Mandatory arbitration of intra-corporate disputes in Brazil: A beacon of light for shareholder litigation?

Joseph Mc Cahery; Patricia Gil-Lemstra

Mandatory arbitration of intra-corporate disputes in Brazil: A beacon of light for shareholder litigation?

Tilburg Law and Economic Center (TILEC)

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Abstract

We survey companies and institutional investors to better understand their preferred method of intra-corporate dispute resolution in Brazil. Consistent with a number of theories, we find that these organizations prefer arbitration to judicial claims as the method of intra-corporate dispute resolution. Our findings suggest that their choice of arbitration is based on the parties’ preferred ranking of objectives: quality of the decision; time to resolution; and the possibility of selecting the arbitrator. We also find that litigation and arbitration are almost equally preferred methods for intra-corporate dispute resolution involving values above US $2.5 million.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	International handbook of class actions
Editors	Randall Thomas, Brian Fitzpatrick
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Chapter	6
Pages	93-108
Number of pages	16
Publication status	Published - 2021

Keywords

Arbitration, Shareholder Litigation, Mandatory Arbitration Provisions, Mediation
K22, K41, K42

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Bekker, S., Bomer, A., Borghouts, I., De Pietro, C., Dusarduijn, S., Elsweier, F., Essers, P., Garcia Anton, R., Gribnau, H., Gubbels, N., Hoogeveen, M., Houwerzijl, M., Kaufmann, W., Kemmeren, E., Lafarre, A., Lejour, A., Li, J., Loth, M., Mc Cahery, J., Montebovi, S., Peters, C., Rombouts, B., Russo, R., Staats, G., Starink, B., Steegmans, M., Stevens, S., Stevens, T., Sumner, I., Tjong Tjin Tai, E., Tzankova, I., Verbruggen, P., Vermeulen, E., Westerhout, E., Weterings, W., Wibier, R., Xu, D., Zegveld, C., Zekić, N., van Gulijk, S., van Hout, D., van Hulten, M., van Kempen, T., van Kesteren, H., van Vijfeijken, I., van der Elst, C., van der Sangen, G., Öner, C., Kryla-Cudna, K., Mak, V., Smit, D., Op Heij, D., Onţanu, E. A., Salah, O., Wijntjens, L., van Norden, G., van den Bosch, S., Fernandez de Aranguiz Chueca, A., Diamant, Y., Geiregat, S., van der Burgt, B., Hofman, A. & Groeneveld-Tijssens, N.
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Mandatory arbitration of intra-corporate disputes in Brazil: A beacon of light for shareholder litigation? / Mc Cahery, Joseph ; Gil-Lemstra, Patricia.
International handbook of class actions. ed. / Randall Thomas; Brian Fitzpatrick. Cambridge University Press, 2021. p. 93-108.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review

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