{"id":8122,"date":"2026-01-07T14:14:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T18:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mersanlaw.com\/?p=8122"},"modified":"2026-01-07T14:14:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T18:14:11","slug":"paraguay-enacts-new-arbitration-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mersanlaw.com\/en\/novedades\/paraguay-promulga-nueva-ley-de-arbitraje\/","title":{"rendered":"Paraguay Enacts New Arbitration Law"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"8122\" class=\"elementor elementor-8122\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1f49a510 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1f49a510\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1e1eb921 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1e1eb921\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Arbitration allows the parties to <strong>resolve disputes outside the ordinary jurisdiction of the Judiciary<\/strong> by mutual agreement. To be valid, it requires a clear law governing agreements, procedures, and arbitral awards. This legislation allows national courts to support the process and recognize final decisions.<\/p><p>Paraguay previously had Law No. 1879\/2002, which was based on the UNCITRAL Model Law. The <strong>New Law No. 7561\/2025<\/strong> updates and strengthens this framework, incorporating innovations to adapt to today's trade environment and resolve previous ambiguities.<\/p><p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\"><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">The improvements include an interpretive rule that prioritizes the validity of arbitration in cases of doubt, an express prohibition on suspension by ordinary courts, and the extension of the agreement\u2019s effects to non-signatory parties with a decisive role in the contract. In addition, it establishes clear rules regarding the nullity and enforcement of domestic and international awards, promoting certainty and expediency.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\"><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">The law still has some outstanding issues, such as the direct filing of actions for annulment with the Supreme Court of Justice and the recognition of an emergency arbitrator for preliminary injunctions.<\/span><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pj.gov.py\/notas\/29237-entra-en-vigor-la-ley-n-75612025-que-regula-el-arbitraje-en-paraguay\"><strong>Source: Supreme Court of Justice<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>El arbitraje permite a las partes resolver conflictos fuera de la jurisdicci\u00f3n ordinaria del Poder Judicial mediante acuerdo mutuo. Para su validez, requiere una ley clara que regule acuerdos, procedimientos y laudos arbitrales. Esta normativa permite que los tribunales nacionales apoyen el proceso y reconozcan las decisiones finales. Paraguay contaba previamente con la Ley N\u00b0&#8230;<\/p>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":8126,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"elementor_theme","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[97,98,99,190],"class_list":["post-8122","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-novedades","tag-arbitraje","tag-mersan-2","tag-paraguay-2","tag-nueva-ley-de-arbitraje"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mersanlaw.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8122","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mersanlaw.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mersanlaw.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mersanlaw.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mersanlaw.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8122"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.mersanlaw.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8122\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mersanlaw.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mersanlaw.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mersanlaw.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8122"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mersanlaw.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}