…to initiate the ICC proceedings.” (para 199). Uber has been the subject of driver lawsuits in the US, the UK, France, and Brazil. However, Uber v Heller appears to be…
On 19 May 2020 the London Court of International Arbitration (hereinafter the LCIA or the Court) issued its annual casework report for 2019. This paper aims to present and analyse…
…Indonesia, India), denouncing institutions (Bolivia, Ecuador, Venezuela) and advancing other forms of dispute resolution (Brazil, South Africa), Canada has remained a steadfast champion of ISDS and associated reform efforts. Canada…
…by India’s new BIT with Brazil) International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (“ICSID”) arbitrations have never been more vulnerable to the threat of denunciation (particularly in those investment agreements…
…accessing data of arbitration proceedings administered by CBMA. The CBMA, an arbitral institution with headquarters in the city of Rio de Janeiro, State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, has been…
…for TMT disputes”. Challenges to the development of IP arbitration in Brazil In Brazil, however, the use of arbitration in IP conflicts is still sprouting. For instance, numbers released…
…jurisdictions where there is a specialized team of in-house counsel for complex disputes, such as the case of Brazil, where since 2018 the Federal Prosecution Office counts with a specialized…
“I prefer to hope that this shift in perspective will be a chance for people, organisations, businesses, politics, whatever, to put so many of their ongoing disputes and conflicts aside…
On 25 January 2020, India and Brazil signed an investment agreement (the “India-Brazil BIT”). As an agreement that has been signed at the dawn of the new decade, it is…
…As a backgrounder, for Brazil, this is the 27th BIT it has signed, yet there is only one which has seen light of the day. Surprisingly though, both Brazil and…
During the recent visit of Brazilian President, Jair Bolsonaro, to India, Brazil and India inked the investment cooperation and facilitation treaty (hereinafter bilateral investment treaty – BIT). From Brazil’s point…
…New India-Brazil BIT According to this report, India has also signed a new BIT with Brazil in January since it revised the model BIT in 2015. The signing comes around…
…investors. Several new IIAs signed in 2019, such as the Brazil-UAE BIT, refer to the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises, which captures recommendations from governments to multinational enterprises on responsible…
…arbitration proceedings. Comment In Brazil, once the arbitration commitment is established, as a rule, it is the arbitrator’s responsibility to decide their own competence, due to the so-called competence-competence…
…arbitrators’ profile in Brazil through an analysis of the members of the lists of the leading Brazilian arbitral institutions. In the International Doctrine section, Thomas Granier examines the recent understanding…
…Short Title Date of Signature Date of Ratification ISDS (?) 1. Brazil-Morocco BIT 13/06/2019 — No 2. Brazil-Ethiopia BIT 11/04/2018 — No 3. Brazil-Malawi BIT 25/06/2015 — No 4. Brazil-Angola…
…Article 3(f). e. Brazil. Chapter II, Paragraph 4 of the Brazilian Arbitration Act. In 2017, Brazil revised its labor laws to permit disputes of executive-level employees to be resolved by…
…The Vatican e. Brazil 8. Grounds for challenging an award Which of the following statements is true about Singapore? a. The country’s arbitration act allows a party to…
…Brazil through ‘class arbitration.’ This is certainly a new source of disputes in Brazil where arbitration could be an attractive option for parties involved in these major disputes. This blog…
…and for Brazil (by Marcelo Roberto Ferro); for Africa, we have a contribution from Veronique Goncalves on OHADA Arbitration; Asia is represented by contributions on mainland China (by Kun Fan)…
…of subtle majority coalitions on distinct issues that partly complicates attempts at broad categorisations. Moreover, states such as Brazil and South Africa, which seek a more paradigmatic move away from…
…No. 320/2019 and Decree SP No. 64.356 / 2019, regarding public-private arbitration; and Ricardo Dalmaso Marques analyzes Resolution No. 35/2019 of the Arbitration and Mediation Center of the Brazil-Canada Chamber…
…private investors to develop infrastructure, Brazil has taken one positive step to expressly allow arbitration in public contracts concluded in these sectors. On 20 September 2019, the President of Brazil…
…resolution initiatives in Brazil, and on the role of empathy and values in mediation practice. You’ll find below a brief summary of, and link to, each post published on the…
