My name is Max Parry. You may know
me already.
I endeavour to turn problems into opportunities.
I value:
- Logic;
- Human Values;
- Results.
Commercial Mediation in the UK, Slough, Berkshire, the Thames Vally
and World Wide.
I am a CEDR
Accredited Mediator If a commercial dispute can be kept out
of court, everyone wins - including the lawyers. CEDR techniques provide
the most effective Alternative Dispute Resolutions - especially when they're
enhanced by unusual speed, agility and economy.
My IT/Investment Banking
Consultancy is well-known and documented.
I now also offer an Expert
Witness service. Since presenting highly technical matters,
with total clarity, is at the heart of my skill, that makes sense, doesn't
it?
The Common Factor is Common Sense.
Mediation
Unless both parties win, mediation can be as pointless as litigation.
You'll probably want to avoid the risk, stress, opportunity cost and sheer
unpleasantness of going to court - and arbitration is simply another adversarial
alternative to litigation. However, if you still want to win, there must
be a remarkable understanding between you and the Mediator you select.
So remember:
The right Mediator will help you create your own solution.
The abilities, training and personality of your Mediator are crucial.
Choose with care!
Although offering a congenial atmosphere and very low costs - especially
when compared with court procedures - mediation allows disputing parties
to vent their anger. Even when you know yourself to be in the right, you
must be prepared for positive compromise. After all, your opponent knows
they're right, too... Your aim is for all parties to achieve a worthwhile
part of their agenda - and, if possible, to rebuild the value of what
would otherwise be an ex-relationship. To achieve all this, without authority,
mandate, confrontation, judgement, or breach of confidentiality is a real
triumph for common sense.
What next? Simply Contact Max Parry. Then we can discuss the solution
to your dispute.
Meanwhile, the Lord Chancellor says: "we should see litigation as the
last and not the first resort in the attempt to settle a dispute."
Finally: - Mediation is, essentially, a human transaction. To discover
a little of the human being behind the service, simply Investigate Max.
The CEDR Mediation model: how to use it more effectively.
The Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution was launched in the UK in
1990, to develop and improve non-litigious dispute resolution. Its methods
and techniques are internationally recognised for their, practicality
realism and ability to deliver mutually satisfactory results. CEDR's greatest
strength lies in the negotiating skills of a neutral mediator who understands
not only the facts of the dispute, but also the pressures on the individuals
concerned. In an ideal world, mediation is facilitative - the use of diplomacy
to help the parties reach a mutually satisfactory settlement. If, however,
they still find themselves incapable of coming to terms, the mediator
may need to suggest a neutral, non-binding evaluation, one that provides
a foundation for ultimate solution. Ultimately, however, the mediator
must find a way of bringing the warring factions together - because if
mediation won't work, litigation won't either. I admire and subscribe
to the CEDR agenda - and so do those who've experienced it as clients.
However, there is a proviso...
Mediation is a job for an individual - but most mediators hunt in packs.
That's because they're members of (sometimes) quite large organisations.
In contrast, I am - and always have been - a sole operator; with access,
admittedly, to a global range of complementary skills. This has certain
advantages:
1) I've had to think on my feet.
2) I've found it easier to be fast on my feet.
3) And my clients don't have to pay the salaries and expenses of a team
of colleagues. When they work with Max Parry, they only pay for Max Parry.
How mediation works:
Mediation demands total confidentiality. So this case history contains
no names or details.
The dispute involved complex copyright and intellectual property issues,
in which two parties claimed what might have been overlapping rights.
Both parties claimed that exclusive rights to material had been violated.
Both parties were very, very angry.
Both had already wasted a great deal of money on litigation.
However, there was no solution in sight; merely an ever-deepening state
of distress.
So first, I persuaded them to stop shouting at each other - and start
talking sensibly to me.
However, eventually we all realised that mere facilitation was insufficient.
Confronted by entrenched positions, I took an evaluative role. Neutrality
and impartiality were, of course, essential.
Using analysis and report-creating skills similar to those honed in other
areas of my consultancy work, I provided a non-binding recommendation
of a Terms of Settlement.
Based on the needs of the adversaries, rather than on what a court might
order, I placed particular emphasis on the future of their commercial
relationship.
I then produced a draft Consent Order for their legal advisors to place
before the court to end the litigation.
To my delight - and the amazement of at least one of their solicitors
- the parties were convinced.
This was possibly the most difficult - but also the most satisfying -
task I have undertaken in my professional life.
Thank you, to all concerned.
How much mediation Costs.
Whether you're a solicitor, a disputant, or simply a concerned friend,
my services cover most needs and budgets.
Managed Mediation is a total service, covering: pre-mediation advice/guidance;
management of document exchange, if required; provision of assistant mediator(s),
if required; up to three hours of mediator preparation per party; arranging
mediation venue; an eight hour mediation.
Customised Options: Whether you're a solicitor, or a disputant, you may
wish simply to hire a neutral mediator, having made some or all of the
other arangements yourself. This is just one of many options available.
The fee will depend upon your needs.
About Max Parry
It's not all common sense.
When not at work, I'm a keen amateur footballer, country music enthusiast
and I enjoy touring on my BMW motorcycle. Does that make me a rounded
personality? Contact Max and decide for yourself.
IT / Investment
"I have to know more about IT than banking consultants - and more about
banking than IT consultants."
It's a question of bringing the skills together.
With the common sense to view systems (and problems) objectively, true
benefits (and consequences) become apparent.
For instance, I see S.W.I.F.T. as simply a 100% reliable messaging system:
a secure telex. Do you agree?
My skills include:
Project Management. Software Selection. Relationship Management. Structured
Methods. Business Analysis. Vendor Liaison. Implementation.
I'm highly experienced in:
Global Custody. Corporate Actions. Straight Through Processing. Settlement.
Prime Brokerage. Trading Systems. Economic and Monetary Union. Private
Banking. Securities Lending. Asset Management. Registration.
As a Member of the Institute for the Management of Information Systems:
I've worked at every level from Programmer to Project Manager, throughout
the world.
I design training programmes, and produce training courses.
I manage relationships with external organisations, both clients and suppliers.
I'm here to help you specify the most appropriate solution.
And remember: "the ability to produce solution-led reports is a skill
in its own right, depending on the intellect to identify the issues, cut
through irrevelevancies and present the result in an accessible form."
Check my CV
Banking/Investment
Max Parry's Career: the last 10 years.
93/5: Barclays Global Security Services. Project Manager, selecting, customising
and implementing a securities lending system. Produced initial business
case. Produced Invitation to Tender. Evaluated candidate products. Recommended
Global One. Managed all relationships with in-house teams and external
suppliers. Introduced: rolling settlement; migration of gilt settlement
processing; early recognition and processing of trades alleged against
clients via INS.
95/7: UBS. Project Manager, based in New York and Zurich, extending securities
borrowing and lending system, to support prime brokerage. Specified user
requirements. Managed relationship with software vendor. Established benchmarks
and success criteria for vendor development. Balanced scope, cost and
timescales.
97/8: ABN AMRO. Functional owner of banks's international platforms for
securities and private banking, heading two teams of business analysts
- while commissioning,accepting and implementing enhancements from the
development division.
99/00: Tribune Business Systems. Managing the infrastructural changes
needed to support operational re-engineering for the Egyptian arm of a
multi-national bank: file and print sharing services via LAN, WAN, mail,
desktop and corporate applications.
00/01: Barclays Private Bank. Interim project manager, selecting a global
custodian against a very tight schedule.
01/2: Tribune Business Systems. Researching, recording and analysing the
IT Business Process Continuity requirements of the business banking division
- in liaison with over 70 departments.
02/02: Centrix. Defining end-to-end process for deploying applications
on a corporate standard desktop, based on thin client technology.
Expert
Witness
An Expert Witness must analyse and present a difficult subject, to people
who have every right to be ignorant of its finer points.
If he can do so with clarity and self-confidence - without being browbeaten
by adversarial inquisitors - you need him on your case.
All of which you know already - so where do I fit in?
Max Parry: an IT/Investment/Banking Consultant - at the heart of whose
business is the skill, confidence and yes, the status:
(a) To solve highly technical matters.
(b) To report clearly on both the problems and the solutions. (Unless
a report is in plain English, it deserves to be shredded.)
(c) To present the facts - no matter how technical - with total accessibility.
(d) To be accepted as a peerless authority in his subject. See CV
Max Parry: a commercial CEDR Mediator - at the heart of whose service
is posessing the skill and inspiring the trust essential when:
(a) Analysing disputes that may otherwise go to court.
(b) Reporting the findings with total objectivity.
Max Parry: an expert known and trusted for this experience, endeavour,
integrity and common sense.
QED
Contact Max Parry
You can Ring me on: +44 (0)1753 545775
Fax me on: +44 (0)1753 547255
Call my Mobile: +44 (0) 7710 229 357
Address: Max Parry, Creg-ny-Baa, 22 Lambert Avenue, Langley, Slough, Berks
SL7 7EB. UK
Mediation in Slough, Berkshire, the Thames Vally and worldwide.
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