BRAZIL
Colombia
Ecuador
Brazil
Peru
Brasilia
Bolivia
Law and Practice Contributed by: Cláudio Finkelstein, Maria Isabel Gori Montes and Laura Martini Brevilieri Finkelstein Advogados
Rio de Janeiro São Paulo
Paraguay
Chile
Argentina
Contents 1. General p.163 1.1 Prevalence of Arbitration p.163 1.2 Key Industries p.163 1.3 Arbitration Institutions p.163 1.4 National Courts p.164 2. Governing Legislation p.164 2.1 Governing Law p.164 2.2 Changes to National Law p.164 3. The Arbitration Agreement p.165 3.1 Enforceability p.165 3.2 Arbitrability p.165 3.3 National Courts’ Approach p.166 3.4 Validity p.166 4. The Arbitral Tribunal p.166 4.1 Limits on Selection p.166 4.2 Default Procedures p.166 4.3 Court Intervention p.166 4.4 Challenge and Removal of Arbitrators p.167 4.5 Arbitrator Requirements p.167 5. Jurisdiction p.167 5.1 Challenges to Jurisdiction p.167 5.2 Circumstances for Court Intervention p.168 5.3 Timing of Challenge p.168 5.4 Standard of Judicial Review for Jurisdiction/ Admissibility p.168 5.5 Breach of Arbitration Agreement p.168 5.6 Jurisdiction Over Third Parties p.168 6. Preliminary and Interim Relief p.169
7. Procedure p.170 7.1 Governing Rules p.170 7.2 Procedural Steps p.170 7.3 Powers and Duties of Arbitrators p.170 7.4 Legal Representatives p.171 8. Evidence p.171 8.1 Collection and Submission of Evidence p.171 8.2 Rules of Evidence p.171 8.3 Powers of Compulsion p.171 9. Confidentiality p.172 9.1 Extent of Confidentiality p.172 10. The Award p.172 10.1 Legal Requirements p.172 10.2 Types of Remedies p.173 10.3 Recovering Interest and Legal Costs p.173 11. Review of an Award p.173 11.1 Grounds for Appeal p.173 11.2 Excluding/Expanding the Scope of Appeal p.174
11.3 Standard of Judicial Review p.174 12. Enforcement of an Award p.174 12.1 New York Convention p.174 12.2 Enforcement Procedure p.174 12.3 Approach of the Courts p.175 13. Miscellaneous p.175 13.1 Class Action or Group Arbitration p.175 13.2 Ethical Codes p.175 13.3 Third-Party Funding p.176 13.4 Consolidation p.176 13.5 Binding of Third Parties p.176
6.1 Types of Relief p.169 6.2 Role of Courts p.169 6.3 Security for Costs p.169
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