Brazil’s new environmental licensing law: overview and perspectives
The General Law on Environmental Licensing, now Federal Law No. 15,190 of August 8, 2025 (formerly Bill No. 2,159/2021), was enacted by the ...
Cryptocurrencies, fraud, and criminal liability: investors at the center of a new global criminal dispute
Over the past decade, cryptocurrencies have gone from a niche phenomenon to established assets in the global financial market. As a result, ...
The shifting of the burden of proof in the brazilian judiciary and its impacts on companies doing business in the country
Foreign companies operating in Brazil must adapt not only to commercial and cultural differences, but also to the unique features of the loc ...
When migration becomes a crime: corporate criminal liability in the new global order
Global migration policy is undergoing a quiet but decisive transformation. Once framed as a humanitarian or sovereignty issue, now it even i ...
Enforcement against secondary debtors: new binding precedent from Brazil’s Superior Labor Court increases risk exposure for service contracting companies
In a recent virtual full-bench session, the TST reaffirmed 17 legal theses, transforming them into binding precedents in accordance with Art ...
Representations & warranties in M&A transactions
In transactions involving the acquisition of equity interests or investments, one of the most prominent– and most negotiated – clauses is th ...
Cybersecurity and Compliance: how to draft contracts with third parties to mitigate data breach risks
In an increasingly digital business environment, the leakage of personal and corporate data has ceased to be merely a technical issue and ha ...