Dr. Giacomo Marchisio

Dr. Marchisio obtained a law degree from the University of Turin in 2012. He subsequently moved to Canada, where he completed an LL.M. (2015) and a D.C.L. (2017) at McGill University, focusing on international arbitration. After leading the compliance group of the Canadian affiliate of a Japanese multinational corporation, he began practising law at Norton Rose Fulbright Canada. In 2022, he joined IMK LLP.

His experience includes representing a Canadian investor in an UNCITRAL arbitration against a Southeast Asian state and acting for two U.S. companies in international commercial arbitrations under the ADRIC Rules and the Canadian Arbitration Association Rules. He also represents a major European construction group in enforcement proceedings related to an arbitral award concerning the construction of a hospital complex in South America, as well as a Canadian air carrier in proceedings against two subcontractors for damages caused to key aircraft components.

Dr. Marchisio has served as sole arbitrator in fourteen cases and as tribunal secretary in major international arbitrations on eleven occasions. He is included on the List of Rising Arbitrators of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre and the roster of the Vancouver International Commercial Arbitration Centre.

Finally, Dr. Marchisio has taught evidence in civil matters at McGill University’s Faculty of Law from 2017 to 2020 and has been teaching at Université de Montréal since 2024. He has published widely on the law of obligations and on court intervention in the arbitral process. His main publications include:

• “L’intervention des tribunaux québécois dans le cadre d’un arbitrage conventionnel : réflexions pratiques sur le contrôle de la compétence arbitrale en cours d’instance” (Revue du Barreau du Québec, 2025)
• "Le terme indéterminé: réflexions sur une modalité (pas si) simple !" (The Canadian Bar Review, 2022)
• "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, 2nd ed (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