Brigitte A.J. Spiegeler

Brigitte Spiegeler is a mediator, arbitrator, and attorney-at-law specializing in intellectual property law, with a practice built at the intersection of legal advocacy, dispute resolution, and the arts. She is the founder of Spiegeler International Attorneys at Law & Mediators, a boutique law firm with offices in The Hague and Paris, where she leads the firm's strategic direction alongside her legal and mediation practice. Over the past twenty years, Brigitte has represented clients as an attorney-at-law in a wide range of litigation matters before national courts in the Netherlands and France, with a particular focus on intellectual property, including patents. Her litigation background has given her a deep, practical understanding of how IP disputes unfold in the courtroom, an insight she now brings to her work as a neutral, helping parties resolve conflicts before they escalate to costly and protracted proceedings. Brigitte is a registered mediator with the Mediators Federation Netherlands (MfN) and an IMI Qualified Legal Mediator, credentials she has held for four years. She is registered as a mediator both in the Netherlands and with the International Mediation Institute, and has built a growing practice handling mediations and expert appointments in intellectual property and creative-industry disputes, drawing on her dual background in law and the arts to bridge technical, commercial, and creative interests between parties. What distinguishes Brigitte's approach is her combined legal and artistic background. Alongside her legal career, she is a practicing visual artist, and her work has been exhibited internationally, such as in Paris, Berlin, Istanbul, Atlanta, Shanghai and Beijing. This dual perspective, as both a litigator and a creator, gives her a distinctive sensitivity to the interests of parties in creative and IP-related disputes, allowing her to understand not only the legal and commercial stakes but also the personal and creative investment. This creative sensibility also shapes how she approaches problem-solving as a mediator: Brigitte is a strong advocate for strategic and creative solutions, often looking beyond conventional legal remedies to find outcomes that genuinely serve the interests of all parties involved.