ARBITRATION IN OTHER PORTUGUESE SPEAKING COUNTRIES
ANGOLA
Main Features
– NYC1958
– Modern Law, adopting many “Model Law” features
– Arbitration available in a number of regulated industries (Oil&Gas and others)
– “ad hoc” arbitration prevalent
Arbitration Law
Law Nr. 16/03, of 25 July
Read English version
Institutions
a. Iuris SA
b. Harmonia – Integrated Centre for the
Study and Resolution of Conflicts
c. CEFA Arbitration Centre
d. Angolan Centre for the Arbitration of Disputes (“CAAL”);
e. Angolan Centre for Mediation and Arbitration (“CMA”)
f. Centre for the Extrajudicial Resolution of Disputes (“CREL”)
g. Arbitration Centre of the Centre for Strategical Studies of Angola (“CEEA”).
BRAZIL
Main Features
– NYC1958
– Modern Law
– Pro-Arbitration Courts
– Leading international institutions operating locally
Institutions
Consult a list of the arbitration centers HERE
CAPE VERDE
Main Features
– NYC1958
– Modern Law
– Pro-Arbitration Courts
Arbitration Law
Law Nr. 76/VI/2005 of 16 August 2005
Read English version
Institutions
Arbitration and Conciliaion Center
Visit Website (portuguese version)
East Timor
Main Features
NYC1958
Arbitration Law
Law 9.2006, of November 2, 2006
Read Portuguese version
Institutions
Unknown
GUINEA BISSAU
Main Features
– OHADA
Arbitration Law
Law Decree Nr. 9/200, of 25 September 2000
Read Portuguese version
Institutions
Unknown
MACAU
Main Features
– NYC1958
– Modern Law
Institutions
Unknown
MOZAMBIQUE
Main Features
– NYC1958
-ICSID
– Modern Law
– Pro-Arbitration Courts
Institutions
Centro de Arbitragem, Conciliação e Mediação
Visit Website
SÃO TOMÉ & PRÍNCIPE
Main Features
NYC1958
Institutions
Unknown