The judicial reorganization or recovery (recuperação judicial) provided for in the Brazilian Bankruptcy and Reorganization Law (Law 11.101/05) ("BRRL") is comparable to the Chapter 11 of the United States of America Bankruptcy Code.

Following the dynamism of the economic relations and the increasing practice of the stock markets, it became quite common throughout the corporative world the offering of options to employees to purchase shares of the employing company under pre-established price and conditions, the so-called stock option plans.

Share Purchase Deal pursuant to which MYERS HOLDINGS BRASIL LTDA acquired 100% of the stock of PLASTICOS NOVEL DO NORDESTE.

With the rationing crisis in year 2001, the then adopted model for the electric power system showed to be ineffectual in assuring the core objectives of any public utility service, that is, reliable supply, fair electricity rates and availability to all.

Ever since the implementation of Supplementary Law no. 126/07, which put an end to the reinsurance monopoly, the Brazilian market has been undergoing constant changes related to the rules on reinsurance placement and risk capital.

In Part I of this series, we explored the differences between institutional and non-institutional bad faith.

In the last months, we have been following the crisis experienced by OGX Group that filed for court-supervised reorganization on October 30, 2013. OGX Group is formed by the following companies: OGX Petróleo e Gás S.A., OGX Petróleo e Gás Participações S.A. (both established in Brazil) and OGX International GMBH and OGX Austria GMBH (Austrian subsidiaries of the Group).

Com a crise de racionamento de 2001, o modelo então adotado para a sistema elétrico mostrou-se ineficaz para garanti os principais objetivos de qualquer serviço público, qual sejam, a confiabilidade de suprimento, modicidade tarifária e universalidade.

A Aliança Jurídica pela Equidade Racial lança a terceira edição do Censo de Diversidade, revelando avanços significativos na representatividade negra no setor jurídico brasileiro. O estudo, que contou com 4.056 respondentes de 14 escritórios de advocacia, demonstra como ações de inclusão têm transformado o mercado e aponta os desafios que ainda persistem para a construção de um ambiente mais equitativo.

The present article intends to analyse the impact and effectiveness of ILO Conventions Numbers 87 (1948) and 98 (1949), concerning Freedom of Association, in Brazil. The first part deals with some issues of freedom of association regarding the referred Conventions and the second part makes reference to the compliance record of Brazil in order to investigate the impact and effectiveness of such Conventions.

Relevant aspects of the Bill of Law for the new Brazilian Civil Procedure Code.

The company uses different law firms depending on the matter in hand.

In Brazil, the municipality is in charge of formulating the public policy for sanitation, in order to better meet local needs.

Accountants are professionals. They carry malpractice insurance. They are potential deep pockets. For these reasons, accountants sometimes find themselves defending against liability claims...

Davis, Polk & Wardwell LLP in Paris and New York; Baker McKenzie LLP in London; and Trench, Rossi e Watanabe Advogados in São Paulo have helped French water treatment company Suez acquire...

According to the legislation currently in effect, the base for the calculation of the ICMS levied on sales of goods is the transaction value, that is, the sale price charged.

As Littler reported in March of 2015, a New York Supreme Court, Kings County Justice found that sleep and meal periods must not be excluded from the hourly wages of a home attendant who does not reside in the home of his or her client...

The home care industry has faced collapse since a series of New York Appellate Division decisions invalidated New York Department of Labor (NY DOL) policy and held that home care attendants...

Therefore, home care agencies operating in New York are at risk of copy-cat litigation and should be diligent with their pay practices.

SGR's Sean A. Altschul and Victor M. Metsch of our New York Real Estate and Litigation Practice Groups represented the Developer in the first case reported in the article below published in the New York Law Journal.