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Hiring an Employee in Brazil

Looking to hire an employee in Brazil? Here are the key rules and issues to consider....

Contracts • Corporate • Employment • Tax and Customs|

Greater transparency over Brazil’s tax incentives

Information regarding incentives, waivers, benefits or immunities of a tax nature that benefit specific businesses will now be made available to the public....

Government Procurement and PPPs • Tax and Customs|

Registering a Branch of a Foreign Company in Brazil

Setting up a branch office in Brazil has become a lot easier and it may offer tax advantages for foreign companies over setting up a subsidiary....

Corporate • Tax and Customs|

Royalties paid for unregistered IP rights now tax deductible in Brazil

Royalties for unregistered intellectual property rights can now be deducted by Brazilian licensees....

Contracts • Intellectual Property • Tax and Customs|

Brazil’s Mining Laws Improved

Important changes to Brazil’s mining laws came into force in late 2022. These include longer exploration licence periods and measures that will assist mining financing...

Mining Law|

Uranium Mining by Private Miners Allowed in Brazil

Uranium mining is no longer a monopoly in Brazil....

Contracts • Mining Law|

Brazil has a New Foreign Exchange Law

Brazil’s new Foreign Exchange Law has introduced material improvements to Brazil’s currency exchange rules and the treatment of foreign investors, and is part of the continued...

Contracts • Corporate • Intellectual Property • Tax and Customs|

Brazil and UK Sign Double Tax Agreement

Brazil and the UK have signed a double tax agreement. The agreement has not yet come into force but it marks yet another step taken by Brazil to open its economy....

Contracts • Corporate • Employment • Intellectual Property • Mining Law • Tax and Customs|

Brazil: Hague Industrial Designs Agreement to Become Law Soon

Brazil has acceeded to the Hague Agreement on Industrial Designs. It is expected that it will become Law soon....

Intellectual Property|

Appointing a Distributor in Brazil

Quick Read: Flexible: Parties have great freedom to decide on the terms of their distribution arrangements (which is different to the appointment of agents). Terminations can be...