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Brazil's new Law No. 15,377/2026 introduces significant workplace health obligations for employers, requiring companies to actively inform employees about vaccination campaigns and cancer prevention while promoting awareness initiatives.

O sócio de Direito Trabalhista Paulo Chubba concedeu entrevista ao portal Pequenas Empresas & Grandes Negócios.

A norueguesa Equinor e a brasileira GranEnergia assinaram um contrato para serviços de hospedagem offshore para o projeto Peregrino II Offshore Brasil.

On February 9, 2022, Brazil's National Energy Policy Council ("CNPE") published CNPE Resolution No. 1/2022, contemplating announcing the exercise of Petróleo Brasileiro S.A.'s ("Petrobras")...

Brazil's National Environmental Council has introduced Resolution No. 516/2026, establishing strict limits on hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment sold in the country. The regulation creates a mandatory national registry system and imposes compliance obligations across the entire supply chain, with varying implementation timelines ranging from immediate effect to four years depending on the substance. Non-compliance triggers recall procedures, environmental disposal requirements, and

The acquisition of units of the FII is deemed to be a long-term investment.

The creation of the FMA is the result of CVM's efforts to improve the Brazilian regulatory environment for smaller companies.

Accession by Chiltern - Pesquisa Clinica Ltda. ("Chiltern Brazil") to the Intercreditor Agreement entered into in connection with a term loan facility pursuant to the terms of a Senior Facilities Agreement granted to parent Chiltern International Ltd.

The Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission (CVM) published Instruction CVM 406, dated April 27, 2004, which regulates a new investment fund. This is a hybrid fund combining private equity and debt. The rules have been designed specially to fit in the Bradesco-tailored investment fund (whose temporary name is Brazil Infrastructure Investment Fund - BIIF) whereby the Interamerican Development Bank (IADB) will investment US$ 500 million in Brazilian infrastructure projects this year.

On February 13, 2012, the Brazilian Ministry of the Environment (Ministério do Meio Ambiente – MMA) and the Brazilian Development Bank (Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Econômico e Social – BNDES), launched the lines of credit for the Brazilian Climate Change Fund Program (the "Climate Fund").

On June 25, 2012, the Central Bank of Brazil issued Circular nr. 3.602/2012 which established an "Annual Census of Foreign Capital" in the country.

In July, 2018, the Ministry of Transparency and Comptroller General of the Federal Union ("CGU") issued Ordinance No. 1,970 to amend provisions of Ordinance CGU No. 910 ...

The Brazilian antitrust agencies have begun to formalize various Cooperation Agreements for the purpose of proceeding with the investigations related to antitrust violations. These agreements have been entered into, for example, with the Federal Ministry of Public Prosecution and Defense (MPF), State Ministries of Public Prosecution and Defense (MPE), and the Federal Police, and Cooperation Agreements have been executed with Argentina and the United States. Others are yet to come. All these Coop

The concealment of the real purchaser in the import operation, by means of fraud or simulation, is subject to several penalties set forth in the Brazilian legislation.

Brazil's Federal Revenue Service has introduced new monitoring procedures that will require legal entities to meet specific compliance criteria to maintain their tax benefits and incentives. Companies must satisfy requirements including federal tax regularity, absence of administrative sanctions, and proper registration, with automated periodic verification beginning September 1, 2026, and a 20-business-day correction window for identified irregularities.

Cross-border employee assignments create distinct compliance obligations under social security coordination and income taxation frameworks. Understanding how totalisation agreements and double tax treaties operate independently—rather than interchangeably—is essential for managing assignment costs and avoiding regulatory pitfalls.

IFRS 16, the new lease standard, will impact businesses around the globe including those operating in Brazil.

The guidelines aim at streamlining and providing more transparency to the recordal proceedings.