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According to Brazilian law, the Accident Prevention Factor (FAP) for each company is determined according to the number of labor accidents and illnesses that have generated payment of social security benefits. The FAP calculation is mainly based on the frequency, level of importance and cost of the labor illnesses and labor accidents of each company. In recent years, the social security website has provided the specific FAP for each legal entity. Read on to learn more about FAP regulation.

As a general rule, no minimum corporate capital is legally required for a limited liability company. It is usually suggested that the amount of the corporate capital be consistent with the initial operational needs of the company. In the event that a higher amount is needed afterwards, the partners may increase the corporate capital amount at any time, provided that the initial corporate capital has been fully paid-in. This article discusses liability, obligations, and other legal issues associated with partners’ capital, in accordance with Brazilian laws.

This presentation outlines criteria regarding the Brazilian Clean Company Act.

This resource reviews key provisions of the CFPOA, FCPA, UK Bribery Act, OECD, Brazil’s new law, provincial laws/regulations.

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This multi-PAK provides a high level overview of merger control, restrictive agreements and practices, monopolies and abuse of market power, and joint ventures in various jurisdictions. In particular, it covers relevant triggering events and thresholds, notification requirements, procedures and timetables, third party claims, exclusions and exemptions, penalties for breach, and proposals for reform.

This intermediate-level program will examine the major issues that companies must address when doing business in Brazil, including the following: (1) corporate issues; (2) overview of stock purchases (both majority and minority interests) and asset purchases in both public and private companies: (3) issues upon sale or liquidation of interests; (4) distribution and agency arrangements; (5) major planning issues; (6) employment/labor issues at start-up, day-to-day and at termination; and (7) executive compensation.

For many years, the United States drove global anti-corruption efforts through vigorous enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. More recently, other jurisdictions have begun to assert themselves in the anti-corruption arena. Brazil joined those countries in 2014 by enacting a tough new anti-corruption law. This program will cover the main aspects addressed in the new law such as the penalties imposed, incentives for companies to establish and enforce effective compliance programs, leniency provisions and incentives for companies to self-report violations, impact on multinational companies doing business in Brazil and how they can prepare their existing compliance programs, impact on companies conducting internal investigations in Brazil and other relevant aspects.

This presentation deals with enforcement and international cooperation to combat corruption.

The Association of Corporate Counsel and Laurence Simons surveyed corporate legal departments to learn more about their teams in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). The ACC/Laurence Simons 2012 EMEA Legal Department Survey is available to members and non-members.

The purpose of this QuickCounsel is to highlight tendencies related to litigation and arbitration in Latin America, precisely in Brazil and Mexico, with more emphasis in the former. We intend to highlight issues related to Court litigation and domestic and international arbitration, giving tips foreign investor should follow based upon our past experience.