Jacques S. Darche

Jacques Darche acts as counsel to parties involved in both international and domestic commercial arbitrations and he also represents parties in the homologation, recognition and contestation of arbitral awards, and regularly serves as arbitrator and mediator in commercial disputes. In addition, he has a well-developed practice in commercial litigation, franchise law, real estate litigation and expropriation, international fraud, estate litigation, shareholder disputes, insolvency and financial restructuring. He has extensive knowledge of and experience with the workings of Quebec's civil courts, as well as the rules of various international commercial arbitral institutions. He is a Chartered Arbitrator and Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb), a Certified Arbitrator of the Institut de médiation et d’arbitrage du Québec (IMAQ), a member of the Arbitration Committee of ICC Canada, the ICC Institute of World Business Law and of the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA). He is also the Honorary Consul of Finland in Montreal.