APR
1
2016

Migration to Europe and the Public International Law

Rita Lopes

Part of the law "offers protection and assistance to people who across international borders, in order to maintain their dignity"

MAR
11
2016

The Government Increases The Limit Of Foreign Capital In Brazilian Airline Companies

Leonardo A. F. Palhares and Pedro Tinoco

Prompted by the crisis of the air transportation segment, the Government enacted a Provisional Measure amending the Brazilian Aeronautical Code and increasing the limit of foreign capital in Brazilian airline companies.

FEB
29
2016

Foreign Ownership of Airline Companies

Current Brazilian crisis is adding pressure to policymakers to remove foreign ownership limitation in domestic airline companies.

JAN
19
2016

Legal adjustment of undeclared foreign assets

Pierpaolo Cruz Bottini, Igor Sant’Ana Tamasauskas, Ana Fernanda Ayres Delosso and Claudia Vara San Juan Araujo

After much argumentation – very passionate, at some instances – the Law 13,254/16 has been enacted, opening the possibility for the Brazilian citizens to legally adjust undeclared foreign assets. The national disclosure.

JAN
19
2016

Clean companies law – New rules on leniency agreements

Ricardo Pagliari Levy and Alessandro Pezzolo Giacaglia

The changes introduced by MP 703 have focused on the rules for negotiation of leniency agreements, the respective eligibility requirements and conditions, and resulting benefits. Those changes aim to make leniency agreements safer, faster and more advantageous for companies.

DEC
22
2015

Interfarma releases new positioning paper on data package exclusivity authored

The paper called "The protection of test dossier in Brazil: fostering innovation".

DEC
11
2015

What’s new in Brasil: Cade’s guidelines on leniency agreements

Leonardo Peres da Rocha and Silva and José Rubens Battazza Iasbech

Following the successful launch of the Antitrust Compliance Program Guidelines,the Brazilian Competition Authority has recently issued the preliminary version of its Leniency Program Guidelines.

NOV
4
2015

PIPE Transactions: Alternative Source of Capital for Brazilian Public Companies

Paulo Eduardo Penna e Ana Carolina Pimentel

The Brazilian stock market does not seem to be open to public offerings. PIPEs, an acronym for Private Investment in Public Equity, could be a solution.

NOV
4
2015

Final Version of the Data Protection Ministry of Justice Bill

Leonardo Palhares and Caio Faria Lima

The Brazilian Ministry of Justice presented the new version of its Data Protection Bill on October 20th, 2015. The new document contemplates more than 2,000 contributions received through Public Consultations, with relevant changes to our society and possible impacts to companies.

OCT
21
2015

The Brazilian Antitrust Commission’s New Guideline on Gun-Jumping

Pedro Paulo Salles Cristofaro e Guilherme Leporace

Actions with potential to alter the parties’ original competitive positions are now prohibited until the CADE’s approval of the relevant transaction, which has raised doubts about how to proceed to avoid the risk of gun-jumping.

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