We do not practice law and we do not give legal advice—as behavioural scientists with deep experience in significant legal disputes, we help lawyers and their clients engaged in high-stakes arbitration anticipate how arbitrators will perceive, evaluate, and ultimately decide their case. Drawing on psychology, sociology, and data analytics, our unique research process reveals the human factors that shape outcomes: what arbitrators will feel, think, and prioritise when they encounter your arguments.
International Arbitration is criticised for inefficiency and a lack of predictability. Parties don’t know how the arbitrators will react to their arguments and evidence. Our PhD psychologists, sociologists and neuroscientists use case–specific data generated by custom–designed panels of highly experienced arbitrators to predict likely reactions to your case and the key factors driving them. This helps clients make data-driven informed decisions to optimise their arguments, and manage cases more efficiently, saving time and money. The results are clearer direction, smarter preparation, and a decisive advantage.
To help both claimants and respondents achieve a competitive advantage through behavioural science insights:
When arbitration disputes involve millions or billions in claims, threaten market confidence, or put reputations on the line, major corporations and governments need more than legal expertise—they need behavioral intelligence. Our proprietary research reveals what traditional legal analysis can’t: the psychological factors that influence arbitrator decisions. In disputes where outcomes are important, our insights can mean the difference between victory and catastrophic loss.
While superficially appealing, mock arbitrations lack scientific validity and reliability and offer limited practical value in formulating evidence-based presentation methods.
To help counsel develop effective, winning persuasion frameworks, we identify the overarching themes or “psychological/persuasion anchors” for the case based on behavioural research that ties legal theories, facts, and witness testimony together. With our sophisticated scientific research methods, you can learn in advance:
This research can be undertaken at any stage of the arbitration to detect opportunities as well as vulnerabilities.
Rather than relying on assumptions, past experience, and gut instinct, we replace guesswork with empirical insight—moving you beyond what you think works to what actually does. With our proprietary research methods, we have helped clients develop successful approaches in some of the world’s most consequential international arbitration disputes.
Working alongside council, we provide insights that inform more persuasive case presentation strategies, drawing on the facts, applicable law, and our expertise in human decision-making processes.
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