I disagree with the other party, what can negotiation offer me?
Negotiation allows you to both anticipate the crisis you could find yourself in if you have a persistent disagreement with the other party (I), and to defuse the conflict in order to resolve it amicably rather than resorting to a judge (II).
- Anticipating conflict through negotiation:
Anticipating conflict. Managing your family involves intimacy, emotions, and life paths. When a conflict erupts, it is often too late. However, with prior advice, certain tensions could have been avoided or mitigated through negotiation.
Our role is not to dictate your decisions, but to give you the keys to understanding and the legal tools to preserve and reconcile your interests without opposing them, and to ensure the legal security of your decisions, with a view to a sustainable and peaceful future.
Family law attorneys are at the heart of separations, family recompositions, and transfers of assets. We have all the necessary skills to inform your choices upstream, before difficulties escalate into a painful crisis for the couple, the children, or those around them.
It is precisely because we understand the workings of family conflicts that we do everything we can to avoid them.
Like a family doctor, we take preventive action. Decisions about property and family matters are not legally neutral; they shape the future and can lead to disputes with serious consequences.
- Amicable resolution of conflict through negotiation:
Amicable conflict resolution. Negotiation is in the DNA of the legal profession; it is a professional practice that favors amicable resolution over judicial resolution.
Negotiation has many advantages:
– It is faster than a trial, which is often long and costly.
– It is confidential, with no public disclosure of decisions.
– It allows for a tailor-made solution, adapted to the real needs of the parties.
– It avoids the uncertainty of the judicial process, i.e., the uncertainty associated with a court decision.
– It preserves relationships, particularly in family contexts.
– It facilitates the parties’ acceptance of the agreement and, therefore, its voluntary enforcement.
This is why the firm implements a comprehensive strategy that includes prior amicable negotiation and, in the absence of an agreement, a legal strategy in the event of referral to a judge. The search for an amicable agreement is always preferred.
Gaëtan ESCUDEY is a crisis management negotiator trained in negotiation based on interests. He is available to conduct your negotiations in order to anticipate your conflict and resolve it amicably while protecting your interests.