Main Features :
Based mostly in Paris, Prof.Carducci works in Europe and internationally
Working languages: English, French, Spanish, German, Italian (mother tongue), fair Portuguese
Prof.Carducci’s services rely on these complementary features:
International and intergovernmental experience as Chief of the International Standards Section at UNESCO (Paris Headquarters) in charge of treaty-making and of the implementation of UNESCO Conventions, Recommendations and Declarations on art, cultural property and heritage, for the (192) Governments of Member States. He also gained the rather unique experience of mediator between Greece and the United Kingdom with regard to the Parthenon Marbles in the British Museum
Private and public international legal experience: international and intergovernmental responsibilities (6 years), academia (29 years), private practice (15 years)
Experience and expertise in Property and Commercial Law and in International Law (Private, Economic, Public)
Dispute resolution experience as international arbitrator and legal expert, as mediator between Governments
Arbitrator and Conciliator on the ICSID Panel (2007-2016) and on various other Panels of Arbitrators, Chartered Arbitrator, Fellow and Faculty of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators in London
Member of three ICC Commissions in Paris: on Arbitration and ADR, Competition, Commercial Law and Practice
Independence, absence of conflict of interests, fluent in English, French, Spanish, German, Italian (mother tongue), fair Portuguese
Legal and cultural flexibility gained a) working in various Civil and Common Law jurisdictions, with Governments, their legal experts, and with the private legal sectors, and b) studying and teaching law in various jurisdictions Long years of academic analysis and teaching of the law, holder in earlier years of research fellowships
Two monographs and forty articles published in leading journals, in particular:
International Restitution Claims of Stolen or Illegally Exported Works of Art and Cultural Property : Private International Law, European Directive, UNESCO and UNIDROIT Conventions (LGDJ, 490 pages, published in French)
Law and Practice of Arbitration in France. Commentary and Treatise on Commercial and Investment Arbitration, Oxford University Press, 700 pages, 2020, published in English
Two Ph.Ds. on international transactions, arbitration and litigation, Diploma from The Hague Academy of International Law, four post-graduate LLMs/DEAs, French and Italian legal education, Research Fellowships at Max Planck Institute (Germany)