Regulatory

Brazil's regulatory environment is defined by agencies with broad rulemaking powers, lengthy administrative proceedings and a growing willingness to impose sanctions that go well beyond fines — including license suspension, intervention and personal liability for officers. FIUS navigates that environment with institutional familiarity and technical rigor.

We engage with ANATEL (the telecom regulator), ANEEL (the electricity regulator), ANS (the supplementary health regulator), ANVISA (the health-surveillance regulator), ANTT (the land transport regulator), ANTAQ (the waterway transport regulator), the CVM (the securities regulator) and the Central Bank, on authorizations, tariff reviews, defense in administrative sanctioning proceedings and public consultations of strategic interest. Our work ranges from drafting technical comments in public hearings to court challenges against rule-making acts that exceed the agency's regulatory mandate.

For companies in regulated sectors that are growing, innovating or undergoing changes of control, we map prior-authorization requirements, manage the relationship with the agency and anticipate restrictions that could derail the transaction. Regulatory done well is the kind the business never notices — because the problem was solved before it became a crisis.