profile for john brand - partner
BA and LLB (University of the Witwatersrand)
John Brand is a director and ADR specialist at Bowman Gilfillan. He has BA and LLB degrees from the University of the Witwatersrand and is also a director of Conflict Dynamics cc, Tokiso Dispute Resolution (Pty) Ltd. He is a member of the advisory board of the African Centre for Dispute Settlement at Stellenbosch University and is on the executive committee of the National Dispute Settlement Practitioners Council. John also serves as a member on the International Mediation Institute's Independent Standards Commission. He specialises in dispute resolution and the training of negotiators, mediators and arbitrators and is a Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution (CEDR UK) accredited mediator.
He has written extensively in journals and other publications, see, for example: De Rebus and A new era for South Africa, and recently co-authored the Second Edition of “Labour Dispute Resolution” published by Juta, Labour Dispute Resolution
Over the past 20 years, he has arbitrated and mediated many large commercial and employment disputes and he regularly facilitates negotiation, strategic planning and transformation processes.
He was a member of the International Labour Organisation’s team of international experts appointed to design mediation training for developing countries and he regularly trains mediators from countries in Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe and South America. The International Labour Organisation has also commissioned John to design training material and to train parties and trainers from countries across the world in mutual gain negotiation. This training material has been translated into French, Portuguese and Arabic and is used extensively throughout the world.
Some areas of practice include dispute systems design; drafting dispute resolution clauses and agreements; mediation; arbitration and the training of negotiators, mediators and arbitrators.
Areas of Practice
Dispute Resolution
Employment Law
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