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Appointing an Agent (Sales Representative) in Brazil

Quick Read: Agents under Brazilian law: An agent under Brazilian law is a person or legal entity that brokers commercial deals on a regular basis. Mandatory rules: There are court...

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Brazil’s Economic Freedom Law

On 21 September 2019, Law 13,874/2019 came into force. Nicknamed the Economic Freedom Law, it marks a major move towards greater economic freedom and a more...

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Cost Contribution Agreements in Brazil

Quick Read: Cost contribution agreements (“CCAs”) allow for the sharing of costs among companies of the same corporate group. Brazil adopts the OECD definition of CCAs....

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Setting Up a Company in Brazil: a Checklist

Setting up a company in Brazil is not as simple as in developed common law countries. The process of registration (and deregistration) contains various procedural steps that are...

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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 a...

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Translation of Declaration of Rights of Economic Freedom

Below in italics is my translation of Chapter II of Law 13,874/2019, together with links. This Law marks a major shift in the way business law is to be interpreted in Brazil, so...

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Faster Registrations of Companies

On 14 March 2019, Provisional Measure 876/2019 was published. The Provisional Measure substantially improves the speed with which certain businesses and corporate documents can be...

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Changes to the Civil Code: Easier Removal of Directors (Administradores) and Minority Shareholders

Law 13,792/2019 (gazetted on 3 January 2019) was one of the first Bills signed into Law by President Bolsonaro. The Law amends the Civil Code. Now if a director (administrador) of...

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Updated: Disclosure of Ultimate Beneficiaries to the Brazilian Federal Revenue Department

Quick read: The Brazilian Federal Revenue Department (“RFB”, from its original in Portuguese) has issued new rules for the disclosure of ultimate beneficiaries of foreign...

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Brazilian Data Protection Agency is Created

One of Michel Temer’s last acts as Brazil’s President was to set up the much-anticipated National Data Protection Agency. Provisional Measure 869/2018 was published on 28...

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