Kluwer: Filing or Notice? Brazil’s Superior Court of Justice Draws the Line on When an Arbitral Award Is ‘Presented’ Within the Meaning of the Brazilian Arbitration Act
Published on June 17, 2026
On 8 April 2026, Brazil's Superior Court of Justice (Superior Tribunal de Justiça, "STJ") decided REsp No. 2,210,332/SC, a case that required it to answer a deceptively simple question: when, precisely, is an arbitral award 'presented' for purposes of the time limit imposed on arbitrators under the Brazilian Arbitration Act (Law No. 9,307/1996, 'BAA')?