Sahar El Faijah

• Neighbour
• Landlord and tenant
• Property
• Boundary
• Building and construction
• Probate, estates, and trusts
• Fraud
• Personal injury
• Clinical negligence
• Defamation
• Discrimination (sex and gender, racial, religious, disability)

• Contract
• Partnerships
• Joint ventures
• Finance and banking
• Insurance
• International trade and cross-border transactions
• Construction and engineering
• Consumer rights
• Solicitor fees and legal costs
• Accountant fees
• Fund management
• Pensions
• Professional negligence
• Defamation
• Harassment
• Discrimination (sex and gender, racial, religious, disability)
• Employment

• Environmental law
• Human rights law
• Local authority and (inter)government sector
• Charities
• Faith and religion
• Cultural differences

While Sahar is entirely qualified in common civil and commercial disputes,  she holds expertise in intellectual rights property, an area which is sometimes overlooked in alternative dispute resolution.

Hereinbelow is a non-exhaustive list of the intellectual rights property disputes Sahar mediates:

Disputes

• Patent
• Trademark and brand protection
• Trade secrets and confidential information
• Copyright
• Data privacy and compliance
• Geographical indication
• Moral rights
• Design rights

Fields

• Cultural heritage and artifacts
• Cultural events and festivals
• Visual arts
• Performing arts
• Literature
• Film
• Music
• Podcast and audio content
• Fashion design
• Architecture and interior design
• Craft and artisan
• Culinary arts
• Gaming and digital rights
• Graphic design
• AI-generated arts
• Digital content creation
• Creative collaboration and cross-industry partnerships
• Advertising and marketing
• Internet and e-commerce

Sahar has acquired software skills and is fully able to lead mediation sessions remotely, using tools such as Zoom, Google Meet, WhatsApp, or Google Drive.

As Sahar was taking a course dedicated to mediation at university, she immediately adhered to the alternative dispute resolution tool and changed her career aspirations from solicitor to mediator.

After completing her training with the London School of Mediation and with renowned tutor Harvinder Singh Burji, she obtained a masters degree in creative and cultural industries and worked on several related projects, gaining insight into intellectual rights property.

Sahar has experience in various different fields, ranging from social work to fashion backstage supervisor, which all appealed to her mediation skills and qualities, particularly in the management of high-stress scenarios.

Through active listening, resilience, patience, boundary setting, organisation, analytical thinking and problem-solving, she has positioned herself as an effective communicator.

Currently, Sahar is developing her practice and is volunteering with a non-profit interfaith organisation, fostering understanding and collaboration between different culturo-religious groups.

When working as a mediator, Sahar is a thoughtful and structured leader. She is solution-driven and uses clear communication techniques to conduct her clients into expressing their mutual interests and formulating solutions.

One of her greatest qualities is that she can draw on her interdisciplinary education and experience to unravel the most complex situations, encouraging varied perspectives. Being a non-lawyer mediator but benefitting from a background in law and psychology, Sahar knows how to ask the right questions to her clients by adopting a grounded and resilient posture.

To stimulate proactivity amongst participants, Sahar always privileges  a real understanding of the present by deconstructing the roots of their problem. In that motion, she promotes cooperation through joint responsibility and flexibility, stimulating a common vision of the future outcomes.

Sahar puts people at the heart of her interests and has great interpersonal skills, creating a calm and framed environment.

Sahar is able to communicate in several languages, making her suited for international or multi-linguistic mediations.

She is bilingual in English and French, and has a good command of Spanish.