International Arbitration: Law and Practice in Brazil

This book provides comprehensive coverage on the state of arbitration in Brazil following the enactment of the 1996 Arbitration Act. Expert contributors explore the impact of this act on a range of areas all of Brazilian international law, including labour law, construction, and capital market transactions.

List of contents

• 1: The Rise of Arbitration in Brazil


• 2: Comments of the Brazilian Arbitration Law


• 3: Consolidation of Arbitration by the Brazilian Courts: STF and STJ


• 4: Settlement Agreements and the Role of the Arbitral Tribunal


• 5: Characteristics of Brazilian Arbitration Practice


• 6: Conservatory and Interim Measures


• 7: Non-signatories


• 8: The Brazilian Arbitration Institutions


• 9: International versus National Awards


• 10: Arbitration in the Portuguese-speaking World


• 11: Project Finance, PPP, and Concession Agreements


• 12: Evidence Production and the Role of the Arbitrators


• 13: Agreements between Shareholders and General Corporate Matters


• 14: Stock Corporation Arbitration


• 15: Post MandA Arbitration


• 16: Commercial Contracts


• 17: Construction Contracts between Private Parties


• 18: Construction Contracts Involving the Public Administration


• 19: Insolvency and Arbitration


• 20: Labour Law Arbitration


• 21: Oil and Gas Arbitration


• 22: Electric Energy Arbitration

About the author

Peter Sester is Professor of International Commercial Arbitration and Investment Arbitration at Fundação Getúlio Vargas Law School (Rio de Janeiro) and New University of Lisbon. He is qualified to practice as a lawyer in Germany and Brazil, and previously spent 12 years as counsel at Freshfields in Frankfurt. He regularly sits as an arbitrator and has published extensively in German and English.

Summary

This book provides comprehensive coverage on the state of arbitration in Brazil following the enactment of the 1996 Arbitration Act. Expert contributors explore the impact of this act on a range of areas all of Brazilian international law, including labour law, construction, and capital market transactions.

Product details

• Authors: Peter (Professor of International Commerci Sester
• Assisted by: Peter Sester (Editor), Sester Peter (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.05.2020
• EAN: 9780198840114
• ISBN: 978-0-19-884011-4
• No. of pages: 688
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; Brazil, LAW / Civil Procedure, LAW / International, LAW / Arbitration, Negotiation, Mediation, LAW / Conflict of Laws, International Arbitration, International Organisations & Institutions, Treaties & Other Sources Of International Law, Public international law: treaties and other sources, International law: arbitration