This year, the law regulating industrial property rights in Brazil (Law no. 9.279/96) is celebrating its tenth anniversary. It is so an opportune moment to review the changes brought about by it and evaluate whether it resulted in improvements or not to our system as a whole.

Finally enacted in Brazil, a new Code of Civil Procedure ("NCPC") entering into force in March 2016 has been widely discussed by law professionals, which means that it was praised in one hand and criticized on the other.

The New Code of Civil Procedure under discussion in the Brazilian Congress intends to adopt a new procedure to make the burden of the proof more dynamic.

In June 2013 Brazil erupted in protests that gathered vast crowds in several cities across the country, with claims that varied in scope.

Usually a legal due diligence process has the purpose to analyze the main legal documents and information of a target company before the parties involved therein enter into transactions, such as mergers, acquisitions, issuance of new stock or other securities, project finance, securitization, etc.

Brazil is one of the largest holders of biodiversity in the planet, and therefore it needs to keep holding a prominent position in the international scenario in regard to the sustainable and organized use of its genetic resources.

This brief article is intended to address the issue of international lis pendens from a Brazilian law perspective and its recent developments.

Comércio eletrônico e aviação estão adiantados em relação aos outros setores na conformidade às regras de privacidade de dados, dizem advogados de grandes escritórios.

Although the predictions of the market tend to be exaggerated for good and bad, the fact is that Brazilian economy is going through a recession with some sectors being more affected than others.

May 29, 2013 will be remarked as the first anniversary of Law 12.529/11, which is the new Antitrust Law.

More than half of the M&A transactions completed in 2014 took place in Brazil, and lawyers expect this to be an ongoing trend due to falling share prices.

It is known the natural wear of a product and the need to replace it with time is normal.

Me and most of my colleagues started on the M&A legal business back in the 90s. At that time, most of the international M&A business would come from US based companies, in the form of investments in the Brazilian "old school" industry.

Brazilian economic growth, together with the upcoming sporting events - the 2014 FIFA World Cup and the 2016 Olympic Games -, strongly encouraged the Federal Government to enact a number of measures to boost the infrastructure's development.

Registered public offering of 285 (two hundred and eighty five) senior certificates of agribusiness receivables.

Certainly, an examination of litigations arising out of the breach of international air transportation contracts, quite commonly, makes reference to discussions on the opinion of jurists and the case law on the legislation applicable to the case.

Brazilian economy has been performing reasonably well in recent years and international investors become interested in setting up financial institutions in Brazil.

Brazil is a country in constant economic and social development, steadily participating in more and more international trade.

Sports arouse passions all over the world and influence behaviors and social values. Sports competitions mobilize the collectivity: the higher the social interest, the greater the public and their projection will be.

The millions of Brazilians protesting in recent weeks in cities and towns across Brazil have brought important and far-reaching corruption reform to one of the world’s largest economies.