MAY
7
2014

The Brazilian Internet Framework

The Brazilian Internet Framework is the recently approved law in Brazil that aims to set forth rights, individual guarantees and duties that should guide the general use of the Internet in Brazil.

MAY
5
2014

Non-compete provisions in M&A transactions in Brazil

In a significant number of M&A transactions, just as important as the acquisition of a target company is guaranteeing that the seller will not engage in competition.

APR
29
2014

Is Low-Carbon Economy the utopia of our time?

Ana Carolina Ferreira de Melo Brito

A precipitated reader could conclude that the nuclear energy may be the solution for reaching a low carbon-economy (eg France); or that the renewable sources of energy would solve itself this problem of climate change.

APR
14
2014

Annual corporate partners meeting

The annual meetings are the means by which the law obliges the Companies to provide its partners with the opportunity of analyzing the economical results of each fiscal year and approve or discuss them with other partners or administrators.

MAR
17
2014

Published a new Joint Ministerial Ordinance that deals with rural real property acquisitions made between 1994 and 2010, by national legal entities controlled by foreigners

In order to restore legal certainty on rural real property acquisitions made between 1994 and 2010, by national legal entities controlled by foreigners, the Brazilian Federal Attorney General’s Office published the Joint Ministerial Ordinance nº 4 that establishes in which conditions the acquisition is considered a perfect juridical act.

MAR
12
2014

Biofuels - great news!

The Bill of law 5.109, if approved, will change the Brazilian Aeronautical Code (Law 7.565/86), with the objective to estimulate the use of biofuels, as ethanol, and reduce the costs of brazilian aviation.

MAR
7
2014

Anti-Corruption law (12.846/13), its impact oncorporate life and necessary adaptations

the principal purpose of which is to reach the companies and also their managers who may have practiced any type of illegal conduct in collusion with agents of the Public Administration.

FEB
21
2014

The anti-corruption act and the new rules regarding the liability of companies involved in corruption practices

According to the new statute, any company associated with an act of corruption, such as the direct or indirect offer of undue advantages to public officials or fraud / manipulation of bidding processes, can be held objectively liable for such a crime, even if its fault or negligence for the unlawful act is not proven.

FEB
5
2014

Preventing corporate risks from the Brazilian Clean Company Act: new act entered into force at the end of January

Among the most important changes is the civil liability of companies for acts of bribery of national or foreign officials, and for infringements in public biddings, that now becomes possible regardless of guilt.

JAN
31
2014

Private equity backed going-private transactions

On September 12, 2013, shareholders of the PC maker Dell Inc. approved the company’s $24.9 billion sale to its founder and chief executive, Michael Dell, and the private equity firm Silver Lake. But taking the company that bears his name private was not an easy task for Mr. Dell. A group of shareholders, led by the active investor Carl C. Icahn, opposed the deal, forcing Mr. Dell and Silver Lake to raise their bid, though only slightly.

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