Personal bio
Professor Fabien Gélinas, Ad. E., teaches and conducts research in the areas of international dispute resolution, common law and civil law contracts, commercial law and legal theory. Formerly General Counsel of the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce and past president of the Arbitration Committee of ICC Canada and the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, he is a member of the Quebec Bar and acts as arbitrator, expert and consultant on dispute resolution and legal reform. He is a Member of the NAFTA/CUSMA Roster. Professor Gélinas heads the Private Justice and the Rule of Law Research group and is a cofounder of the Montreal Cyberjustice Laboratory. He has taught at the Centre d’études diplomatiques et stratégiques de Paris (École des hautes études internationales), the Université de Paris II - Panthéon Assas, the National University of Rwanda in Butare, Trinity College Dublin, Sciences Po Paris, New York University and the National University of Singapore. Professor Gélinas was awarded the Quebec Bar's Advocatus Emeritus (Ad. E.) distinction in 2017. In 2021, he received the David Thomson Award for Graduate Supervision from McGill University, and the Paul-André Crépeau Medal from the Canadian Bar Association for his contribution to private and commercial law at the international level.