Mediator Resume

Multi-cultural bilingual legal advisor (English/French) to public and private multinationals from five continents. Proficient in corporate, commercial and technology law; business models; finance. Strategic alliances, performance-based services, outsourcing, innovation management, licensing, privacy, AI, incentive compensation, M&A. Diverse industries: life sciences, financial services, software, digital services, Blockchain, NFT’s, advertising, manufacturing, consumer goods, aviation. Advice on protection, compliance, licensing, purchase/sale of intellectual property, trade secrets and know-how. Published monthly Outsourcing-Law online articles for 10+ years; won industry awards in HR and International Assn of Outsourcing Professionals.

Bierce & Kenerson, P.C. (Attorney; President), New York, NY.

Attorney, Business Exit Strategist (Certified Exit Planning Advisor), Non-profit Director

Shareholder, Bierce & Kenerson, P.C., 1990-Present; Negotiator, Outsourcing Law Global LLC, 2013-Present; Associate/Partner, Windels, Marx, Davies & Ives, 1980-1990; Associate, Law Offices of Samuel Pisar, 1977-1980; Associate, Coudert Brothers, 1975-1977. Adjunct Professor, Pace University, 1982-1987.

Thought leader, problem solver and negotiator in corporate, commercial, technology and international investment sectors. Award-winner in business process and HR outsourcing. Life cycle advisor for cross-border business, JV’s, alliances, startups, exits. Negotiated dozens of master services agreements for managed service providers or procurement customers in knowledge industries. Compliance attorney in governance, employment, healthcare, broker-dealer and venture finance. Advisor on “business exit intelligence”™ for incentives, restructurings, extrications, business divorce. Board member (several non-profits; UN NGO’s for social responsibility and ADR). Occasional arbitrator. Career has focused on international business and has involved travel to over 20 countries to serve clients there. With a French law degree, regularly works in either French or English. Has advised clients who are public companies, privately owned entities, non-profit organizations, a universal global multinational intergovernmental treaty organization and group-owned entities (e.g., consortia of specialized regulated service providers forming or operating group captive services entities). Volunteering includes roles as - Facilitator of Case studies in mediation, in support of NYS Bar Association Commercial Mediation Trainings, circa 2019-present - Director, American Foreign Law Association; - Trustee, Dwight-Englewood School (NJ); - Vice-President, Organisation Mondiale des Experts-Conseils-Arbitres (Paris, France, NGO); - Director, a French-American business council; pro-bono legal advisor to businesses under New York City Bar Association pro bono program; - Representative of International Bar Association (London) to UNCITRAL conference in New York on multi-party business alliances, March 2019. - Draper University of Heroes (San Mateo, California), mentor to startups (circa 2017-2021).

Mediator of various business and ownership disputes. Settled a mediation in French. Advocate for a party in $5+ million executive / owner dispute (negotiated solution). Facilitator/Coach in role plays, NYS Bar Mediation Trainings. Successfully resolved dozens of disputes as to business ownership and governance, outsourcing services agreements, employee claims, incentive compensation, sales agency and distributorship agreements, etc.

Contracts, distribution/franchises, shareholder ownership, corporate governance, outsourcing, exits for co-owners, family business divorce, buy-sell agreements, business valuation; software development agreements. Commercial relationships with conflicts of law where (1) there is no contractor, or (2) the contract fails to adopt a given applicable law (so there is a risk that more than one legal system could apply if adjudicated by arbitrator or judge).

Successful mediation requires party autonomy and openness to consider possible alternatives to worst-case and best-case outcomes within a zone of possible agreement. I am facilitative through active listening, reframing and open-ended questioning to explore possibly viable alternatives. I request pre-hearing calls with counsel and written summaries. Exceptionally, I might offer an evaluative proposal if both parties ask (not playing the mediator) and anchored gap is narrow. For multiparty disputes, I invite alignment by eliciting unique possibilities per each party’s unique assets, rights, duties, risks and alternatives.

Proficient. Prefer videoconferences using Zoom (with extra breakout rooms for flexible caucusing) or teleconferences.

NYU School of Law (J.D.-1975); Faculté de Droit, Grenoble, France (Licence en Droit, honors-1972); Yale University (B.A.-1971); Exit Planning Institute (Certified Exit Planning Advisor, 2025)

Admitted to the Bar: New York (1976); U.S. District Courts: Southern District of New York, District of New Jersey; U.S. Court of Appeals: Ninth and District of Columbia Circuits. Certified Exit Planning Advisor (Exit Planning Institute, 2025).

American Bar Association (Co-Chair, Europe Comm., 2024-2026); American Foreign Law Association; New York State Bar Association (Dispute Resolution Comm.); Exit Planning Institute (Certified Exit Planning Advisor); Vice President, Organisation Mondiale des Experts-Conseils-Arbitres.

For a partial list, please see bio at https://biercekenerson.com/. Including: 1. Love It or List it: Business Owner's Strategic Planning after Trump's Action Plan on Artificial Intelligence (Sept. 2025). 2. Le Plan d'Action Americain "Wild West" pour l'IA (Les Expertises des Systemes d'Information, Paris, France, Sept. 2025) (Published in French only. Ce n'est pas le premier article que je publie en francais!). 3. Update on New 2024 Business Ownership Reporting Requirements for International Entities Under The US Corporate Transparency Act (ABA Year In Review, 2025). 4. Book, Smarter Business Exits: Strategies and Toolkits for Corporate Divorce, Succession Planning and Joint Exits (2020). 5. Booklet, Restructuring Strategies for your Smarter Business Exits (2020). 6. Booklet, International Strategies for your Smarter Business Exits (2020). 7. Article, Multiparty Contractual Networks: New Tool for Global Entrepreneurship and Supply Chains (a report from attending UNCITRAL Conference in New York City in April 2019) (International Bar Association journal,20 Business Law International, no. 3, pp. 249-268 (Sept. 2019). 8. Book, Devil's Dictionary of Global Sourcing (privately published), humour in twisted definitions of business deals. Contact the author.

Manhattan (New York City); Miami

Hourly Rate: $600.00 Daily Rate: Not provided Study Rate: $600.00/hr Cancellation: $750.00/Day Cancellation Period: 2 Days Comment: Travel Expense: Applies only when not residing in or within 20 miles of the in-person hearing location (Zoom preferred to reduce travel and time for all). Cancellation expense applies only for hearings scheduled for in-person meetings.

English; French

United States of America

New York, New York