What kinds of business and commercial disputes are well suited to mediation?

A wide range of commercial disputes mediate well, including breach of contract claims, business torts, partnership and shareholder disputes, disputes among business owners or members of a company, banking and financial services disputes, commercial real estate matters, professional liability claims, and disputes over intellectual property and trade secrets. What these have in common is that they are often complex, document-intensive, and financially significant, and the parties frequently have an ongoing or valuable business relationship at stake. Mediation allows a business-minded resolution that a court is not well positioned to craft, preserving commercial relationships and value that litigation would put at risk, usually faster and at far lower cost than a trial.