The Global Home of Trusted Neutrals
THE NEUTRALS is the world’s credible registry of independent mediators, arbitrators, evaluators, conciliators, negotiators, and facilitators. We stand for independence, impartiality, and international best practice – ensuring conflicts are prevented, de-escalated, or resolved quickly, fairly, and confidentially.
The Project Journey with Neutrals
To prevent conflicts before they escalate, and to resolve disputes with fairness and trust when they do – empowering businesses, communities, and governments worldwide to operate with certainty and confidence.
A world where disputes are managed with wisdom, integrity, and prevention-first systems – beyond courts, beyond borders, beyond conflict.
- Prevent disputes through early neutral evaluation, contract guidance, and conflict-prevention systems.
- De-escalate tensions with skilled mediators, facilitators, and negotiators.
- Resolve disputes fairly and efficiently with arbitrators and independent experts.
- Uphold Standards through verification, ethics oversight, and continuous training.
- Build the Future by mentoring next-generation neutrals and innovating global dispute systems.
Why The Neutrals
- The only prevention-first global registry of neutrals.
- Verified professionals trusted by businesses, governments, and communities.
- Oversight by a Global Ethics Council to guarantee independence.
- A platform that combines local trust with global reach — 100+ countries, one standard.
Governance & Integrity
THE NEUTRALS is guided by:
- Ethics Council → overseeing independence and impartiality.
- Practice Groups & Bench Leaders → advancing sector-specific expertise.
- Academy Mentors & Fellows → empowering the next generation.
Businesses want to mitigate risk of disputes by preventing and resolving them, faster, and with fewer resources. But they can’t do it with conventional wisdom, resources and traditional dispute practitioners – they need a modern day dispute professional operating within the modern day ecosystem that powers them.
With the integrity, objectivity, competence and professionalism of FICM certified Dispute prevention and resolution professionals operating within FICM ecosystem, businesses and their legal counsel operate with certainty in the international markets anywhere on earth.
As the global dispute ecosystem, FICM’s mission is to power the success of global businesses and the dispute professionals by providing the most relevant knowledge, resources and tools and protecting the evolving commercial interest.
WDE-FICM Ecosystem powering businesses with a new thinking and new ways of dispute management.
Businesses – faced with an ever-accelerating pace of change – are retaining their edge in today’s highly competitive world by unlocking the power of modern systems, contracts and dispute experts for prevention and management of conflicts and operate with certainty in global markets.
A platform that enables dispute practitioners, educators, and entrepreneurs to develop a strong and influential system of dispute management to address the challenges posed by the fast changing world.
WDE-FICM presents its members with a unique opportunity to expand their networks beyond their immediate professional environments and work alongside other incredibly accomplished individuals from diverse domains towards the shared goal of shaping the future with EVOLVED DISPUTE SYSTEMS.
Are you looking for a Dispute firm or professional that has distinguished itself by becoming a member of WDE-FICM?
Do you need a dispute professional or neutral with a specific strength?
Thousands of highly skilled, trusted and credentialed members from over 80+ countries are fully resourced and exceptionally qualified to help you prevent and resolve commercial cross border disputes anywhere in the world.
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