The Herbert Smith Freehills arbitration team has partnered with the London Chamber of Arbitration and Mediation to conduct a snapshot survey of more than 50 mediators, exploring their experience of mediation in arbitration in 2019 and 2020. The results of the survey shed light on current take-up of mediation in arbitration, the stages of the dispute at which these mediations are most likely to occur, claim values, and settlement rates. In this blog post we discuss and reflect on mediator responses to the survey, examining what the survey results reveal about the current trends in mediation in international arbitration. You can also watch a short video summarising the key findings of our research here.