The Italian legal and commercial communities have suffered an important loss. The highly respected and well-known attorney Marco Weigmann passed away on 15 October, at the age of 80.

Marco Weigmann’s practice was solidly rooted in his home town, Torino, but soon expanded to a national and international dimension. After his graduation from the University of Torino, he started in 1963 as an associate, and soon became a leading partner, in the same law firm in which his father had been a partner,‘Tosetto, Weigmann e Associati’. The firm was founded in 1877. This strong traditional element, however, did not exclude dynamism and attention to the current trends. The firm entered a phase of significant development in the 80s, increasing the number of lawyers and expanding the scope of its competence. In 2019, ‘Tosetto, Weigmann e Associati’ merged with another law firm and became ‘Weigmann’, with venues in three cities in Italy and an extensive international network.

Marco Weigmann was highly recognised in the field of dispute resolution, and represented parties in high profile disputes. Among other things, he acted as a member of the Council of the Milan Chamber of Arbitration and the Arbitration Chamber of Piedmont. He has also been a member of the Torino Bar Council, the Ethical Commission of the Italian Council of Bars, and of the Italian delegation to the Conseil des Barreaux Européens.

He was also active in the commercial sector. Among the important transactions he participated in, are the merger between the Istituto Bancario San Paolo and the State-owned credit institution IMI, and the subsequent merger between the resulting company and Banca Intesa – which created Italy’s largest banking institution. He held positions on boards of directors and corporate bodies of a number of companies and foundations, and was a member of the corporate law working group at the Advisory Committee of the European Union.

His clients and colleagues remember him as one of the best lawyers of the last 40 years. They praise him for having maintained a discreet and reserved profile, while playing a central role in arbitration, dispute resolution and business transactions.