Brazil’s competition authority – Conselho Administrativo de Defesa Econômica (the Administrative Council for Economic Defense or “CADE”) – has ordered a divestiture after a two-year review of Coca Cola's acquisition of a Brazilian bottled tea company.

Em linha com os esforços e adequações que vêm sendo promovidos pelos órgãos governamentais, autarquias e empresas privadas em razão da disseminação exponencial do COVID-19, a Comissão de Valores Mobiliários divulgou, ...

On March 24, 2010, the Brazilian Monetary Council (Conselho Monetário Nacional – CMN) and the Central Bank of Brazil (Banco Central do Brasil – Bacen) adopted a series of measures to consolidate and simplify the normative acts and proceedings applicable to the international capitals and the exchange market regulations in our jurisdiction.

In its first Ordinary Session of Judgment of the year, the Administrative Council for Economic Defense (CADE) imposed a fine for untimely notification, due to an investigation carried out by the Secretariat of Economic Law.

A CVM, através da sua Superintendência de Relação com Investidores Institucionais publicou no dia 24 de julho de 2019 o Ofício Circular CVM/SIN 8/19.

A limited liability company is the corporate structure mostly adopted by Brazilian companies.

The rules for the incorporation and control of financial institutions and the conditions to be elected as their officer or a member of their board have been modified. Resolution 3040/2002 was revoked and replaced by Resolution 4122/2012 that now deals with those and other matters.

Brazil is set to see a step change in the level of foreign investment into renewables projects.

On May 3, 2024, Brazil's Federal Law No. 14,850/2024 (the "Regulation") was passed by the President establishing the National Policy on Air Quality. The Regulation provides for the creation...

Brazil's new government has made rapid progress in its desired aim to change a raft of the country's tax laws and regulation, and now the country's congress is studying reforms to the regime...

On November 14, 2012 the Board of Directors (Diretoria Colegiada) of the Central Bank of Brazil (Banco Central do Brasil – Bacen) approved Circular No. 3614 of the same date (Bacen Circular 3614/2012), establishing new conditions for the issuance of the Real Estate Credit Bill (Letra de Crédito Imobiliário – LCI) and authorizing investments banks (bancos de investimento) to also issue LCI.

On May 3, 2022, Public Notice No. 09/2022 was published in the Federal Official Gazette to authorize the transaction involving tax debts related to the goodwill tax amortization arising from the acquisition...

In recent years, the Brazilian government has implemented various measures to attract national and foreign investors to the Brazil’s financial and capital markets.

On September 17, 2015 the Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission ("CVM") enacted CVM Rule No. 568 ("Rule 568") that, among other changes, modifies CVM Rule No. 358 dated January 3, 2002.

On December 17, 2014, the Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission enacted two important new Rules in connection with investment funds: CVM Rule No. 555/14 and CVM Rule No. 554/14.

Demarest Advogados has advised the cooperative bank Banco Cooperativo do Brasil S/A in setting up a long-standing partnership with the US gigantic electronic payment acquirer company First Data, in a deal that closed on January 9, 2014.

On Thursday, April 11, 2019, the Brazilian Federal Executive Branch issued Decree No. 9.764/19 ("Decree"), which sets forth regulation for the donation of movable assets and services by individuals

O KLA participou do tradicional toque de campainha na B3 em comemoração ao encerramento da 10ª emissão de cotas do TRX Real Estate Fundo de Investimento Imobiliário (TRXF11), na última quarta-feira, dia 8.