international mediation firm
for way better dispute resolution
success rate
with about 9/10 of matters resolved within a day
and at a fraction of the cost of adversarial legal proceedings
Games of skill and chance can be great entertainment, giving people what they need. Still, there are reasons why the industry is getting increasingly regulated and, at times, is prone to very sensitive disputes. The value mediation brings into the play is the utmost confidential and realistic dispute resolution, free from disrupting the game.
Mediation as a default dispute resolution method is a good faith quality mark for iGaming industry stakeholders. Given the success rate of resolution in mediation, it is certainly the best win-win bet parties can make in case of a dispute.
Alternatively, in legal proceedings with state authorities, each party loses control over its matter, and even the nominal winner is often a real loser in fees, expenses, and waste of time. Hence, it's worth a try.
Dispute resolution by way of mediation goes without the typical legal formalities. While lawyers can be involved, their role is collaborative, not combative. The focus is on finding common ground and reaching a mutually agreeable solution.
The EU research* shows that a success rate of 19% would allow parties to break even in terms of time savings, and a success rate of 24% would enable parties to break even in terms of cost savings. Moreover, it's worth noting that the average cost to litigate in the EU is times more than to mediate; mediation is 76% cheaper. This data indicates the global potential for time and cost savings through mediation. Other data confirms this and shows even better cost-efficiency, especially for Britain and America, where formal legal proceedings are more costly than in Europe. Comparing that against the average global settlement rate today of over 70%, where most matters get resolved within a day of mediation — the amount of time and cost savings people can benefit from mediation is tremendous.
* See the European Parliament note on Quantifying the cost of not using mediation – a data analysis.
The Kudos Mediation Rules provide that what happens at the mediation is strictly confidential and without prejudice. Generally, the effect of the without-prejudice principle is that communications it covers are privileged and thus inadmissible as evidence. And no worries — even if the mediation doesn't result in a settlement, the parties can resort to legal proceedings with the same standing as before, but much better. Mediation provides a more realistic understanding of the dispute, which can streamline the case going forward.
In other words, mediation starts and goes on only when all parties agree to it. Unlike in other dispute or complaint proceedings, each party retains control throughout the process and over the outcome — be it the mediation rules or the settlement terms; all is defined by each party's free will and informed decision to agree or disagree.
Each party is always free to exit mediation at any time or stay in it, trying to explore possible settlement options. This unconditional autonomy is the strongest security that mediation serves each party's interests.
Naturally, compliance with mediated agreements is higher than with judgements. It is so because judgements are hardly ever mutually satisfactory, while mediated settlements always are.
How It Works: In Broad Strokes
- Feliks PolanskisFounder, Executive Director & Mediator
Executive with 28 years of experience in the banking and fintech industry. Excels in product and project management, consistently demonstrating a strategic approach to driving innovation and operational excellence. As a qualified mediator and crisis manager, Feliks effectively navigates complex stakeholder relationships, resolving conflicts with empathy and insight. His strong personality, acute relativism, real-life grasp, sense of humour and mediation skills ensure successful outcomes while fostering a collaborative and positive work environment.
- Illarion I. GirsGeneral Counsel & Mediator
Facilitative, Evaluative, and Transformative approaches are three distinct principal styles of mediation. But Illarion is practising all three at once, jokingly calling it an alternative MMA for Mixed Mediation Arts, a dynamic freestyle to meet the needs of the disputing disputants. His background includes an international law practice since 2003, with a professional score accounting for many lawsuits, corporate warfare, countless negotiations, and all sorts of deals, and it all adds up very well to the mediation table, which he joins with a broad skill set and a keen eye for detail.
- Aleksandr KorotkovOperations Director & Mediator
Aleksandr's approach to life is unconventional. He could have an easy, wealthy life under parental instruction but preferred to be self-made. Music school and university studies were sidelined for his own business in survival games, plus a divemaster level and challenging work experience in diving. His way into the mediation profession was through his workplace conflict resolved by mediation; what a story to share! Though the youngest peacemaker on the team, Aleksandr comes with a whale of real-life tested experience and a younger generation mindset.
- General & Particular
We know the business in general and are keen on and well aware of the industry particulars that help to delve into the matters and facilitate a resolution tailored to the real-life conditions.
- Two-in-One
Unlike most others, we profess a standard of two mediators per case. Proverbially speaking, two heads are better than one, it's a double chance to square the circle. We do better by default.
- Zero Nonsense
We take pride in our easygoing approach, free from excessive formalism and genuinely flexible. It allows for efficient resolution outside the realms of regulatory and judiciary procedures.
- Proactive Thrust
We are okay with unilateral requests for mediation. We make an effort to convince the reluctant ones; it's the extra mile we go to get all the parties to the mediation table.
- 86-90 Paul Street, London,
- kudos@mediation.ink
- +44 7999 258 362