Wording of Arbitration Clauses

Wording of Arbitration Clauses – 1

8-/-0/1999 Interlocutory Appeal No. 123567-4/9 – São Paulo State Supreme Court (TJSP) – AGA vs. Mansur

Arbitration clause – Wording – Arbitration indicated as optional – Exception of arbitration denied – Interlocutory appeal denied

Wording of Arbitration Clauses – 2

4-/-0/2004 – Appeal 220697-3 – Paraná State Supreme Court (TJPR) – Montreal vs. Umon et al.

Company dissolution – Articles of association prior to Law No. 9,307 – All-embracing arbitration clause – Subjective scope of the agreement to arbitrate – Parties’ bound by articles of association does not extend to third parties not signing the agreement – Lack of standing to be sued – Procedural nature of the rules set forth in the arbitration act – Immediate effectiveness – Lack of violation to the mandatory jurisdictional control doctrine