…n° 0707537-67.2019.8.18.0000, 19 December 2020 Joao Bosco Lee, Lee, Taube, Gabardo Sociedade de Advogados, ITA Reporter for Brazil The Court of Appeal of the State of Piaui annulled an arbitral…
From 1st to 3rd September 2024, the Brazilian Arbitration Committee—CBAr held its 23rd International Arbitration Conference (“23rd CBAr IAC” or “Conference”) in Brasília, Brazil’s federal capital. The theme of this…
…relevant to mention that the Public Administration in Brazil has been adopting dispute boards in their administrative contracts in several cities, including São Paulo, Belo Horizonte, and Rio de Janeiro…
…of technical evidence in infrastructure disputes and the impact of foreign investment and sustainability in Brazil—topics of great complexity, yet essential for the continued development of Brazilian practice in infrastructure…
…consistency, this approach is less popular and is known to be followed by courts in Spain, Luxembourg, Brazil, and Chile. In contrast, the “Westphalian” approach, promoted by Jan Paulsson, is…
The advantages of exclusive jurisdiction agreements (“EJAs”) are well known; chiefly, that of knowing where a party can sue and be sued. In Brazil, EJAs are widely used in both…
…procedural rules of arbitral institutions (“Surveyed Rules”)1)The list of the Surveyed Rules includes (1) the institutional arbitration rules of: Center for Arbitration and Mediation of the Chamber of Commerce Brazil-Canada…
On 18 June 2024, the Brazilian Superior Court of Justice issued an important decision, which it clearly established the distinction between the breach of the duty of disclosure and the…
…to the Aramco trademark in the European Union, the US, Chile, Brazil, Canada, Mexico, Monaco, Cambodia, the United Kingdom, Malaysia, and Indonesia. The sole arbitrator found that it was a…
…increase of ICC arbitrations with Mexican parties in 2023 (the number one position in Latin America was previously held by Brazil for almost 10 years), due to the economic and…
…Pedro Batista Martins, the Rio de Janeiro Conference has reached its XVIII edition, firmly established as one of the main forums for debate on arbitration in Brazil. This year’s event…
…the Chamber of Commerce Brazil-Canada (“CAM-CCBC”). While the Dubai International Arbitration Centre‘s (“DIAC”) representative could not attend the event, a message on the developments made by the DIAC was shared…
…disputes could vary widely from indigenous population in Brazil who suffered from an environmental tragedy to hedge funds that acquired shares based on misleading information. In contrast, the defendants in…
Previous posts have addressed advocacy techniques in arbitration (for example, see here, here, here, here, and here). This is not an attempt to summarize them, but rather to present the…
…that countries such as South Africa, Ecuador and Brazil had also withdrawn from what he termed the “older order of the ISDS system.” The shift in India’s position has become…
…in which a government attorney, member of the Attorney General’s Office (“AGU”), had acted as arbitrator in a three-member tribunal seated in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. This post discusses such…
…of a single group deviates Brazil from the international consensus on good arbitration practices. A similar exception is found in the French legislation. This country also permits notaries to conduct…
…Model BIT. As for its remaining BITs, India sought to enter into joint interpretative statements with its counterparts, with limited success. Brazil has no BITs in force and instead has…
…in Brazil. The agreed price was USD 337,500 per month, at a rate of USD 2,500 per ton, resulting in a total of USD 4,050,000, payable in 12 months. On…
…these principles, while also highlighting its adaptability and vision of shaping the future of ADR. ADR and Arbitration in Evolution: a Change of Mindset within Brazil? The intersection between…
…which gathered speakers and participants from near and far, including those from far corners of the world such as Brazil, Australia and Nigeria. The inaugural Riyadh International Disputes Week also…
…binding on the other party. In this case, while the claimant’s expectation that the Brazilian respondent would make the agreed payments from Brazil – enabling tax credit offsets against Turkish…
…decided under Paraguayan law (¶ 10), this decision on admissibility is of great relevance for Paraguayan arbitration law, which is still behind neighboring jurisdictions such as Brazil, Argentina, or Chile….
…renewable practices to develop, noting the impending tax reforms in Brazil, for example. Equally, companies are hungry for new technologies that can help them achieve sustainability. Igor Oliveira added how…
