"Legitimatio ad causam" y representación voluntaria: extensión subjetiva del convenio arbitralSentencia de la Audiencia Provincial de Cantabria 4ª 16 de septiembre de 2021

Abstract

The Judgment of the Provincial Court of Cantabria of September 16th, 2021 revokes the judgment of the Commercial Court No. 1 of Santander of September 30, 2019, when assessing the lack of standing raised by the defendant / appellant. The author of the comment disagrees with the arguments put forward and reflects on various issues from the perspective of Private international law: (i) the law applicable to standing; (ii) the law applicable to agency; (iii) the law applicable to the arbitration agreement; (iv) the subjective extension of the arbitration agreement; and (v) the effects of the insolvency proceeding on the arbitration agreement.