Arbitragem no STJpanorama dos critérios utilizados para análise do alcance subjetivo da convenção de arbitragem, em grupos empresariais

Resumo

The research problem of this study is to investigate how the Superior Court of Justice ("STJ") has positioned itself, within the framework of Brazilian law, regarding the relationship between arbitration and corporate groups, specifically regarding the subjective scope of the arbitration agreement. The research is guided by the hypothesis that the Court has developed its own set of criteria, which diverge from those commonly systematized by national legal scholarship in its theoretical elaborations. After establishing the foundational concepts necessary for understanding the subject, the study presents the theoretical paths typically employed by scholars to determine the subjective reach of the arbitration agreement in relation to nonsignatories. It then examines STJ’s approach to controversies concerning the subjective scope of arbitration agreements, with particular emphasis on the landmark Case SERPAL v. CONTINENTAL, in which issues of piercing the corporate veil and the binding of non-signatory parties to arbitration were discussed. The objective of this research is to assess whether, and to what extent, the STJ applies criteria that differ from the prevailing doctrinal standards, considering the impact of such decisions on legal certainty, contractual predictability, and the effectiveness of arbitration in the context of complex corporate group structures. The study concludes that, while the STJ accepts consent as the cornerstone of arbitration in line with academic doctrine, it diverges by recognizing - beyond express and tacit consent - the concept of implicit consent, which may be inferred in situations of concealment, fraud, or bad faith. It is proposed that a legislative reform codify the disregard of corporate personality as a mechanism for binding a non-signatory to arbitration, viewed through the lens of the regulatorypartitioning theory of corporate personality.

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Tipo

Dissertação

Ano

2025

Instituição

Fundação Getulio Vargas

Fonte

Repositório da FGV

Idioma

Português

Acesso

Acesso aberto

Identificador

oai:repositorio.fgv.br:10438/37073

Palavras-chave

Arbitragem comercialLei 9.307/1996Superior tribunal de justiçaConvenção de arbitragemConsentimentoGrupos empresariaisCommercial arbitrationFederal Law No. 9,307/1996Superior court of justice -Arbitration agreementConsentCorporate groupsDireitoBrasil. [Lei de arbitragem brasileira (1996)]Brasil. Superior Tribunal de JustiçaSociedades comerciais