SEP
9
2014
SEP
5
2014

Protection of business location in lease agreements

Alexandre Gaiofato de Souza, Cássia Lorenço Bartel e Juliana de Oliveira Rodrigues

Thus, does the business location, the result of the investment and the activity developed by the entrepreneur, belong to him or to the owner of the real estate? Is there any legal protection that defends the business location?

SEP
3
2014

Flexibility in Structuring M&A Transactions – the Earnout Provision

Paulo Eduardo Penna and André Provedel Reis

M&A transactions are often complete on the deal’s closing date. The seller and buyer agree on the value of the business and on the closing date the buyer pays the agreed price to the seller. In many situations, though, buyers and sellers may have divergent opinions on the target company’s value.

AUG
29
2014

BITs and Foreign Direct Investment: Realities and Myths

Gustavo Fernandes de Andrade

In the last two decades, the world has witnessed an unparalleled expansion of investment treaties entered into by countries from all corners of the earth.

AUG
22
2014

Proposed Regulatory Changes to D&O Insurance in Brazil

Bruno Haack Vilar e Paulo Eduardo Penna

AUG
19
2014

Notes on the Persistent Latin American Countries’ Attitude Towards Investment Arbitration and ICSID

Ricardo Dalmaso Marques

Investment arbitration is a crucial and sensitive dispute-resolution method, notably because the treatment given to foreign investment matters may materially affect the economic and social realities of a country or region, particularly those in development.

AUG
4
2014
JUN
11
2014

PE&VC investments in agribusiness: rules for the acquisition of rural lands by foreigners

Guilherme Leporace and Juliana Azevedo

The PE&VC industry has not been blind to the profits arising out of the agribusiness sector. A significant number of private equity funds were set up in the past few years to invest exclusively in companies focused on agriculture, livestock, and so forth.

JUN
6
2014

Understanding the roles of administrative and investment managers of Brazilian FIPs

Many other recent decisions of the CVM also deal with the duties of administrative managers (known in Brazil as “administradores”) and investment managers (“gestores”) of funds. This has become a recurring topic in cases submitted to the CVM, making it vital to understand the different roles played by these important agents in the Brazilian private equity industry.

JUN
4
2014

The new Brazilian Anti-Corruption Act

Felipe Alves Pacheco

Regarding its immediate nature, the Act intends to attend international agreements assumed by the Brazilian Government, especially the “Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions” of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), finished in Paris in the year 1997.

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