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28 Jun 2023

Odebrecht sells São Paulo headquarters to raise funds

Author: Emilio Demetriou-Jones Source: Latin Lawyer Bicalho e Molica Advogados has helped investor SDI Gestão e Barzel Properties acquire Odebrecht’s São Paulo headquarters. Odebrecht hired Campos Mello Advogados while Banco Itaú, which granted acquisition financing to SDI, enlisted Machado Meyer Advogados. The deal closed on 22 May with no value disclosed. Odebrecht will use the funds to pay […]

28 Jun 2023

Foreign investment in Brazil (and in brazilian farmlands)

Authors: Ivandro Trevelim and Marcus Bitencourt Source: DLA Piper (https://bit.ly/2Y7Wh5T) In terms of corporate law, foreign investors in Brazil — either legal entities or individuals — do not face a broad range of legal restrictions and, in general terms, are permitted and welcome in the vast majority of economic sectors. Foreign direct investments, which are […]

28 Jun 2023

Winds of change to the Brazilian energy industry offshore

Source: NordicLight Magazine Check out the full magazine: http://nbcc.com.br/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Nordic-Light-Mai2019-Jul2019.pdf This article was written by: David Meiler (Partner), Fabiano Gallo (Partner), Bárbara Bittencourt (associate) and Flavia Cerutti (associate). As the population grows and technology develops, the need for different sources of energy consequently increases. Fossil fuels, mainly oil, gas and coal, still represent more than 90% of the […]

28 Jun 2023

“Compliant Debtors” law is sanctioned by brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro

The Brazilian President, Jair Bolsonaro, sanctioned Law 166/2019 on April 08, which modifies the country’s credit scoring system. The new rules will come into force on July 9, 2019. The credit scoring system exists since 2011, but consumer adherence was voluntary until now. According to the sanctioned Law, the Brazilian credit scoring system will change […]

28 Jun 2023

Senate approves bill of law that facilitates the recognition of “famous marks”

The plenary of the Federal Senate approved, on April 2, the bill of law 86/15, which creates special rules that aim to facilitate the recognition of “famous marks” to trademarks registered before the Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office (“INPI”). “Famous marks” is a classification that guarantees to a trademark protection in all international classes and […]

28 Jun 2023

House of Representatives of Brazil approves the Madrid Protocol for the International Registration of Trademarks

The plenary of the House of Representatives approved, on April 4, the text of the Madrid Protocol for the international registration of trademarks. The Madrid Protocol, which is a treaty administered by the World Intellectual Property Organization (“WIPO”), has been in force since April 1996 and ratified by 120 countries. The proposal for the implementation […]

28 Jun 2023

Brazilian Superior Court distinguishes the hotel manager and developer’s responsibility

April 2, 2019 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 lawsuit filed by a condominium-hotel unit buyer who claimed the right to cancel a transaction due to the temporary suspension of the […]

28 Jun 2023

Brazil releases manual on mutual agreement procedures

April 3, 2019 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, Finland, France, Hungary, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Mexico, Norway, the Netherlands, Peru, Philippines, Portugal, Russia, Slovakia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Trinidad […]

28 Jun 2023

Brazilian Superior Court analyzes legality of check-in and check-out hours

April 3, 2019 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 and citizenship protection association − Associação Nacional de Defesa da Cidadania e do Consumidor (ANADEC) against a manager of a São Paulo […]

28 Jun 2023

The Hague Service Convention is promulgated in Brazil

April 25, 2019 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) will enter into force for Brazil on 1 June 1, 2019. With the accession of Brazil, the Hague […]

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Odebrecht sells São Paulo headquarters to raise funds

Foreign investment in Brazil (and in brazilian farmlands)

Winds of change to the Brazilian energy industry offshore

“Compliant Debtors” law is sanctioned by brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro

Senate approves bill of law that facilitates the recognition of “famous marks”

House of Representatives of Brazil approves the Madrid Protocol for the International Registration of Trademarks

Brazilian Superior Court distinguishes the hotel manager and developer’s responsibility

Brazil releases manual on mutual agreement procedures

Brazilian Superior Court analyzes legality of check-in and check-out hours

The Hague Service Convention is promulgated in Brazil

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