Before your company begins acquiring raw material suppliers in Brazil and/or India, you need to learn a number of things about the acquisition process in each country. For example, why are asset sales so difficult in both countries? What are the consequences of jettisoning existing employees of the target? Read on to find out.
The author discuses the international implications of Dodd-Frank and other multinational investigations on in-house counsel.
This article points out that in case the corporate purpose of the legal entity is distorted, deviating the company from its goal for acts deliberately performed by its members, officers and managers, or, further, if such individuals cause improperly a confusion between their own assets and legal entity’s, the abuse of corporate entity is acknowledged, with the legitimation of court intervention, establishing the effects on the private assets of members and officers, who become equally and jointly liable for company’s obligations.
A review of officer/director liability in anti-corruption cases under Brazil's new anti-corruption law.
Last year, the Internal Revenue Service published Ordinance 1,793/2013, which lays out new criteria for monitoring high-value corporate taxpayers. The goal is to increase tax compliance and tax revenue. This article views which taxes are covered by the corporate tax monitoring programme.
This article describes two ways whereby the partners of a limited liability company in Brazil may resolve to liquidate it: through a one-step or through a two-step procedure.
This short article discusses regulatory changes in Brazil implemented in 2013 that made it easier to invest in small and medium-sized companies.
These tables are for quick reference only. They are not intended to provide exhaustive procedural guidelines, nor to be treated as a substitute for specific advice. The information in each table has been supplied by the authors of the relevant chapter.
Review of the relevant laws and regulations governing mergers and joint ventures in Brazil.
A review of procedures for foreign shareholders participating in shareholders meetings in Brazil.