Resolve the dispute
Focused commercial mediation aimed first at a complete or partial agreement that ends the controversy, preserves value and protects viable business relationships.
ALBG Center for Mediation & Dispute Resolution
Settlement first.
Resolution closer.
ALBG is a practically minded, Africa-centered forum for commercial alternative dispute resolution. What sets it apart is a mediation model that does not take an all-or-nothing approach: participants leave the process with value whether or not the mediation produces a settlement. Two valuable outcomes are built into the process—a negotiated settlement or, if issues remain, a jointly approved plan that narrows the dispute and makes final resolution faster and more focused.
01 Early settlement
02 Issues narrowed
03 Resolution plan
04 Independent handoff
The principal business
A serious forum for commercial resolution.
The Mediation Center is the first and principal leg of ALBG.
It is designed to help businesses, investors and institutions address disputes before cost and conflict overwhelm the commercial relationship. The model combines a carefully selected network of mediators with professional case administration, cross-cultural fluency and secure, technology-enabled processes.
The Center concentrates on international commercial mediation and facilitated negotiation. If complete settlement is not achieved, the mediator helps the parties identify agreed facts, isolate the issues truly requiring decision and adopt a streamlined path to adjudication before the matter is transferred to a different neutral or tribunal.
See the Center model ↗What the Center is designed to do
Every mediation should create value.
A focused service offering for complex commercial relationships—not a catalogue of unrelated services.
Narrow what remains
If full settlement is not possible, the parties can leave with agreed facts, one or two defined issues and a jointly approved resolution plan—turning an unsuccessful settlement effort into measurable progress.
Move efficiently to decision
A different arbitrator, expert or tribunal receives a cleaner dispute, an agreed procedural roadmap and a reduced evidentiary burden. The mediator does not become the later decision-maker.
The second business
ALBG School.
Practice becomes learning.
One advanced school. Three connected disciplines.
ALBG School delivers rigorous, practical education in law, business and geopolitics for professionals working across African and international markets. Programs combine selective in-person seminars with structured online courses.
The Center gives ADR education a direct connection to professional practice. The wider curriculum uses the same method: specific problems, experienced practitioners and knowledge participants can apply immediately.
Explore ALBG School ↗Integrated curriculum
01
Law & Dispute ResolutionADR, OHADA, cross-border transactions
02
Business & MarketsInvestment, trade, enterprise, technology
03
Geopolitics & PolicyRisk, diplomacy, institutions, strategy
In personOnlineFor institutions
An African center of gravity
Regional fluency.
International reach.
ALBG's work is centered on Africa, with particular attention to the OHADA legal space and the realities of cross-border commerce. Morocco serves as a bridge to regional markets and as a setting for selected programs and professional exchange.
The ambition is not to import a generic model. It is to build mediation services and advanced learning around the legal frameworks, commercial opportunities, languages and institutional realities that professionals actually encounter.
About ALBG ↗Resolve real disputes. Teach what practice demands. Build capability that travels.The ALBG operating idea
Leadership
Built through experience and partnership.
The core leadership team works with qualified neutrals, trainers and development partners across jurisdictions.
Founder & Chief Executive
Jamil Zouaoui
CEO of ALBG Institute, Manager of the Mediation Center and President of ALBG School. A Washington, D.C. attorney educated at Harvard Law School and Boston College Law School, he has practiced commercial litigation and project finance, served at the World Bank and contributed to the development of OHADA and its regional arbitration framework.
Talal Belrhiti
A Moroccan business executive and political analyst with experience spanning Washington and Casablanca. His background includes economic-development programs, think-tank leadership, policy research and cross-border advisory work focused on Africa and the MENA region.
Professional and academic references describe individual backgrounds only. No institutional affiliation or patronage of ALBG is implied unless expressly confirmed.
Meet the leadership ↗