Key legal question
Whether the ICC tribunal had jurisdiction despite the appellant's Portuguese insolvency
Extracted holding
The tribunal correctly held that the appellant retained party capacity and that the arbitration clause remained effective under Swiss lex arbitri.
Extracted reasoning
Portuguese insolvency law art. 87 concerns the efficacy of arbitration agreements, not the legal personality of the insolvent company. Under Art. 154 and 155 PILA, party capacity depends on legal personality under the incorporation law; the appellant remained a legal person under Portuguese law.