…from Brazil’s Atlantic coast to Peru or engineering projects such as a canal three times the size of the world largest, the Panama Canal, in Nicaragua) with its correlation of…
…efficient and neutral method of resolving conflicts with the Iraqi State. In this regard, it is perhaps not surprising that Brazil, one of the most important of the South American…
…decided to include in its text the main provisions of the NYC. By doing so, Brazil adopted the main framework of the NYC without actually becoming a Member State. Whilst…
…amendment to the BCL, we come to see in the near future discussions similar to the one held in In Re Petrobras Securities Litigation also being brought about in Brazil….
…BAA, as well the substantial achievements contained therein. It went further to reflect consolidated practices in Brazil, as well as to strengthen the practice of arbitration in the country. Some…
…its jurisdiction and refused to address certain issues (not claims). The problem, however, is that, according to the construction given to this provision in Brazil, Article 32(IV) would be limited…
On May 26, 2015, Brazil signed its third investment treaty of 2015 with Mexico. Given the agreements previously signed with Angola and Mozambique, this certainly comes as a confirmation of…
…freeze the multinational’s assets in other jurisdictions such as Argentina, Canada and Brazil. On its defense, Chevron has mainly alleged that (i) the claims were precluded due to the Release…
…of investment treaties, flows of FDI go into Brazil and other emerging economies, apparently showing that there is no positive correlation between FDI flows and investment treaties, however, the truth…
…required in Brazil. In putting the rules together, we considered the provisions and concepts in ConsensusDocs 200.4 and 200.5, as well as rules and DB agreements from other sources. The…
…Oil & Gas, Florence, Italy. 1 Hon. Wayne D. Brazil (U.S. Magistrate, N. Dist. Calif), Court ADR 25 Years After Pound: Have We Found a Better Way?, 18 Ohio State…
In article 35 of the Brazilian Arbitration Law (“BAA”) it states that, in order to be enforced in Brazil, a foreign arbitral award (i.e., an award issued outside Brazil’s territory)…
…site over 4500 times, with the most active jurisdictions being (in descending order) United States, United Kingdom, France, New Zealand, Germany, Russia, Italy, Brazil, Belgium, and Switzerland. Visits to the…
…Finland, Nigeria, Sweden and Brazil, third party costs may be irrecoverable because the claimant has not incurred those costs, and the funder does not have standing to recover its own…
…against a conflicting judgment of another Member State court. Take for example a London-seated arbitration between two Brazilian parties in relation to a power plant in Brazil. An award is…
…low-cost Chinese goods; and that some of them (namely Brazil, Angola, and Mozambique) are growing rapidly and thus represent a chance for additional expansion. China and Brazil have one of…
…may violate Brazilian public policy in some way, i.e., unreasoned award. The STJ decision is consistent with the Brazil’s increased deference to foreign awards sought to be enforced in Brazil….
…of a hearing, is routinely used in the domestic arbitration of which other countries? A. England and Wales B. Germany C. Australia D. Singapore E. Brazil F. None of the…
…Brazilian courts? The Petroplus Companies manufacture and sell after-market automobile products in Brazil. The Petroplus Companies acquired this right from the First Brands Corporation (“First Brands”), and The Clorox Company…
…least one Brazilian party is also evidence of the development of arbitration in Brazil: in 2012, 82 disputes were arbitrated under the ICC Rules, placing Brazil as a country with…
…the law of the arbitration clause could have dramatic results. If the Court had instead determined that the substantive law of the contract (Brazil) applied to the arbitration clause, under…
…is routinely used in the domestic arbitration of which other countries? A. England and Wales B. Germany C. Australia D. Singapore E. Brazil F. None of the above 9. For…
…the rendering of an ICC arbitral award in Miami. First Brands sought the recognition of the arbitral award before the STJ in Brazil while Petroplus tried to annul that same…
…the deep reach of the Convention, as well as ICSID’s status as not simply another arbitration facility”). The most notable examples of this Latin American trend include: (i) Brazil’s refusal…
