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The Brazilian National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels (ANP) opens a public consultation on arbitration clauses under the concession agreements for the exploration and production of oil and ...

The Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalization for Foreign Public Documents, called Apostille Convention (“Convention”), promulgated by Decree No. 8,660/2016, entered into force on August 14, 2016. The Convention was ...

The Central Bank of Brazil (“BACEN”) published on June 16, 2016 the Circular No. 3,795 (“Circular”), to consolidate the regulations regarding the statement of the Census of Foreign Capital, created ...

On 07.12.2016 was published the Law No. 13,311/2016 establishing general rules for the occupation and use of urban public area for urban facilities like kiosks, trailers, fairs and newsagents. ​ ...

On 06.15.2016, it was published the Law No. 13,295/2016, which resulted from the conversion of the Provisional Measure No. 707/2015, and extends the deadline to register with the Rural Environmental ...

The Administrative Council for Economic Defense (“CADE”) published on May 25, 2016 the Antitrust Leniency Program Guidelines (“Guidelines”) aim to consolidate the best practices and procedures adopted by the Brazilian antitrust agency for the negotiation of ...

Brazil has a special and temporary regime for monetary and tax regulation in order to regularize unreported foreign assets held by individuals and legal entities resident or domiciled in Brazil. ...

The Administrative Council for Economic Defense (CADE) released for public consultation a draft resolution which defines the concept of associative contracts and provides the cases of a notification to the ...

On 05.12.2016, it was published the Decree n. 8772/2016 (“Decree”), that regulates Law No 13.123/2015 (“Act”), which provides for access to genetic resources, the protection and access to associated traditional ...