATION IN PRACTICE 5: Alina Leoveanu and Andrija Erac: ICC Mediation: Paving the Way Forward 6: Eric Tuchmann, Tracey B. Frisch, Giovanna Micheli, and Yanett Quiroz: The International Centre for Dispute Resolution´s Mediation Practice and Experience 7: Frauke Nitschke: The ICSID Conciliation Rules in Practice 8: Kaj Hobér: Political Risk Insurance and Mediation 9: Danny McFadden: The Growing Importance of Regional Mediation Centres in Asia 10: Karen Vandekerckhove: Mediation of Cross-Border Commercial Disputes in the European Union Part III. SUBJECT-MATTER MEDIATION OF COMMERCIAL AND INVESTMENT DISPUTES 11: Ilaria Forestieri and Philipp Paech: Mediation of Financial Disputes 12: Calliope Sudborough: Mediating Sovereign Debt Disputes 13: Peter Cameron and Abba Kolo: Mediating International Energy Disputes 14: Heike Wollgast and Ignacio de Castro: WIPO Mediation: Resolving International Intellectual Property and Technology Disputes Outside the Courts 15: Alberto Fortún and Alfonso Iglesia: Mediation and Other ADR in International Construction Disputes PART IV. SPECIAL TOPICS IN THE MEDIATION OF COMMERCIAL AND INVESTMENT DISPUTES 16: Charles H. Brower II: Selection of Mediators 17: Chester Brown and Phoebe Winch: The Confidentiality and Transparency Debate in Commercial and Investment Mediation 18: Joe Tirado and Elisa Vicente Maravall: Codes of Conduct for Commercial and Investment Mediators: Striving for Consistency and a Common Global Approach 19: Hal Abramson: New Singapore Convention on Cross-Border Mediated Settlements: Key Choices

Catharine Titi is Research Associate Professor at the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS)-CERSA, University Paris II Panthéon-Assas, France.Katia Fach Gómez is Tenured Professor (Profesora Titular) at the Law School, University of Zaragoza, Spain.

In sum, the volume masterfully situates the reader within the existing discourse in the field of mediation. It is useful for academics and practitioners alike who look for a study to delve deeper into the nature of mediation.

• Edna Sussman: Foreword Part I. COMMERCIAL AND INVESTMENT MEDIATION: BOUNDARIES, TRENDS AND OUTLOOK 1: Katia Fach Gómez: The Role of Mediation in International Commercial Disputes: Reflections on some Technological, Ethical, and Educational Challenges 2: Catharine Titi: Between Utopia and Realism: Mediation and the Settlement of Investment Disputes 3: S. I. Strong: Applying the Lessons of International Commercial Arbitration to International Commercial Mediation. A Dispute System Design Analysis 4: Jack J. Coe, Jr.: Concurrent Co-Mediation-Toward a More Collaborative Centre of Gravity in Investor-State Dispute Resolution Part II. MEDIATION RULES AND MEDIATION IN PRACTICE 5: Alina Leoveanu and Andrija Erac: ICC Mediation: Paving the Way Forward 6: Eric Tuchmann, Tracey B. Frisch, Giovanna Micheli, and Yanett Quiroz: The International Centre for Dispute Resolution´s Mediation Practice and Experience 7: Frauke Nitschke: The ICSID Conciliation Rules in Practice 8: Kaj Hobér: Political Risk Insurance and Mediation 9: Danny McFadden: The Growing Importance of Regional Mediation Centres in Asia 10: Karen Vandekerckhove: Mediation of Cross-Border Commercial Disputes in the European Union Part III. SUBJECT-MATTER MEDIATION OF COMMERCIAL AND INVESTMENT DISPUTES 11: Ilaria Forestieri and Philipp Paech: Mediation of Financial Disputes 12: Calliope Sudborough: Mediating Sovereign Debt Disputes 13: Peter Cameron and Abba Kolo: Mediating International Energy Disputes 14: Heike Wollgast and Ignacio de Castro: WIPO Mediation: Resolving International Intellectual Property and Technology Disputes Outside the Courts 15: Alberto Fortún and Alfonso Iglesia: Mediation and Other ADR in International Construction Disputes PART IV. SPECIAL TOPICS IN THE MEDIATION OF COMMERCIAL AND INVESTMENT DISPUTES 16: Charles H. Brower II: Selection of Mediators 17: Chester Brown and Phoebe Winch: The Confidentiality and Transparency Debate in Commercial and Investment Mediation 18: Joe Tirado and Elisa Vicente Maravall: Codes of Conduct for Commercial and Investment Mediators: Striving for Consistency and a Common Global Approach 19: Hal Abramson: New Singapore Convention on Cross-Border Mediated Settlements: Key Choices

Catharine Titi is Research Associate Professor at the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS)-CERSA, University Paris II Panthéon-Assas, France.Katia Fach Gómez is Tenured Professor (Profesora Titular) at the Law School, University of Zaragoza, Spain.

In sum, the volume masterfully situates the reader within the existing discourse in the field of mediation. It is useful for academics and practitioners alike who look for a study to delve deeper into the nature of mediation.

• Edna Sussman: Foreword Part I. COMMERCIAL AND INVESTMENT MEDIATION: BOUNDARIES, TRENDS AND OUTLOOK 1: Katia Fach Gómez: The Role of Mediation in International Commercial Disputes: Reflections on some Technological, Ethical, and Educational Challenges 2: Catharine Titi: Between Utopia and Realism: Mediation and the Settlement of Investment Disputes 3: S. I. Strong: Applying the Lessons of International Commercial Arbitration to International Commercial Mediation. A Dispute System Design Analysis 4: Jack J. Coe, Jr.: Concurrent Co-Mediation-Toward a More Collaborative Centre of Gravity in Investor-State Dispute Resolution Part II. MEDIATION RULES AND MEDIATION IN PRACTICE 5: Alina Leoveanu and Andrija Erac: ICC Mediation: Paving the Way Forward 6: Eric Tuchmann, Tracey B. Frisch, Giovanna Micheli, and Yanett Quiroz: The International Centre for Dispute Resolution´s Mediation Practice and Experience 7: Frauke Nitschke: The ICSID Conciliation Rules in Practice 8: Kaj Hobér: Political Risk Insurance and Mediation 9: Danny McFadden: The Growing Importance of Regional Mediation Centres in Asia 10: Karen Vandekerckhove: Mediation of Cross-Border Commercial Disputes in the European Union Part III. SUBJECT-MATTER MEDIATION OF COMMERCIAL AND INVESTMENT DISPUTES 11: Ilaria Forestieri and Philipp Paech: Mediation of Financial Disputes 12: Calliope Sudborough: Mediating Sovereign Debt Disputes 13: Peter Cameron and Abba Kolo: Mediating International Energy Disputes 14: Heike Wollgast and Ignacio de Castro: WIPO Mediation: Resolving International Intellectual Property and Technology Disputes Outside the Courts 15: Alberto Fortún and Alfonso Iglesia: Mediation and Other ADR in International Construction Disputes PART IV. SPECIAL TOPICS IN THE MEDIATION OF COMMERCIAL AND INVESTMENT DISPUTES 16: Charles H. Brower II: Selection of Mediators 17: Chester Brown and Phoebe Winch: The Confidentiality and Transparency Debate in Commercial and Investment Mediation 18: Joe Tirado and Elisa Vicente Maravall: Codes of Conduct for Commercial and Investment Mediators: Striving for Consistency and a Common Global Approach 19: Hal Abramson: New Singapore Convention on Cross-Border Mediated Settlements: Key Choices