The Anti-Corruption Law, which was approved in August 2013 and became effective at the end of January 2014, brought about significant changes regarding the relationship between private businesses and government employees.

Biotechnology has an unquestionable role in modern world, and is becoming a necessary pillar to man's evolution.

In times of reduced international liquidity and as international bond markets slow down, Brazil faces an increase of syndicated or bilateral financings in foreign currency.

The determination of the net equity components has been the object of doubts by certain companies at the time they are preparing their Balance Sheets.

Due diligence is a fundamental tool for decision makers to evaluate whether or not they should move on with a given transaction.

In recent times, Federal, State and Municipal governments have been frequently launching incentivized debt installment payment programs. Those programs offer attractive benefits to taxpayers that abandon administrative and legal proceedings.

In an effort to reduce a serious bottleneck faced by port operators in Brazil the Brazilian Secretariat of Ports ("SEP") has decided to consider the transfer to the private sector of the responsibility for the access channels to public ports.

On June 5, 2012 the Brazil President Dilma Roussef signed into law the World Cup bill providing for a set of rules that regulates the Brazil's staging the 2014 FIFA World Cup and gives FIFA guarantees on the organization of the event.

The Consumer Protection Code is soon to turn 25. This law brought indisputable advances in the protection of consumer rights, especially as regards protection of consumers' health, a social right provided for in article 196 of the Brazilian Federal Constitution and supplemented by article 2, Law no. 8.080/90, which sets up the conditions for health promotion, protection and recovery, as well as the organization and operation of corresponding services.

The granting of marital consent, regulated by article 1.647 of the Brazilian Civil Code, is the practice of permission given by a marital spouse to their partner for them to undertake a certain act, which without said authorization, would be invalid.

According to the Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission (the "CVM") Regulation No. 358, dated as of 2002, as amended ("CVM Regulation 358/02"), ..

A new index was set to adjust the amounts involved in labor lawsuits pending before the Brazilian Labor Courts, which will make them even more onerous for the debtors.

The Brazilian legislation in force requires all companies established in Brazil, either Brazilian or foreign, with at least 100 employees, to enter into employment agreements with people who have disabilities.

Upon the enactment of Law 9876/99, of November 26, 1999, a part of the system of social contribution payable by companies was modified, and one of the contributions payable by companies was fixed at 15% of the invoice for services rendered by work cooperatives ...

The concept of peer-to-peer lending ("P2P"), that first evolved in the United Kingdom and United States, is currently a fashionable topic in jurisdictions like Brazil where consumer needs and spending are growing and strict financial regulations apply.

The "SAT" contribution was created by Law no. 8,212/91 with the scope of funding the social assistance related to events such as illnesses, permanent injury and death resulted from labor accidents.

Companies that make imports in Brazil face many taxes to complete the process of importation, what generates huge costs to the imported products to be sold in Brazilian market.

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

Brazilian monetary authorities have put in place a compulsory credit assignment system to be complied with by financial institutions ("FI").

Twenty four years after being executed by Brazil, the Brazilian government, through Decree 8 327, of October 16, 2014, put in force the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (the "Convention").