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This article shows the differentiation and disproportionality of profit sharing in Brazil.

In Brazil there is no law or statute specifically regulating the subcontracting of general services with third-party legal entities/individuals. Nor are there significant laws/regulations governing the transfer of undertakings. This lack of specific legislation results in an endless source of conflict and litigation involving companies, workers and authorities. Learn more about labour and employment issues related to “outsourcing” in Brazil.

Cutting legal costs is still a high priority with many a CEO, and there's a new tool to do so: procurement analyst, or strategic sourcing professional. With novel ideas about the best vehicle(s) for buying professional services, their ideas that can either make CLOs uneasy or excited. Learn what strategic sourcing can do for your department's budget, before the CEO comes knocking with a sourcing consultant in tow.

This InfoPAK (now known as ACC Guides) provides a high level overview of matters relating to practical issues concerning oil and gas and power including, the domestic oil and gas and electricity sectors, rights to oil and gas, electricity generation and renewable energy, oil and gas health and safety and the environment, and electricity transmission, distribution and supply in Brazil.

Anti-cartel enforcement has evolved substantially in Europe in recent years and the EU Commission has consistently reaffirmed its position by punishing hard-core cartels and imposing record-level fines. Companies can manage cartel investigations by setting preventive internal checks and establishing an effective antitrust compliance policy and specific guidelines for employees. Are you ready for an unannounced dawn-raid inspection visit?

This InfoPAK (now known as ACC Guides) provides a high-level overview of privacy rules and principles in Brazil.

Brief review of the law related to endowments in Brazil. Includes guidance on adjusting an organization's bylaws to incorporate the endowment.

After detailed consultation over the past two years, ASX recently announced its new mFund Settlement Service (mFund), which enables investors to buy (ie apply for) or sell (ie redeem) units in unlisted registered managed investment schemes (funds) through ASX participants.

This article addresses how pharmaceutical companies take precautions against activist firms when using their shares as currency for an acquisition. These bans have gone largely unnoticed by the activist managers, who say shareholders may be harmed when a company limits who can buy its shares.

This InfoPAK (now known as an ACC Guide) provides a "question & answer" guide to corporate crime, fraud and investigations in Brazil. This guide gives a high level overview of matters relating to corporate fraud, bribery and corruption, insider dealing and market abuse. In addition, it summarizes money laundering and terrorist financing, financial record keeping, due diligence, corporate liability, immunity and leniency, and whistleblowing.

This article discusses the expatriation of foreign executives to Brazil (called 'expatriates'), coming from companies outside Brazil regarding Social Security.

This sample provides ground rules for participating in online communications.

This is an article about the acquisition of mining rights in Brazil.

A review of social corporate responsibility in Brazil, including social action required by law and beyond.

This chart is a questionnaire on the regulation of recall campaigns of defective produces in Argentina, Brazil and Chile.

A brief review of Brazil's recent Antitrust law.

This short article explains what types of licensing and procedures are required under Brazilian law in order to exploit natural resources, and the competence of each of Brazil's federative entities to issue licenses.

Use of social media and online marketing is becoming a mainstay in corporate communications. This resource outlines questions to consider when dealing with the ever-present world of social media marketing.

An overview of asset valuation, including asset based valuation, income based valuation, and market based valuation.

With over 2.55 billion people using websites such as Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, social media websites have become popular venues for many online marketing campaigns. With this QuickCounsel, learn more about the appropriate laws to consider when dealing with social media.

This short article discusses regulatory changes in Brazil implemented in 2013 that made it easier to invest in small and medium-sized companies.

The main purpose of the Open Skies Agreements is to deregulate certain areas of the air transport industry in Brazil and, consequently, encourage the market to work freely, which causes various effects in liberalized markets.

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.

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.

Learn about the Digital Markets Act that came into force on 1 November 2022 in the European Union, targeting unfair practices in the online platform economy.

This ACC Guide (formerly known as an InfoPAK) provides the reader with a general overview of the economic conditions in four pertinent Latin America countries: Colombia, Mexico, Panama, and Brazil.

This Top Ten outlines ten steps to fight against online defamation and restore your or your company's reputation after you or your company have been the victim of online anonymous defamation (US focus).

In the brink of the expected port bids in Brazil, the National Agency for Waterway Transportation has issued new rules for lease projects related to public ports.

This article deals with legislation regarding tenure of pregnant employees on fixed term employment in Brazil.

This article addresses the practice among companies worldwide, including Brazil, of performing searches on employees and their belongings to curb the rise of violence.