Future Focused.

As a professional Third-Party Neutral, Dania Shawwa offers parties effective and durable resolutions of complex, prolonged or challenging disputes.

An accredited Civil & Commercial Mediator, Dania received her professional training at Harvard Law School - Program on Negotiation (US), the London School of Mediation and the Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution (UK), and International Mediation Campus (Germany).

Dania’s affiliations are: Associate Member, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators; accredited in Commercial Mediation by CEDR; qualified by the International Mediation Institute. She is also trained in online and workplace mediation.

Dania received her Masters in Comparative Literature from Northwestern University, Chicago, and her Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Toronto. She is currently completing an LLM Master of Law degree in International Arbitration from the University of Aberdeen, Scotland.

Her career spanned banking, property, and publishing. Dania worked at the Royal Bank of Canada, then at Credit Suisse First Boston. A trained editor, she later established a book-publishing company in Hong Kong, with over forty publications in print. She also developed and managed a portfolio of investment properties in multiple countries.

An experienced global outlook is helpful in overcoming culture and language barriers, which often complicate both business and personal disputes. Dania’s own background provides a uniquely international perspective. Having lived in Greece, Canada, the United States, Hong Kong, the Middle East, and currently Switzerland, she can competently navigate the most high-level needs of her cosmopolitan mix of clients.

Please get in touch to ask about hiring a qualified Professional Neutral / Negotiator / Mediator to assist with your negotiation, dispute prevention or conflict resolution needs.