Start with the work the Neutral may need to do. Then refine by sector, jurisdiction, language, experience and current professional standing. The aim is not a long list. It is a useful shortlist.
The professional search should move naturally from requirement to fit, then into due diligence before an appointment is made.
Start with practice and mandate before narrowing by name.
Sector, jurisdiction, language and commercial setting can refine the search.
Standing, conflicts, independence, availability and mandate acceptance.
Leave fields open when the requirement is still developing. The directory should help the search become clearer rather than force a false precision too early.
Only currently published professional records are shown.
Arbitrator & Mediator
Published record: Austin Sammut is a graduate in law, history, and economics from the University of Malta. He is a warranted advocate with the Maltese bar. He is also an accredited mediator…
Arbitrator & Mediator
Published record: Mr. Gilbride is AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell, the highest recognition given for professional excellence, skills, and integrity. From 1971 to 1975 he was an associate and then partner with Paul,…
Arbitrator & Mediator
Published record: In 2010 he founded the Law Offices of Norman S. Gerstein. His practice is primarily devoted to Mediation and Arbitration. Additionally, he serves as a Special Master, Special Magistrate, Court…
Arbitrator & Mediator
Published record: A strategic and analytical problem solver who focuses on the overall picture to ascertain strategic business direction. Proactively formulates risk mitigation strategies that protect corporate capital and profitability. Wide-range of…
Arbitrator & Mediator
Published record: For many years, he has advised national and international investors and companies, particularly in transaction management and subsequent portfolio management (legal asset management), but also in the areas of project…
Arbitrator & Mediator
Published record: David Bateson is a leading international arbitrator who has acted in over 150 arbitrations in Africa, Asia, Europe, the Middle East and South America. He has acted as Chairman, party-appointed…
Arbitrator & Mediator
Published record: Berin was called to the bar of England and Wales in the year 2000. After her pupillage at 2 Paper Buildings, Chambers of Sir Desmond de Silva QC she practiced…
Arbitrator & Mediator
Published record: Jeff Lorell has devoted his professional career to the litigation and resolution of sophisticated, complex, civil cases and alternate dispute resolution proceedings. Mr. Lorell is a Certified Professional Mediator by…
Arbitrator & Mediator
Published record: Paul Key is recognised as one of the leading silks at the Commercial Bar, specializing in complex, cross-border and high-value disputes. He wins praise from clients for combining strong analytical…
Arbitrator & Mediator
Published record: Co Managing Director/Co-Founder, Sovereign Energy Group, Jan 2018 – Present2 years 1 month, Washington, NY, Johannesburg President, KearneyAfrica Legal Advisors & Consultants, Jan 2018 – Present2 years 1 month, Washington…
Arbitrator & Mediator
Published record: Vinod also advises clients in commercial transactions involving commercial contracts, real estate and infrastructure development, labour and industrial relationship, human resource policy, environmental compliances etc. Vinod is one of the…
Senior Managing Director
Published record: Matthew Finn, a Senior Managing Director at Ankura in London, has been appointed over 150 times as an expert witness in quantum (damages) for construction matters. He has provided oral…
Arbitrator & Mediator
Published record: He is an accredited Arbitrator of the Philippine Dispute Resolution Center (PDRCI, 2004-present), the Construction Industry Arbitration Commission (CIAC, 2008-present), the Philippine International Center for Conflict Resolution (PICCR, 2019-present), and…
Arbitrator & Mediator
Published record: Arbitrator\\\" and \\\"Corporate Veterans General: a technocrat with an excellent track record of over 40 years at the top and senior management levels including Director (on the board of directors),…
Arbitrator & Mediator
Published record: Mikael Wahlgren is the owner and founder of the law consultancy firm Linton and Wahlgren AB. He has more than 25 years extensive experience and knowledge of, amongst others, managing…
Arbitrator & Mediator
Published record: Stephen S. Strick is an Alternative Dispute Resolution Specialist with over thirty years of experience as an international and domestic arbitrator and mediator. Mr. Strick has served as Chair, sole…
Lawyer & Arbitrator
Published record: Educational/Professional Memberships Master Mariner, L.LM (Cardiff Law School), Associate Member Chartered Institute of Insurance (ACII), Chartered Insurance Practitioner (CIP), Chartered Arbitrator (UK), Accredited Mediator of HK, Approved Tutor of Chartered…
Arbitrator & Mediator
Published record: Dino works in the area of corporate, commercial law and company law, civil law, competition law, intellectual property, insolvency and pre-insolvency law and immigration law. Dino’s professional and academic specialisation…
Arbitrator & Mediator
Published record: Ms. Lucy Rana is the Managing Associate Advocate of S.S. Rana & Co., a premier Intellectual Property Law Firm of India. She has read law at the University of Delhi…
Arbitrator & Mediator
Published record: Since 1999 I have specialised in arbitration, mediation and negotiation. In 2011 I engaged in advanced study in Peace and Conflict Studies at Sydney University. Various appointments to arbitral and…
A good search considers the role, the subject matter, the legal or commercial setting, the working relationship and the professional standing behind the name.
Can this professional perform the Neutral function the matter actually needs?
Does sector knowledge materially improve the quality of the work?
Does the matter need local familiarity, cross-border fluency or both?
What experience is useful for this mandate rather than simply impressive in general?
Verify the person's published credential and professional standing before appointment.
A short comparison helps separate professional fit from general prestige. The comparison view places the relevant published fields side by side.
A shortlist comparison should remain grounded in verified public fields and preserve the criteria that produced the shortlist.
A strong profile may belong on the shortlist and still require checks before the professional can accept the matter. The next steps should be visible, not hidden in the fine print.
Confirm the public credential and status through the authoritative record.
Give the professional enough information to identify relevant conflicts or relationships.
Consider whether any disclosed matter affects confidence in the role.
Make sure the professional can give the matter the time the mandate requires.
Scope, authority, information access, confidentiality, output and timing should be clear.
Move into agreed terms only after the role and readiness checks are understood.
You do not need to guess the perfect title or filter combination. The assisted route can begin with the situation and help translate it into a professional search.
Keep the first step controlled. Share enough to understand the requirement without publishing confidential matter details into a public search.
Start with the professional function the matter needs.
SECTOR Search by subject contextFind professional capability around the field in which the matter sits.
JURISDICTION Search by marketMove into country pages and cross-border professional context.
VERIFY Open the Global RegisterConfirm current professional standing when you already know the person.
The shortlist should become smaller because the user understands the role better, not because the interface ranks people invisibly.
Clarify whether the need is mediation, evaluation, standing capability, chairing, determination, facilitation, Ombuds or another role.
Use sector, jurisdiction, language, corridor and experience filters only where they affect the professional fit.
Open the professional record and inspect the role-specific evidence rather than relying on the search card alone.
Use the institutional verification route to confirm the credential record is current.
Compare the most relevant professionals, then move into conflicts, availability, mandate and acceptance.
A decision becomes more defensible when the user can see why each professional remained in consideration.
A strong search experience should help a board, legal team, project owner or institution explain why three professionals were considered without pretending the website made the final choice.
The interface should preserve the filters that led to the shortlist. If a user searched for Neutral Evaluation in healthcare with a particular jurisdiction context, the shortlist should retain those criteria rather than becoming a detached collection of saved names.
Each shortlisted professional should show the evidence relevant to the search. Role, sector, jurisdiction, language or corridor fields can explain relevance more usefully than a generic seniority label.
Comparison should avoid scorecards unless the institution has a defensible scoring method. Side-by-side evidence is more honest than converting professional judgement into a numerical ranking the data cannot support.
Profile depth matters especially where two professionals look similar at card level. Publications, videos, appointment history where publishable, professional contribution and richer practice descriptions can help distinguish broad relevance from strong matter fit.
Users should also be able to recognise where the public record is thin. If the current register does not contain an exact sector specialist, the interface should not infer expertise from an adjacent category merely to keep the results full.
Request a Neutral becomes useful when the user cannot translate the requirement into the right filters or when the current public record does not reveal a sufficiently clear shortlist. The request should begin with the professional question rather than with a demand for a prestigious name.
That request route should not become a referral guarantee. The institution can help clarify role and surface relevant public evidence while preserving matter-specific conflicts, suitability and acceptance.
The shortlist should also travel. A user may need to share three profiles with a board, committee or client. The comparison view should support that conversation without exporting private or unverified information.
Where a professional is part of an Annual Certified Neutrals Bench™ category, that current positioning can add context. It should remain separate from certification and should not rank the person above another certified professional automatically.
Shortlist removal should be as easy as shortlist addition. A user should be able to refine the evidence without feeling that saving a profile has created an institutional recommendation.
Ultimately, Find a Neutral should reduce search friction while increasing professional discipline. The user should leave with fewer names, better reasons and a clearer understanding of the next appointment questions.
A polished search result should not create false finality.
Know why each person fits the role, the context and the matter. Then verify standing, clear conflicts, define the mandate and move into appointment.