Craig Chiasson

Practice Areas

• International Arbitration

• Commercial Arbitration

• Investor - State Dispute Settlement

• Energy Disputes

• Contract Disputes

• Construction Disputes

Professional Memberships

Craig is an active member of numerous arbitral institutions and associations, including:

• Chair of the Arbitration Committee of ICC Canada (since October 2024);

• Vice-Chair of ICC Canada’s Arbitration Committee from 2022 to 2024.

• Member, VanIAC Rules Committee

• Member, Roster of Arbitrators, International Centre for Dispute Resolution (ICDR)

• Member, London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA)

• Member, International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA)

• Advisory member of the Institute of Transnational Arbitration (ITA)

• Member, Panel of Arbitrators, Vancouver International Arbitration Centre (VanIAC)

• Member, and included in Database of Arbitrators, London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA)

• Member, International Bar Association, International Arbitration Section

Career

Craig has extensive experience in international and domestic commercial arbitration and investment treaty arbitration, as well as considerable experience in complex commercial disputes and construction and energy disputes.

He has appeared as counsel in ICC, UNCITRAL, ICSID, SCC, HKIAC, LCIA, SIAC, VanIAC and ad hoc arbitration proceedings, and in the British Columbia Appeal Court, Provincial Courts of British Columbia and Supreme Court of Canada.

Craig is recognized by Chambers Global and Canada, the Global Arbitration Review's GAR 100, Lexology Index (Arbitration), the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory, and Benchmark Litigation Canada, among others, and is Martindale-Hubbell® AV® Preeminent™ rated.

Awards