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SRÐAN ŠIMAC
Senior Fellow – Croatia
Srđan Šimac is a mediator, Judge of the High Commercial Court of the Republic of Croatia, President of the Croatian Mediation Association, a CEDR Accredited Mediation Trainer, and an educator.
About Srđan Šimac
Dr. Srđan Šimac Ph.D. is a mediator, Judge of the High Commercial Court of the Republic of Croatia, President of the Croatian Mediation Association, a CEDR Accredited Mediation Trainer, and an educator.
Dr. Šimac resides in Croatia and has spent almost his entire professional life in the judiciary. Beginning as an apprentice and then a judge assistant, Dr. Šimac was subsequently nominated as a judge in 1992 at the Municipal Court in Split, Croatia. Following his time at the Municipal Court, Dr. Šimac then served in the Commercial Court in Split beginning in 1996, and he was finally appointed to the High Commercial Court of the Republic of Croatia in Zagreb in 2004, where he has previously served as President.
Mediation Practice
Dr. Šimac has been a certified and registered mediator since 2003 and a mediation trainer since 2006. He is a CEDR accredited trainer and an EBRD, CEDR and IDLO international mediation expert consultant. Dr. Šimac has handled almost 400 cases including a range of complex, multi-party mediations. He primarily mediates commercial cases, including international disputes.
He is also listed as a mediator for the following centers:
- Croatian Mediation Association Mediation Centre
- Croatian Chamber of Economy
- Croatian Bar Association Mediation Centre
- Croatian Association of Employers Mediation Centre
- Croatian Bank Association Mediation Centre
- Croatian Insurance Bureau Mediation Centre
- Croatian Architects Association Mediation Centre
- Croatian Chamber of Construction Engineers Association Mediation Centre
Dr. Šimac is also included on a number of international mediation panels, including:
- The International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) in Washington (nominated by the Croatian Government)
- The Global Mediator Panel of the Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution (CEDR) in London
- The List of Practitioners in International Mediation and ADR at the Vienna International Arbitral Centre (VIAC)
- The Panel of International Mediators at the Scientific and Methodological Centre for Mediation and Law in Moscow
- The Panel of Dispute Resolution Experts and International Accredited Professional Mediator at the Hong Kong Joint Mediation Centre
- Member Prime Dispute in London
Memberships and Affiliations
- Former member of the Steering Committee of the Croatian EU PHARE Mediation Project
- Member of the Croatian National Committee for ADR
- Former Croatian coordinator in the South East European Mediation Forum (SEEMF); Chairman, 2008
- Founding and board member of the European Mediation Network Initiative (EMNI)
- Board member of Groupment European des magistrates pour la mediation (GEMME)
- Former member of the American Bar Association’s Dispute Resolution Section
- Member of the Bridges Academy Advisory Board
- Member of the Association of Mediation Assessors (AMATI) Trainers and Instructors
- Former member of Mediators Beyond Borders International (MBBI) and served on its Global Advisory Council
- Former member of the Association of Conflict Resolution of Greater New York (ACR-GNY)
- Board member of the Croatian Association of Insurance Law; Chair of its ADR Working Group
- Member of the National Commission for Drafting Law on Mediation and Law on Civil Procedure
- Founding member of International Insolvency Institute (III)
- Former member of its ADR Council