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2020 LATIN AMERICA LAWYERS OF THE YEAR
Brazil
Brazilian federal government issues decree regulating arbitration in disputes between Public Administration and transport and logistics sectors
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Posted in Arbitration, Brazil
Arbitration is alive and growing in Brazil. According to research conducted among Brazil’s six main arbitral institutions, in 2010 there were 128 new arbitration proceedings; then in 2017, this number jumped to more than 275.…
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Distributed generation in Brazil: The bright future of Brazilian renewable energy
By: Fabiano Gallo and Flavia Cerutti Alves Pinto
Overview
In April 2012, the Normative Resolution No. 482/2012, issued by ANEEL, came into force and established the initial rules for the development of electricity distributed generation…
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Brazil – Oil and Gas Chapter (Latin Lawyer 2019)
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By: David L Meiler, Barbara Bittencourt and Luise Helena de Moura
Please visit Latin Lawyer’s webpage to read the most recent chapter on Brazil: Oil and Gas authored by lawyers at Campos Mello Advogados
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Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro approves “compliant debtors” law
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Posted in Brazil, Data Privacy
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has approved Law 166/2019, the so-called compliant debtors law, modifying the country’s credit scoring system. The new rules will come into force on July 9, 2019.
The credit scoring system has …
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The Hague Service Convention is promulgated in Brazil
By: Felipe Hermanny
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The Convention of 15 November 1965 on the Service Abroad of Judicial and Extrajudicial Documents in Civil or Commercial Matters (the Hague Service Convention)…
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BRAZILIAN SUPERIOR COURT ANALYZES LEGALITY OF CHECK-IN AND CHECK-OUT HOURS
By: Rafael Jordão Bussiere, Fabio Perrone Campos Mello and Ana Beatriz Barbosa
Brazil’s Superior Court has validated a hospitality market practice in its decision regarding a civil class action filed by the national consumer…
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Brazil releases manual on Mutual Agreement Procedures
By Alex Jorge, Renato Lopes da Rocha, Randall Fox and James Dalley
Brazil has entered into 33 bilateral tax treaties, namely those with Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Chile, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador,…
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BRAZILIAN SUPERIOR COURT DISTINGUISHES THE HOTEL MANAGER AND DEVELOPER’S RESPONSIBILITY
By: Rafael Jordão Bussiere, Fabio Perrone Campos Mello and Ana Beatriz Barbosa
The Third Chamber of the Brazilian Superior Court decided that the hotel operator Blue Tree should not be a defendant in a…
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Brazil: recent changes in transfer pricing rules
On January 30, 2019, Normative Instruction n° 1,870/2019, issued by the Federal Revenue Office (RFB), was published in Brazil’s Official Gazette, amending several provisions of Normative Instruction n° 1,312/2012, which regulates the Brazilian transfer pricing…
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