The Legal Framework for Arbitration in Brazil

General Information

• UNCITRAL Model-Law based: Yes.
• Legal Provisions: Law 9,307 of 1996 (Brazilian Arbitration Act). An English translation of the Arbitration Act is available on the homepage of the COMITE BRASILEIRO DE ARBITRAGEM - CBAR.

Multilateral Conventions

• New York Convention: Yes (ratification/accession: 7 June 2002); reservations: none.
• Geneva Protocol on Arbitration Clauses of 1923
• European Convention: No.
• ICSID Convention: No.
• Energy Charter Treaty: No.

Arbitral Institutions

• Centre of Arbitration and Mediation of the Brazil - Canada Chamber of Commerce
• Brazilian Centre of Mediation and Arbitration (CBMA)
• the Sao Paulo Chamberfor Mediation and Arbitration (FIESP/CIESP)
• FGV Chamber of Mediation and Arbitration
• Corporate Chamber of Commerce in Brazil (CAMARB)
• the Arbitration and Mediation Center of the American Chamber of Commerce in São Paulo (AMCHAM)http://arbitac.acpr.com.br/
• Chamber of Mediation and Arbitration, Curitiba (ARBITAC)http://www.conima.org.br/
• National Council of Mediation and Arbitration Institutions (CONIMA)
• Mediation and Arbitration Center of the Portuguese Chamber of Commerce in Brazil
• the Market Arbitration Center instituted by the São Paulo Stock Exchange BOVESPA/BMF (Câmara de Arbitragem do Mercado (CAM)

Last updated July 2017