Giacomo Marchisio
Associate
Giacomo practises in private international law, international arbitration and civil and commercial litigation. His practice covers all aspects of arbitration and litigation, including providing legal advice, drafting proceedings and representing clients before the courts.
He regularly serves as Tribunal secretary in international arbitrations governed by the ICC and LCIA rules, as well as sole arbitrator under the rules of the Canadian Commercial Arbitration Centre (CCAC). Moreover, Giacomo is a member of the List of Rising Arbitrators of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre.
Prior to joining IMK, Giacomo practiced in the Montreal office of an international law firm.
Representative mandates
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- Equivalency Program – Foreign Jurists, Université de Montréal & Quebec Bar, 2020
- DCL, McGill University, 2017
- LL.M. (comparative law), McGill University, 2014
J.D. (Cum Laude), University of Turin, 2012
- Member of the List of Rising Arbitrators of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre
- Canadian Bar Association
- ICC Canada Arbitration Committee
- Young Canadian Arbitration Practitioners (YCAP)
Université de Montréal Faculty of Law
- Sessional Lecturer - “Arbitrage commercial international”: Fall 2023
McGill University Faculty of Law
- Sessional Lecturer - “Evidence in Civil Matters”: Fall 2017-2020
- “Le terme indéterminé : réflexions sur une modalité (pas si) simple !” (2022), 100 Can. Bar Rev. 254
- “Procedural Reforms at the International Court of Arbitration”, in Freya Baetens, ed, Legitimacy of Unseen Actors in International Adjudication (Cambridge University Press, 2019)
- “Interpreting the Model Law: Methodology and The Singapore Experience” (Frédéric Bachand, Fabien Gélinas and Giacomo Marchisio), in D. Foxton and D. Joseph, eds, Singapore International Arbitration: Law & Practice, 2ed (LexisNexis, 2018)
- “La règle de la meilleure preuve”, (2018) 48:1 Revue de droit de l’Université de Sherbrooke
- “L’arbitrage consensuel et le droit québécois” (Fabien Gélinas and Giacomo Marchisio), (2018) 48:2 Revue générale de droit (UOttawa)
- “The Notion of Arbitral Award in International Commercial Arbitration” (Kluwer Law International, 2017)
- “Recent Solutions to Old Problems: The Expedited Procedure Under the Revised 2017 ICC Rules”, (2017) 1 ICC Bulletin
- “A Comparative Analysis of Consent Awards”, (2016) 32:2 Arbitration International
- “Trade Usages in ICC Arbitration” (Giacomo Marchisio, Fabien Gélinas and Emmanuel Jolivet), in Fabien Gélinas, ed, Trade Usages and Implied Terms in the Age of Arbitration (Oxford University Press, 2016)
- “Jurisdictional Matters in International Arbitration: Why Arbitrators Stand on an Equal Footing with State Courts”, (2014) 31:4 Journal of International Arbitration