Brazil Tag Archive

The Right to an Explanation in Automated Decision-Making: GDPR and LGPD Compared

(By Vanessa R. T. Borges) Automated decision-making is now common in credit scoring, insurance, recruitment and public services. This article compares the GDPR and Brazil’s...

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Hiring an Employee in Brazil

Hiring in Brazil? Learn the CLT, eSocial, FGTS, payroll, remote work, and employee cost rules foreign companies should know before hiring....

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What is a ‘tax haven’ under Brazilian law?

Brazil has a sophisticated tax system. This makes structuring a transaction to minimise taxes a complicated task. Brazilian tax rules generally treat as “tax favoured or...

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Brazilian and U.S. Customs Begin Exchanging Information on Cargo Risk Management

Parties looking to send goods to Brazil (and importing Brazilian goods into the U.S.) should be particularly careful to ensure consistency in the information provided to customs...

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Brazil: Crypto Intermediaries, Custodians and Brokers are “Financial Institutions”

By Fabiano Deffenti Today, the Brazilian Central Bank published a new resolution (Resolution CMN 5,280/2026) that deems “service providers of virtual assets” as...

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Appointing a Distributor in Brazil

Quick Read: Introduction When companies consider entering the Brazilian market, they generally aim to sell their goods or services. The appointment of agents can be tricky, as...

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From Templates to Strategy: AI and the New Legal Edge

AI has largely replaced the need for high quality templates that large law firms have. Experience and skill in strategy are now the real value of legal work....

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Issues to Consider when Entering a Foreign Market

Here is a short presentation on the key issues to consider when entering a foreign market. It applies to Brazil as much as it applies to other markets....

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Brazil’s New Taxpayer Protection Code

The Code is designed to reshape the relationship between taxpayers and tax authorities around transparency, predictability and cooperative compliance for taxpayers who behave in...

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Tax Appeals Board (CARF) Confirms Tax Payable on Apple Remittances: A Warning for IPR Importers into Brazil

In a landmark ruling that may significantly reshape how foreign tech and content providers operate in Brazil, the Administrative Council of Tax Appeals (Conselho Administrativo de...

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