Getting the Deal Through's ninth edition of Arbitration, a volume in their series of annual reports, which provide international analysis in key areas of law and policy for corporate counsel, cross-border legal practitioners and business people.
This article highlights the most significant modifications to the Brazilian Corporation Law over the past 40 years.
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 article discusses the expatriation of foreign executives to Brazil (called 'expatriates'), coming from companies outside Brazil regarding Social Security.
With a 500 percent increase in international corruption-related global resolutions over the past two years, corruption remains a top-of-mind risk for your management and board.
This short article discusses regulatory changes in Brazil implemented in 2013 that made it easier to invest in small and medium-sized companies.
Apart from incorporating a new company in Brazil, Brazilian law provides the possibility of a foreign entity to establish a branch to operate in Brazil. In this case, the branch of a foreign legal entity shall only start operating after the authorization from the Brazilian Federal Executive Branch has been granted.
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.
A review of the law related to production-sharing contracts between the Brazilian government and private companies.
The Anti-Corruption Law entered into force in Brazil last month. Under the new law, parent companies, subsidiaries, other affiliates and consortiums are jointly and severally liable for payment of fines and indemnification of damages resulting from unlawful acts. Read this article for further discussion of the main matters covered by the new law.