About Us
Our Vision
Our vision is to provide you a conflict resolution partner who will seek solutions that satisfy. We empower parties to embrace multidisciplinary dispute resolution. We offer an alternative path to the conventional justice system. Litigation is rarely the solution so reach out to us for options to prevent and resolve any dispute.
Our Expertise
We offer experienced professionals from both the law and from other industries. Our passion, knowledge, wisdom and collaboration provides you the best possible partner for resolving your conflict.
Our Design
Unlike traditional court ordered mediation or a standard dispute clauses, leading to arbitration / litigation, we believe in a truly bespoke conflict resolution process based on our philosophy that Conversation = Resolution.
Our Services
We provide a wide range of services that are designed to meet the needs of any dispute. From small two party disputes to complex multi party cases, we have got a resolution option that can reduce your conflict footprint.
Our Teachings
Do you need a presentation, training or panel member. Looking for a dispute resolution board or conflict avoidance strategic advice? Reach out for training and presentation options which can up-skill your team.
Our Expertise
Michelle Antonio LLB, LLM
Click HERE to view a short form CV of Michelle Antonio who boasts an impressive legal journey, blending extensive private practice and in-house roles as General Counsel with ASX and Singaporean stock exchange listed entities, along with senior government experience. Renowned for her practical approach, unwavering integrity, and strategic mindset, Michelle stands out for her commercial acumen, advocacy skills, and innovative thinking.
Admitted as a Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Western Australia in 2004, Michelle initially honed her skills in private practice and appearing regularly in courts, commissions and tribunals. She then spent over a decade in-house spanning Australia and international jurisdictions. Her track record of 20 years legal practice resolving seemingly insurmountable litigation is a testament to her prowess. Michelle has successfully handled complex cases that others deemed "unsettlable," turning failed mediations into successful resolutions.
Armed with a Masters of Laws from the University of Melbourne in addition to her Bachelor of Laws and Mediation Accreditation, Collaborative Practice Accreditation and the first female in Western Australia to gain accreditation as a Dispute Avoidance Board member she also draws on her extensive practical and business understanding in the the Construction, Mining, and Energy industries in Australia, Asia and the Middle East.
What sets Michelle apart is not just her dispute background but also her wealth of corporate and government experience. In addition to her executive C-suite positions in corporate and government organisations she has served as a board member for organisations such as the WA Disability Services Commission. Her CV demonstrates the breadth of her industry expertise. She is a member of the Law Society of Western Australia as well as a panel mediator for the Resolution Institute and the Small Business Development Corporation. Michelle's insights into government at all levels, combined with over a decade of business experience, creates an invaluable mediator.
Michelle's extensive network in multiple industries and within the legal profession reflects her standing as a top-tier practitioner and person. Engaging MEDIATUS with Michelle as your conflict resolution expert either as a mediator, dispute board member or to provide training to your organisation, ensures not just legal expertise but a holistic perspective enriched by her multifaceted background.
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Our Services
Your Path
Truly bespoke and customised to avoid or even run parallel to existing dispute processes and litigation. MEDIATUS can amplify the myriad of solutions that exist outside traditional legal remedies. We work with you and if requested with your lawyers.
Your Footprint
MEDIATUS aims to reduce your conflict footprint. Just as a carbon footprint measures environmental impact, a conflict footprint gauges the energy expended through disputes which leave a lasting imprint on relationships and resources.
Your Location
We offer face to face services in most capital cities of Australia but can also provide online options and mediation overseas. Our specialists have experience servicing clients all over the world and have expertise in multiple jurisdictions.
Your Experts
Michelle Antonio, has practised as a lawyer for 20 years. With experience in multiple areas of the law and having worked across multiple jurisdictions you can choose to engage MEDIATUS directly or agree to collaboratively include us an independent expert to work with other industry experts.
Your Lawyers
We work with your legal team. We do not offer legal advice or perform legal services. Instead we have experts that know the system, know the lawyers and have appeared in court. MEDIATUS understands the time, cost and effort that the legal process takes from clients.
Your Design
Partner with MEDIATUS to design a conflict resolution strategy most likely to achieve a satisfying solution for your matter.
Our Design
Mediation
Dispute Avoidance Board
Dispute Avoidance Board
At MEDIATUS we wish to make mediation accessible to everyone. Michelle Antonio, can be appointed as a mediator or to co-mediate with another mediator. Alternatively she can be engaged to assist you to navigate your corporate dispute in a manner that best suits your organisation.
Dispute Avoidance Board
Dispute Avoidance Board
Dispute Avoidance Board
As Standards Australia starts to introduces Dispute Avoidance Boards in the resolution frameworks of contracts like the new AS4000 are you prepared? Ensure you know when and how to create a diverse and experienced dispute board for your project. Reach out to engage find out more before or even during your project.
Collaborative Practice
Dispute Avoidance Board
Family Business & Inheritance Mediation
Collaborative Practice (CP)—is a process that involves lawyers, financial planners and a coach/mediator to helps people resolve conflict in a productive and positive manner. If you have a conflict that you want to find a solution to before things become irreparably frayed reach our to MEDIATUS.
Family Business & Inheritance Mediation
Family Business & Inheritance Mediation
Family Business & Inheritance Mediation
Court ordered mediation occurs after significant legal fees have been incurred in family disputes. MEDIATUS offers you private mediation prior to such expenditure. This model is perfect for a family business, trust, partnership and even inheritance where the balance sheet, legacy or your relationships is important.
DIY Design
Family Business & Inheritance Mediation
Private v Court Mediation
No two disputes are identical so work with MEDIATUS to design your own dispute resolution model. Unlike a court, a tribunal or most other forms of binding decisions that are arbitrarily imposed, a bespoke resolution process or dispute clause can be designed to suit your needs, limited only by your imagination.
Private v Court Mediation
Family Business & Inheritance Mediation
Private v Court Mediation
Court mediation should not be the only option for your matter. After proceedings have commenced or even after a court appointed mediation has occurred it is worth considering private mediation. MEDIATUS provides a private model where you can exit the legal system in a final manner with more control. It is focused on a Win/Win outcome rather than a concede defeat and retreat strategy.
General Counsel Mediation
Judicial Support Mediation
Judicial Support Mediation
In-house counsel often identify a matter that requires an external firm to be briefed for litigation assistance. When facing the challenges of internal budgets and stakeholder expectations mediation can assist. Designed by a former General Counsel for in-house legal teams seeking to avoid litigation costs MEDIATUS offers a fixed fee model to suit your budget.
Judicial Support Mediation
Judicial Support Mediation
Judicial Support Mediation
Use MEDIATUS to partner with former judicial officers in your mediation. We are keen to work with you and retired judiciary who understand the risks and costs of litigation. We can offer a commercially sensible structure where you get two mediators to focus on the practical and complex legal needs of your dispute.
Co-Mediation
Judicial Support Mediation
Co-Mediation
If you’re facing a complex dispute or the other party won’t agree to your choice of mediator suggest co-mediation which allows you to both appoint your choice of mediator. It’s often the case that “two heads” are better than one and in mediation that gives the best opportunity for a beneficial outcome.
Our Teachings
Engage us to present or speak about dispute avoidance, negotiation, mediation or conflict management at your organisation or staff training session. If you want to know more about avoiding litigation and arbitration then it starts with knowing what alternatives are available. Let us help reduce your conflict footprint
Our Connections
