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DOCTRINE
(A) NATIONAL
1. Arbitration of final offers in Brazil
Bruno Guandalini……………………………………………………………………………………………………. 7
2. Jurisdiction in the new Code of Civil Procedure: arbitral award
as a negative procedural prerequisite
João Luiz Lessa Neto……………………………………………………………………………………………… 22
(b) International
(1) The ICSID Convention and nationals of another contracting State that are owned
by nationals of the respondent State: back to basics
Cedric Soule…………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 39
2. Efficiency and equilibrium in the allocation of arbitration costs
Wilson Pimentel……………………………………………………………………………………………………. 59
Case law
(A) National State Commented
1. Arbitration. Contract. Arbitration clause. Enforcement of extrajudicial title.
State jurisdiction. Superior Court of Justice. Arbitration. Arbitration agreement.
Enforcement of extrajudicial instrument. State jurisdiction. Superior Court of
Justice. Superior Court of Justice. 3rd Panel. Special Appeal No. 1.373.710/MG.
Rel. Min. Ricardo Villas Bôas Cuevas. J. 07.04.2015
Fernanda de Gouvêa Leão………………………………………………………………………………………. 68
2. Related contracts and necessary joint venture. Compulsory intervention of the
in arbitration. Judicial review of partial
partial. Deadline for filing an action for annulment against an invalid partial award.
against an invalid partial award. Effects of the expiry of the
period. Related agreements and compulsory joinder. Obligatory intervention
of a compulsory impleaded party in the arbitration. Judicial control of partial arbitral
awards. Initial term of the limitation period to file an annulment claim against an
invalid partial award. Effects of not filing the annulment claim within the limitation
period. Court of Justice of Rio de Janeiro. 16th Civil Chamber. Civil Appeal
nº 0298605-09.2011.8.19.0001. Rel. Mauro Dickstein. J. 08.04.2014
Gustavo Santos Kulesza………………………………………………………………………………………….. 83
3. Existence of an arbitration clause. Jurisdiction-competence principle.
Negative effect. Extent. Existence of arbitration clause. Competence-competence.
Negative effect. Extension. Court of Justice of the State of Rio de Janeiro.
11th Civil Chamber. Interlocutory Appeal No. 0054241-31.2014.8.19.0000.
J. 28.01.2015
João Vicente Pereira de Assis…………………………………………………………………………………. 124
4. Arbitration clause. Multiple subjects subject to arbitration. Attempt to avoid
or suspend arbitral jurisdiction. Anti-arbitration measure. Doubt or uncertainty
concerning some point of the contract, or even the questioning of the contract,
does not remove the priority of the arbitrator’s jurisdiction over the state court.
Separability (autonomy of the arbitration clause). Negative effect of the principle of
principle and the recent case law of the STJ. Decision reversed,
referring the case to arbitration. Arbitration clause. Plurality of issues
subject to arbitration. Attempt to avoid or suspend arbitral jurisdiction. Anti-suit
injunction. Doubt or uncertainty related to some part of the contract, or either a
challenge of the contract, do not withdraw the priority of the arbitrator’s jurisdiction
in relation to state jurisdiction. Separability (independence of the arbitration clause).
Competence-competence principle and recent jurisprudence of STJ. Decision
overruled, with the submission of the case to arbitration. Court of Justice of the
State of São Paulo. 1st Chamber Reserved for Business Law. Interlocutory
Instrument No. 2019207-29.2015.8.26.0000. Rel. Des. Ênio Zuliani. J. 29.04.2015
Rodrigo Cogo……………………………………………………………………………………………………..139
(B) International State Commentary
1. Annulment. Company dissolution. The adversarial principle. Arbitrability.
Extension of the arbitration clause. Challenge. Violation of due process.
Dissolution of a company. Arbitrability. Extension of the arbitration clause.
France. Paris Court of Appeal. Société Coralsa Corporation Alimentaria
S.A. v. Société Ingelco. RG Nos. 12/16039 and 13/17333. J. 20.01.2015
Matthieu de Boisséson and Marie-Isabelle Barretto Delleur……………………………………………177
2. Request for recusal of arbitrator. Timeliness. Duty to disclose. Appointments
appellants. IBA guidelines on conflicts of interest. Challenge of
arbitrator. Timeliness. Duty to disclose. Recurring appointments. IBA guidelines
on conflict of interests. Portugal. Lisbon Court of Appeal.
Case no. 1361/2014. J. 24.03.2015
Filipa Cansado Carvalho………………………………………………………………………………………188
General Information
1. Brief report on the 9th Latin American Arbitration Congress: “Dogmatism and
Pragmatism in Arbitration”
Marcos Rolim F. Fontes………………………………………………………………………………………..220
2. Young Arbitrators Forum. Changes to the Brazilian Arbitration Law. ICCYAF,
São Paulo, June 30, 2015, São Paulo
Fabiane Verçosa………………………………………………………………………………………………….226
Classics of Arbitration
1. Note to the article “The Court of Arbitration: Outline of its Changes from Inception to
the Present Day”, by Frédéric Elsemann, former Secretary General of the ICC Court of Arbitration
Court of Arbitration
Andrea Carlevaris………………………………………………………………………………………………..230
Book Reviews
1. Civil law and arbitration
Author: Giovanni Ettore Nanni
Luiz Olavo Baptista……………………………………………………………………………………………..241
2. Recognition and enforcement of foreign arbitral awards in Brazil – A practitioner’s
guide
Author: Leonardo de Campos Melo
Anne Marie Whitesell…………………………………………………………………………………………..244
3. Misapplication of the law by the arbitrator. An analysis in the light of Brazilian and
and foreign law
Author: Fabiane Verçosa
Guilherme Brechbühler………………………………………………………………………………………..249
Journal of Journals
1. Ana Paula Montans…………………………………………………………………………………………. 252
Linha Editorial…………………………………………………………………………………………………… 259