Insights

Publications and analysis.

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

Article · Education and citizenship

Education for citizenship: OAB in Schools and civic formation in the classroom

On Teachers' Day, the potential of the OAB in Schools project and education for citizenship, in light of the Constitution, the Child and Adolescent Statute and protective legislation.

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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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