Nina Khouri Mediation - Mediation Services, Auckland, New Zealand

Nina Khouri is a leading New Zealand mediator specialising in the resolution of civil and commercial disputes. She is based in Auckland and mediates throughout New Zealand with local and international parties. She offers single-day or multi-day mediations, and two-party or multi-party mediations. She has particular expertise in the following areas: property, construction, professional negligence/breach of fiduciary duty, insurance (including natural disaster insurance, income protection insurance and liability insurance), product liability, public/private partnerships, claims against public authorities, general commercial (including retail and real estate), partnership, company, general contract, tort and trusts. By way of example, recent mediations have involved disputes about freight logistics, copyright licensing, earthquake repairs, Māori land, health funding, ground leases, "leaky building" construction defects, supermarkets, private equity/M&A, professional liability (lawyers, surveyors, real estate agents, architects), income protection insurance, defective household appliances, dairy farming, recovery of bank and finance company lending, and electricity distribution infrastructure. Nina Khouri often works with experts such as quantity surveyors, engineers, medical practitioners, licensed building practitioners, economists and valuers in her mediations.

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MEDIATION SERVICES

Nina has particular expertise in the following areas: construction (residential, commercial, industrial), professional negligence/breach of fiduciary duty, insurance (including natural disaster insurance, income protection insurance and liability insurance), product liability, public/private partnerships, claims against public authorities, general commercial (including retail and real estate), partnership, company and director / shareholder issues, general contract, tort and property (including family property, trusts and estates).

By way of example, recent mediations have involved disputes about a geothermal power station construction project, dairy processing infrastructure, freight logistics, copyright licensing, earthquake repairs, Māori land leases, health funding, ground leases, iwi-owned forestry assets, “leaky building” and other construction defects, supermarkets, private equity/M&A, professional liability (lawyers, engineers, surveyors, real estate agents, architects), income protection insurance, defective household appliances, recovery of bank and finance company lending, family farm property division, electricity distribution infrastructure, foreign direct investment in gold mining, and insurance fraud.

Nina Khouri often works with experts such as quantity surveyors, engineers, medical practitioners, licensed building practitioners, economists and valuers in her mediations.

MEDIATION PROCESS

Nina Khouri’s mediations are voluntary, flexible and totally confidential. The goal is to help parties resolve their dispute by full and final settlement agreement.

During the mediation, Nina works closely with the parties and their lawyers to identify and exchange information about the issues causing the dispute, to engage in productive debate and strategic analysis of those issues, and to negotiate a settlement. This is done through a combination of joint and private meetings throughout the mediation.

Preparation is essential. Nina asks the parties to her mediations to provide her with background information about the dispute. She also conducts pre-mediation meetings, usually by videoconference or telephone. By taking the time to learn about the particular dispute, she provides a flexible mediation process that maximises the chances of a successful outcome.

MEDIATION PHILOSOPHY

Parties come to mediation to resolve a dispute, but not at any cost. Nina Khouri’s guiding principle as a mediator is that each party must make an informed decision whether to settle, acting solely in their own best interests and without pressure from the mediator. Subject to this, she believes that a mediator’s value lies in their ability to work patiently, persistently and intelligently with the parties to find the agreement that resolves their dispute.

MEDIATION FEES

Nina Khouri charges a fixed fee per day of mediation, plus travel expenses from Auckland. The fee includes all preparation. All travel expenses are estimated in advance.

For a fee estimate and a copy of her standard mediation agreement, please contact Nina Khouri.