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: 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: 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: 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: Principal of William KW Leung & Co., Solicitors of Hong Kong SAR, China whose experience includes being the followings:- an arbitrator dealing with arbitration Rules of various arbitral institutions including…
Arbitrator & Mediator
Published record: BSc (Hons) DipICArb FRICS FCIOB FCIArb PRIMed Neil Kirkpatrick is a chartered quantity surveyor, chartered construction manager, construction adjudicator, arbitrator, mediator, expert determiner and expert witness in quantum, delay 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: Arbitrator, Hong Kong International Arbitration Center; Xiamen Arbitration Commission Adjunct Professor, Navigation College, Jimei University, China Member of editorial board of NMIMS Journal on Economic and Public Policy, India Practice…
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…
Arbitrator & Mediator
Published record: Robert Sliwinski is a Barrister, Chartered Arbitrator, Accredited Adjudicator and Mediator, Quantity Surveyor and Dispute Board Member. Robert has over 35 years’ experience of the construction industry with particular emphasis…
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…
Arbitrator & Mediator
Published record: Ronald has a broad civil practice spanning all areas of the law with an emphasis on commercial and chancery work, in particular arbitration, probate and estate administration, land, construction and…
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: In addition, Gary is a certified circuit civil and appellate mediator as well as a trained and qualified arbitrator. He is a member of the American Arbitration Association\'s employment, commercial,…
Arbitrator & Mediator
Published record: Positions Held : Vice President (Coastal & Special Hydraulics) [Leadership Position] From: Apr 1993 To Jan 2014 Client / Employer: Irrigation Department, Government of Kerala Positions Held : Chief Engineer…
Arbitrator & Mediator
Published record: Alex is an advocate and solicitor at High Court of Sabah and Sarawak and he is experienced in dealing with construction disputes either as an mediator, adjudicator, arbitrator and/or counsel.…
Arbitrator & Mediator
Published record: Mr. Granof is a member of the State Bar of Wisconsin, the Washington State Bar, the Professional Liability Underwriting Society (PLUS), and the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, where he attained…
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: Jonathon is a member of the Toronto Lawyers Association, Ontario Bar Association/Canadian Bar Association, American Bar Association and The Advocates’ Society. He has also been an advocacy instructor and special…
Arbitrator & Mediator
Published record: Over thirty-two years’ experience in Civil Engineering and Arbitration, Dispute Resolution and Mediation. Expert witness, claims consulting, mediation and dispute resolution on structural works, buildings, roads and rail projects. Work…
Lawyer & Arbitrator
Published record: State Audit Dept.GoAP Asst. Audit Officer 15 Jan 79 – Feb,94 Supervision of Audit of Local Bodies, Administration of Establishment and Initiating surcharge action AP State Essential Commodities Corporation (on…
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.