Main Features
of Portuguese Arbitration
- Civil Law jurisdiction
- Arbitration Law inspired by the Uncitral Model Law
- Party to the New York Convention (Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards - New York, 1958)
- Party to the ICSID Convention (Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes between States and Nationals of Other States)
- Party to 60 Bilateral Investment Treaties
- Principles of Kompetenz-Kompetenz & separability of the arbitration agreement robustly recognised
- Pro-Arbitration mindset of the Portuguese Courts, with swift procedures to assist arbitrations, setting aside, recognition, and enforcement of arbitral awards
- Access to preliminary and interim measures, and joinder of third-parties
- Arbitration centres with modern facilities and access to expedited procedures, emergency arbitration, and service as appointing authority