2016 – Consent in International Arbitration – 15th International Arbitration Congress

09:30 a.m. | Panel I: The Law Applicable to Consent

Moderator: Carlos Suplicy de Figueiredo Forbes

Adriana Braghetta  – Private International Law and Consent in Arbitration
Rabih Ali Nasser – The Common Intention of the Parties to Determine Consent. Evasion of Applicable Law?
John Fellas – The Dilemma of Applicable Law in Decisions on Jurisdiction in Cases of Non-Signatory Third Parties

11:15 a.m. | Coffee Break

11:45 a.m. | Panel II: Consent to Arbitrate in Corporations

Moderator: Paula Andrea Forgioni

Nelson Eizirik – The Binding of the Shareholder to the Arbitration Agreement Included in the Bylaws
Massimo Benedettelli – The Binding of the Company to the Arbitration Agreement Included in the Shareholders’ Agreement
Marcelo Dias Gonçalves Vilela – Consent as a Condition for Access to the New Market: Forced Arbitration?

01:15 p.m. | Lunch

03:00 p.m. | Panel III: Consent of Non-Signatories

Moderator: Rodrigo Octávio Broglia Mendes

Judith Martins-Costa – Knowledge of the Arbitration Agreement as a Manifestation of Consent
Fernando Mantilla-Serrano – Arbitration without an Arbitration Agreement
Juan Fernández-Armesto – The Decline of [Proof/Necessity] of Consent

04:30 p.m. | Coffee Break

05:00 p.m. | Panel IV: Consent to Arbitrate and the Circulation of the Arbitration Agreement

Moderator: Ana Serra e Moura

Peter Hirst  – Legal Subrogation, Insurance Contract and Arbitration Clause
Francisco Paulo De Crescenzo Marino – Is the Third-Party Beneficiary Obligated to Arbitrate?
Arnoldo Wald – Arbitration, Bankruptcy and Recovery. Legal Subrogation of the Estate in the Rights and Obligations of the Bankrupt