Introduction

Combining academic, international and intergovernmental experiences in preventing and resolving international disputes

Law Professor and Attorney-at-Law (Paris-Rome)

International Tenant and Arbitrator, 4-5 Gray’s Inn Square (London), Chartered Arbitrator (FCIArb)

Former Chief, International Standards Section, UNESCO (HQ Paris, 192 Member States) 

Acts as Arbitrator, Legal Counsel and Expert in:

i) Commercial, Construction, Energy, Investment, Treaty, Sports, Law

ii) Art Law and Restitution Claims, UNESCO Conventions (visit carducciartlaw.com)

iii) International Law (Public, Economic, Private), EU, French and Italian Law

Fluent and works in English, French, Spanish, German, Italian

Former Mediator between the United Kingdom and Greece in the Dispute for the Return of the Parthenon Marbles in the British Museum

Member of three ICC Commissions: Arbitration and ADR – Commercial Law – Competition

CIAM – CIAR (Madrid International and Interamerican Arbitration Center) : Co-Chair of the “Arbitration with States and Investments” Working Group

American Bar Association (ABA): Former Vice-Chair, International Arbitration and International Litigation Committees

Panels of Arbitrators: ICDR, CIArb, WIPO, JCAA, HKIAC, BVI, CMAP. Formerly ICSID, SIAC, CAS Panels

Recognized in The Legal 500 : Dispute Resolution

Publications: 55 Articles in Law Journals and 2 Monographs:

Arbitration in France: Law and Practice (forthcoming Oxford University Press)
International Art Restitution Claims (LGDJ Paris)

Ph.D. in International Law (Paris II) – Ph.D. in Comparative Contract Law (Rome I) – Diploma, The Hague Academy of International Law

Dr.

Guido Carducci was Chief of the International Standards Section at UNESCO (Paris Headquarters) in charge of international standard-setting, the intergovernmental elaboration of international law and its implementation in (192) Member States, and of UNESCO Conventions on art, cultural property and heritage

Experience and expertise include:

i) in International Law:

Former Chief, International Standards Section, UNESCO HQ Paris. Mediator between the UK and Greek Governments concerning the claim for the return of the Parthenon Marbles in the British Museum. Italian Delegate in treaty-making. Ph.D. Diploma Hague Academy of International Law. Regular Speaker in Conferences

ii) in International Arbitration, Comparative Conflict of Laws, International Business Law:

Arbitrator, Expert Witness and Counsel

Law Professor in Paris. Former Visiting Professor at the Universities of Miami, Hong Kong, Rome (Luiss), Madrid (IE), Thessaloniki (IHU)

Member of 3 ICC Commissions: Arbitration and ADR, Competition, Commercial Law. Chartered Arbitrator, Fellow and Faculty of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. Regular Speaker. Experience in treaty-making at the Hague Conference of Private International Law and UNIDROIT

iii) in EU Law:

Law Professor. EU Expert for the Elaboration of EU Regulation N.650/2012 on International Successions. EU Parliament Expert on art law and return of looted art. Author-Team Leader EU/Italian Competition Law in ICC Compendium of Antitrust Damages Actions

iv) in French Law:

Law Professor in French and EU contract, commercial, company, conflict of laws, international business and arbitration law (Maître de Conférences des Facultés de droit, Paris). Ph.D (Docteur en droit, Univ. Paris II). Post-graduate specialisations (DEAs) in commercial law – EU law – private and public international law. Full French legal education. Eligible for membership in the Paris Bar (currently not Avocat à la Cour)

v) in Italian Law:

Attorney-at-Law in Rome (Avvocato) admitted also before Supreme Courts (Patrocinante in Cassazione), Ph.D. (Dottore di Ricerca University Rome I). Full Italian legal education

vi) in English Law:

International Tenant and Arbitrator 4-5 Gray’s Inn Square, London. Registered European Lawyer in England and Wales until Brexit. Lecturer, Comparative Business Law – including English Law – course (2015-2022)

vii) Activities related to U.S. Law:

ICDR Panel of Arbitrators, Former Visiting Professor University of Miami, American Bar Association (ABA): i) Former Vice-Chair International Arbitration and Litigation Committees; ii) Observer “Uniform Commercial Code and Emerging Technologies Committee” Uniform Law Commission. Lecturer, Comparative Business Law – including US Law – course (2015-2022)