Insights

Publications and analysis.

Writing on corporate law, contracts, compliance and the legal relationship between Brazil and the international market.

Article · Compliance and governance

Corporate integrity: compliance as a structure of risk management

Why the integrity program ceased to be a reputational ornament and came to have direct legal effect.

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Article · Consensual resolution

The out-of-court composition of liabilities: consensual instruments and their effectiveness

Settlement, novation, mediation and arbitration: resolving debts outside court and what makes an agreement enforceable.

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Article · Contracts

Business contracts: the genesis of disputes and the technique of preventing them

Where disputes in contracts between companies originate and how drafting technique prevents them.

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Publication · Thesis

Responsabilização funcional e a estabilidade contratual internacional

How the fragility of functional accountability affects Brazil's contractual credibility on the international stage.

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Article · Corporate law

Shareholders agreement: the rules that prevent the fight that breaks the company

Many companies are born from a relationship of trust, among friends, family members or partners who admire one another, and it is that trust that makes the company thrive in the early years.

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Article · Business advisory and counsel

Business legal advisory: the lawyer before the problem

Most companies meet the lawyer through the worst door: the one of the problem already installed.

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Article · Compliance and risk management

Business compliance: where your company begins

A large client started requiring it. A public tender asked for it.

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Article · Business contracts

Supply and distribution contracts: what cannot be missing

An industrial company wins a large client.

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Article · Corporate, contracts and acquisitions

Due diligence: the legal audit before buying, selling or partnering

Few business regrets are as costly as signing before checking.

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Article · Governance and corporate structure

Corporate governance and compliance: how to grow without losing control of your own company

There comes a point, in the life of almost every successful company, when growth starts to move faster than the structure meant to support it.

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Article · Family, succession and estate planning

Family holding company: how to protect your assets and plan succession during your lifetime

After years building up assets, a company, real estate, shareholdings, there comes a moment when the concern changes in nature.

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Article · Data protection and the LGPD

LGPD compliance for companies: Brazil's data protection law in practice

If you are asking what the LGPD is, you are not alone: Brazil's General Data Protection Law (Lei Geral de Proteção de Dados) has been in force for.

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Article · Contracts and international practice

Doing business in Brazil: a guide for US companies and foreigners

If you are a US company or a foreigner wondering how to open a company in Brazil, contract a Brazilian supplier, sell into the country or invest in a.

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Article · Tax law

Lawful tax planning: how to pay less tax within the law

For many profitable companies, tax is the largest of all costs, and also the least understood.

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