The relevance of the chosen research topic is determined by the important role of alternative ways of resolving economic disputes in the modern conditions of the development of business relations in Ukraine. The introduction of martial law on the territory of Ukraine, active hostilities in some of its territories, power outages, and in connection with this, the relocation of a large number of business entities to other settlements or abroad, the repurposing of the activities of such enterprises force us to look for new effective solutions conflict (dispute) situations.

The purpose of the article is to carry out a comprehensive analysis of the normative and legal regulation of the mediation procedure in Ukraine, to determine the inherent features of business mediation, to clarify the main theoretical approaches to the prospects for the development of business mediation as one of the independent methods of alternative resolution of economic disputes in the conditions of declared martial law and in the postwar period.

It is substantiated that the jurisdictional methods of protecting the violated rights of business entities do not meet the challenges of modern conditions of conducting business activities on the territory of Ukraine. Application of the business mediation procedure (including online) will significantly facilitate and speed up the resolution of business disputes. The main advantages of the business mediation procedure, compared to going to court, include: speed, predictability of the costs of this procedure, the ability to independently develop options for resolving the conflict (dispute) taking into account both one’s own interests and the interests of the counterparty, maintaining stable economic relations future relations between business entities.

It has been established that business mediation can also be used to prevent business conflicts (preventive mediation).

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