Arbitragem e direito concorrencial: a arbitragem como método para a resolução de disputas privadas que envolvam matéria concorrencial no direito brasileiro

Abstract

The purpose of this dissertation is to investigate the adequacy of arbitration as a method for resolving private disputes involving antitrust law, based on Brazilian Law. This is because, despite Brazilian antitrust law having mandatory rules, being eminently of a public policy (ordre publique) nature, controversies involving competitive law disputes involving competition law may originate from private legal relationships, involving available and patrimonial rights, apt to be resolved by arbitration. In this context, in a more specific way, we sought in this dissertation: (a) to analyze what the legislation and the doctrine say about the institute of the arbitration and on the Competition Law; (b) to analyze the legal possibility of using the arbitration procedure (arbitrability) as an alternative method for resolving private disputes involving antitrust law in Brazil; (c) analyze the possibility of applying the Brazilian antitrust rules by the arbitrators; and (d) investigate situations which the arbitration should be used to resolve private disputes involving antitrust matters according to Brazilian law. As a conclusion, it is argued that, under certain circumstances, arbitration is a legally adequate instrument for resolving private disputes involving antitrust matters, having the arbitrator a duty to apply the Antitrust Law in its entirety, according to the framework of Law 12.529/11. In general, arbitration proceedings involving antitrust matters fall within a context of private enforcement of antitrust law, although there is a limited space for use in public enforcement, which has been encouraged by CADE in recent cases. Therefore, the jurisdiction of the arbitrator would be determined by the determination of civil consequences relevant to the application of the antitrust law, which should not be confused with CADE's administrative performance in the protection of competition as a diffuse right.