Author Archives: César Pires

Decision of the Supreme Court of New York (25 January 2022)

The seller and the buyer had entered into a contract, which they called the “Export Contract”, in two different languages (English and Chinese). “There is nothing in the English text of the Export Contract that speaks to the law governing the purchase transaction or otherwise evinces the parties’ intention to exclude the CISG. In contrast,Continue reading “Decision of the Supreme Court of New York (25 January 2022)”

7th Conference on International Arbitration and the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods coordinated by Edgardo Muñoz (member of the “CISG Portugal” Advisory Board)

10 February 2022 Register here

Some questions about the first decision of the Belgian court in the dispute between AstraZeneca and the European Commission

In the dispute between AstraZeneca and European Commission, the Belgian Court does not mention (in point IV. A. of the Decision) art. 25 of Regulation (EU) 1215/2012 Of the European Parliament and of the Council. This article states that “[i]f the parties, regardless of their domicile, have agreed that a court or the courts ofContinue reading “Some questions about the first decision of the Belgian court in the dispute between AstraZeneca and the European Commission”

Force majeure under the “European Commission-AstraZeneca and European Commission-Curevac” contracts

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