Business & partnership
Resolve a business & partnership dispute — without going to court
A dispute with a partner, client, or supplier can freeze a business and drain it in legal fees. Elerion helps both sides work through partner splits, unpaid invoices, contract disagreements, and dissolutions — and reach terms in writing.
What a mediated outcome looks like
A calmer path to a written agreement
Every dispute is different, so here is a composite showing how a mediation with Elerion typically unfolds — not a real case.
Two co-founders have grown apart and want to go separate ways, but they are stuck on who keeps which clients and how to value what each built. Neither wants to torch the company — or years of goodwill — in a lawsuit.
In private rooms, each partner lays out what they need to walk away whole. Elerion keeps the conversation businesslike, carries only the proposals each side agrees to share, and helps them settle the buyout number, the client split, and the wind-down timeline. What they both accept is drafted into a written agreement they can each run past their own advisers.
What it costs
The traditional way versus $9 with Elerion
The same disagreement can cost a few dollars or tens of thousands, depending on the path you take.
A contested commercial or partnership dispute commonly runs $10,000–$50,000 or more per side, and can tie the business up for a year or more. A private human mediator typically charges $100–$500 an hour, or roughly $750–$6,000+ for the case.
These are typical estimates, not quotes. Real costs vary widely by dispute, state or country, and the people involved — verify the figures for your own situation.
How Elerion handles it
Built for a business & partnership dispute
Elerion is a single, neutral AI mediator. You use it — you never have to configure it. Here is what that means for a dispute like yours.
- Each side gets a private room, called a caucus — confidential numbers and strategy stay private unless you choose to share them.
- Elerion stays neutral between partners, vendors, and clients; it does not take a side and does not give legal advice.
- You negotiate the real terms — buyout price, payment schedule, client and asset splits — and nothing binds either side until both sign.
- Financial figures in the agreement come verbatim from the offer both sides formally accepted, so the settlement matches what you agreed.
- The drafting engine refuses to write illegal or coercive terms and will not invent facts about the business.
- A signed settlement is a contract; have your own attorney or accountant review it before you sign, since enforceability varies by situation and place.
Elerion is not a law firm and does not give legal advice. Attorneys are welcome and encouraged, and a signed settlement is a contract — enforceability varies by situation and place, so it is wise to have a lawyer review it before you sign.
Common questions
Questions people ask
- We just need an unpaid invoice settled. Does that work here?
- Yes. Many business disputes are exactly this — money owed, a disputed deliverable, a contract read two ways. Both sides join, work out a number and a timeline, and leave with a written agreement for a fraction of the cost of a claim.
- Will our financials be exposed to the other side?
- No. Each side has a private room. What you share in confidence stays confidential unless you decide to put it into an offer the other side sees.
Try settling it the calmer way
Your first mediations are free — three of them, no credit card. Start whenever you are ready, and walk away any time.