Questão jurídica principal
Whether the oral management mandate concluded by two authorized board members bound the company externally despite internal allocation rules requiring board approval.
Decisão extraída
Yes. The company was bound vis-à-vis the consultancy because the two board members had registered collective signing authority; internal limits on their competence affected only internal relations.
Fundamentação extraída
The court distinguished internal authorization from external power of representation. Since the signatories were duly entered in the commercial register, third parties could rely on their authority. The mandate did not amount to an impermissible abandonment of management, as the board retained overall control through instructions from its president.