The privacy and commercial use of personal data have been trending topics since recent incidents involving data breach, leakage and cyber attacks. On August 14, 2018, the Brazilian Data Protection Law was enacted (Law No. 13,709/2018) and will be in force in February 2020. Based on the European Union General

On Friday 12th, the Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission (Comissão de Valores Mobiliários – CVM) issued Circular Letter No. 1/2018, clarifying that cryptocurrencies cannot be classified as financial assets, according to article 2, subsection V, of CVM Instruction No. 555/14, based on the degree of uncertainty surrounding their legal-economic nature and financial risks involved. ​

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 natural gas. Consultation No. 24/2017 will last twenty days and the amendments to the arbitration clauses will be effective for

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 held on October 05, 1961 in the Hague, but Brazilian Government only deposited the instrument of accession and notified the Ministry

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 by the Federal Law No. 4,131/1962. In the sole paragraph of Article 1, the Circular confirms the existence of two