Recently, two opinions involving constitutional matters have been issued by the Federal Supreme Court (STF), which may come to have stare decisis effects as to whether it is possible to collect tax on urban property...

With more flexibility, there is no need to include the activities that will be developed by the branches in the activities performed by the head office.

Electronic Power of Attorney: Power of attorney issued through e-CAC, when the principal and the agent both hold a digital certificate.

It is also important to highlight that RFB has made available, as an annex to Instruction No. 1752/2017, an Requirement for Withdrawal of Objection or Administrative Appeal.

On March 13, 2018, the Board of the Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission extended the deadline for submission of the Report on the Brazilian Corporate Governance Code...

The 10-day period will be computed in calendar days, with the first day excluded and the expiration day included.

During the term granted in the residence permit, the investor must stay in Brazil for at least 30 days as from the registration with the Federal Police.

Em 13 de março de 2018, o Colegiado da CVM prorrogou o prazo para envio do Informe sobre o Código Brasileiro de Governança Corporativa à CVM, previsto na Instrução CVM 480/09, artigo 29-A e Anexo 29-A ("Informe").

Additional practices should be adopted in relation to those which apply to cases in which the fund invests in regular assets.

In September, the Internal Revenue Service of Brazil (RFB) issued new instructions about the Voluntary Disclosure and Amnesty Program ("RERCT"), by publishing RFB Instruction ("IN/RFB") 1,832/2018.

Guideline Opinion 38 of the Securities and exchange Commission provides on the fiduciary duties of the managers in indemnity agreements between listed companies and their managers.

Additional details about REFAZ may be found in Decree No. 54,346/2018 and on the State Revenue Department's website.

The central concern of the Decree seems to be to give publicity to actions taken for the defense of human rights within the corporate environment.

Law No. 13,467, of July 13, 2017, known as Labor Reform, has not yet been discussed by the Courts, as it will only come into force on November 11, 2017.

National entities, as well as entities domiciled abroad that hold interest in a company in Brazil must provide information to the Brazilian Federal Revenue Service about their ultimate beneficial owners (UBO).

Over the past few weeks, Brazil has faced increased trade scrutiny, and President Trump has specifically targeted the largest Latin American country...

LIG is very similar to covered bonds, widely used abroad.