State of São Paulo Approves Adoption of Arbitration for Government Contracts

Well-regarded arbitration institutions may be chosen to resolve disputes with the State. On 1 August 2019, Decree 64,356/2019 was published in the São Paulo Gazette and came into...

Contracts • Dispute Resolution • Government Procurement and PPPs • Intellectual Property|

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Brazil-Norway Double Tax Agreement Amended

More power to the authorities and less secrecy for taxpayers. On 9 August 2019, Decree 9,966/2019 was published. This was the last step required for the Protocol amending the...

Tax and Customs|

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The International Trademark System Soon to Become a Reality in Brazil

On 30 May 2019, Legislative Decree 49/2019 was published by the Brazilian Senate. The Decree provides for Brazil to accede to the International Trademark System (commonly known as...

Intellectual Property|

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Updated: Brazil’s Data Protection Law

Quick Read: Brazil’s first general law addressing personal data protection has come into force. Law 13,709/2018 (the General Data Protection Law or “GDPL”) is...

Corporate • Intellectual Property • Migration Law|

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San Marino removed from Brazil’s tax haven list

On 27 June 2019, the Brazilian Federal Revenue Department (“RFB”) published Normative Instruction 1,896/2019. The regulation removes the Republic of San Marino from the...

Tax and Customs|

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Medicinal Cannabis: ANVISA Opens Public Consultation

Brazil’s Health Regulatory Agency (Agência National de Vigilância Sanitária, “ANVISA”) has published two public consultations: for regulations regarding the...

Tax and Customs|

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TIEAs with the UK and Switzerland in Force

On 30 May 2019, Brazil’s President (Jair Bolsonaro) signed two decrees (Decree 9,815/2019 and Decree 97,814/2019) approving the tax information exchange agreements...

Tax and Customs|

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New Rules Bring Major Improvements to Brazil’s Business Environment

On 30 April 2019, Provisional Measure 881/2019 (Medida Provisória 881/2019, “MP”) was published and came into force. Nicknamed “The MP of Economic Freedom”, the MP brings...

Contracts • Corporate • Intellectual Property • Tax and Customs|

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Hague Service Convention Now in Force

The HCCH’s Convention of 15 November 1965 on the Service Abroad of Judicial and Extrajudicial Documents in Civil or Commercial Matters (commonly known as the “Hague Service...

Dispute Resolution|

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Visa-free entry for Americans, Australians, Canadians and the Japanese

On 18 March 2019, Presidential Decree 9,731/2019 was published in Brazil’s Federal Gazette. The Decree provides that Australian, Canadian, American and Japanese citizens will no...

Migration Law|

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