Martin Svatoš

Martin Svatoš, Ph.D. is one of the leading Czech mediators and arbitrators. Martin has mediated more than 1,100 international and domestic cases. He is the Head of the ADR Centre at the Charles University School of Law. In 2016, he served as a member of the Czech delegation to UNCITRAL Working Group II and previously as President of the ICC Czech Republic Working Group for Mediation. He is also a long-standing member of the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR and a member of the Ministry of Justice of the Czech Republic’s working group on mediation. In addition, he serves as an examiner at the State Mediation Exam organized by the same ministry. He is included on the official list of mediators of the Czech Ministry of Justice, the Energy Community, and the joint panel of WIPO–CAM. He also serves as a mediator before the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS/TAS). As an arbitrator, he has acted as chair, co-arbitrator, and counsel in numerous proceedings. He is listed as arbitrator by the Vienna International Arbitral Centre (VIAC), the Arbitration Court of the Czech Football Association, and the Czech Arbitration Court. His international teaching record further includes lectures and presentations at institutions such as the Faculté Libre de Droit, Institut Catholique de Toulouse (France), Georgetown University (USA), and Shanghai University of Finance and Economics (China). Martin is the co-editor of the EU Mediation Handbook (Kluwer International, 2017) and the author of several other books and numerous articles.