JAN
19
2015

Brazilian Labor and Employment Retrospective

Ana Lúcia Pinke Ribeiro de Paiva , Priscila Freire da Silva Cezario and Sofia Moura de Freitas

Taking advantage of the beginning of one more year, we kindly invite you to read our Retrospective in Brazilian labor and employment matters, of 2014.

OCT
31
2014

China is also revolutionizing the environment through well drafted legislation

Jayme Vita Roso

All Brazilian environmentalists must study how and what to learn from the Chinese, and work with politicians to plan the future of the country, avoiding the erosion caused by predatory agribusiness.

OCT
28
2014

China and the environment: what steps is the government taking to improve the situation?

Jayme Vita Roso

The country is unfamiliar or perhaps unwilling to learn about how to make things better and mitigate the effects of environmental degradation.

OCT
24
2014

Projeto de lei que altera a lei de arbitragem: quando o ótimo é inimigo do bom

Mauricio Gomm Santos

Mauricio Gomm Santos, of Gomm & Smith in Miami, comments on the current bill before the Congress, which addresses potential changes to the Brazilian Arbitration Act.

OCT
15
2014

A Shakespearean State

Dalton Cesar Cordeiro de Miranda

A King named Brazil, nicknamed the Scared Giant, whose kingdom extended beyond sight, had three sons: Executive, Legislative and Judiciary; the first two were committed, and the latter one was suitor of the love from the young maid Prosecutors’ Office.

OCT
14
2014

Upcoming changes involving brazilian merger control announced at Fiesp

Eduardo M. Gaban

On September 25th, the Federation of Industries of the State of São Paulo (“FIESP”), one of the most relevant forums for the discussion of important economic and industrial subjects in Brazil, has promoted a seminar, with the presence of renowned academics, lawyers and industry representatives to discuss the most relevant aspects of Brazil’s current antitrust policies.

OCT
6
2014

Regulation Under Health Surveillance

Natalie Yoshida

In the field of health surveillance, the state uses regulation to protect public health. In pursuit of this goal, the state controls the production and consumption of goods and services which have an impact on public health.

SEP
19
2014

Lease of rural properties by foreigners. Public Federal Prosecutor´s Office asks for measures to enforce the law

Luis Gustavo Miranda, Paulo Teixeira Fernandes and Júlia Melo Carvalho Ribeiro

The Public Federal Prosecutor´s Office requested the National Council of Justice to take measures aimed to enforce the Law n. 5.709/71 which imposes restrictions on the acquisition and lease of rural properties by foreigners.

SEP
16
2014

Private Equity Investments: Tax Advantages of Brazilian FIPs

Renata Maria Novotny Vallarelli, Paulo Eduardo Penna and Juliana Carvalho de Azevedo

FIPs are one of the preferred vehicles for structuring private equity investments in Brazil. And this is mostly because of their favorable tax regime. If certain conditions are met, the benefits may be substantial.

SEP
15
2014
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