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
Campos Mello Advogados is an independent law firm
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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PPP projects in Latin America: resolving disputes through investor-state arbitration
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By: Alison Fagan, Maria Pereira, Silvia Farre
Public-private partnership (PPP) projects in Latin America are on the rise. There is a great need for infrastructure investment across the region, but often, Latin American…
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Brazil clarifies how reinsurance companies are taxed
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By: Alex Jorge, Leonardo Rzezinski, Rosana Gonzaga Jayme, Humberto Lucas Marini, Renato Lopes da Rocha and Marcella Hill
The Brazilian Tax Revenue has published Private Letter Ruling No. 91/2018, as a …
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Brazil: Rio de Janeiro state – new Tax Amnesty Program
On September, 21, 2018, the State of Rio de Janeiro published Supplementary Law n° 182, by means of which the state has granted reductions of amounts due as penalties and…
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Brazil enacts its first law to protect Brazilians’ personal data: top points
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Brazil has taken a significant step to protect the personal data of Brazilians with the enactment of the first specific law on the subject. Bill of Law 53/2018, approved by the Senate on July 10,…
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