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Arbitration News from Mexico
Baker McKenzie International Arbitration Yearbook 2020-2021 – Mexico
MEXICO
Javier Navarro Velasco and Javier Navarro Treviño
A. LEGISLATION AND RULES
A.1 Legislation
International arbitration in Mexico continues to be governed by the Code of Commerce, which...
Baker McKenzie International Arbitration Yearbook 2019-2020 – Mexico
MEXICO
Javier Navarro Velasco, Javier Navarro Treviño and Francisco Franco
A. LEGISLATION AND RULES
A.1 Legislation
The Commercial Code ("Code") governs international and domestic arbitration in Mexico. The...
The New NAFTA – the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) Brings Future Changes to ISDS
On September 30, 2018, the United States, Mexico and Canada (the Parties) reached an agreement to replace the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)....
Mexico: Arbitrators not to be subject to amparo actions
Reforms to the Amparo Law that took place during 2013 made it possible to bring a constitutional challenge against private entities or individuals that...
NAFTA in Play: Investors’ Arbitration Rights
As the NAFTA withdrawal rhetoric heats up, it would be prudent to determine whether your company has any claims against a NAFTA government that...
NAFTA in Play: Investors’ Arbitration Rights
With the ascension of the Trump administration, there is a question whether the investor-state dispute settlement (“ISDS”) provisions under the NAFTA will survive. This...
TPP text released: Investment Chapter
The much awaited text of the TPP has been released. As anticipated, the Investment Chapter (Chapter 9) sets out protections for investors of each...
TPP: ISDS included in the final deal
Agreement has been reached on the long-awaited Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). The TPP is a free trade agreement between 12 Pacific Rim nations, including Australia,...
The Pacific Alliance and foreign investment
Important companies headquartered in Peru are nowadays investing in countries of the Pacific Alliance. This is the case of Alicorp and the Gloria Group...
Mexico: arbitration and the recent legal reforms
We can define arbitration as “a legal proceeding whereby two or more parties voluntarily submit the resolution of their current or future disputes to...
Arbitration News from Latin America
Arbitration Statistics 2020 – In Full Sail Through the COVID Storm
Introduction
It is this time of the year again: most major arbitration institutions have published their statistical reports, giving us the opportunity to take a...
Brazil Judiciary regulates arbitral letters for communications between arbitrators and judicial courts
The Brazilian Justice Counsel published on September 29, 2021 a decision regulating arbitral letters, which are the instruments foreseen in Brazilian Arbitration Act and...
District court refuses to vacate award annulled at the seat of arbitration because it...
Compañía de Inversiones Mercantiles S.A. v. Grupo Cementos de Chihuahua, S.A.B. de C.V., No. 1:15-cv-02120-JLK (D. Colo. Apr. 30, 2021)
In 2005, Compañía de...
Brazilian Superior Court Confirms 90-Day Limitation Period to Request Annulment of an Arbitral Award
On August 9, 2021, the Brazilian Superior Court of Justice (STJ) published an interesting decision on the time limit to request the annulment of...
