The update of the “Legal Framework for Startups” and the “Lei do Bem” after the COVID-19 pandemic
10/1/2020 At the end of 2019, the Legal Framework for Startups was presented to the National Congress, aiming at a legislative innovation to consolidate the startups market in Brazil. This regulation aimed to structure a favorable, legally safe and less bureaucratic environment for the constitution and development of Brazilian startups. Unfortunately, the Legal Framework […]
Validity of non-certified electronic signature
8/31/2020 Brazilian law ensures freedom of contracting to the parties, providing that the validity of the declaration of will shall not depend on a special form, except when the law expressly requires it. That means that there is no legal prohibition for the parties to formalize their declarations of will by digital form, by means […]
ESG sob os holofotes do mercado de capitais
15/8/2020 Estadão Por – Renata Castro Veloso, Carolina Allodi Matos de Andrade e Reynaldo Guimarães Vallú Neto* A sigla ESG, que em inglês, significa Environmental, Social and Governance – em português, Ambiental, Social e Governança (ASG) – tem sido atual e repetidamente utilizada no mercado de capitais. Endereçar o ESG significa alinhar-se a negócios, fundos, gestores […]
Annual Census of Foreign Capital in Brazil
7/3 Brazilian Central Bank (BACEN) is performing the Annual Census of Foreign Capital in Brazil, which will be mandatory as follows: a. for entities domiciled in Brazil that, on December 31, 2019, had net worth equal to or greater than USD 100 million, and, simultaneously, had direct foreigner residents as shareholders in their capital […]
Simplificação e consolidação das normas e diretrizes gerais do registro público de empresas
2/7/2020 Foi publicada em 15 de junho de 2020 no Diário Oficial da União a Instrução Normativa DREI nº 81, de 10 de junho de 2020 (“IN 81”), que dispõe sobre as normas e diretrizes gerais do Registro Público de Empresas. A IN 81 visa simplificar, desburocratizar e, principalmente, uniformizar as orientações e procedimentos quanto […]
CMN and the Central Bank of Brazil structure new rules for book-entry duplicate invoices
The National Monetary Council (CMN) and the Central Bank of Brazil (BCB) issued the Resolution No. 4,815 and the Circular No. 4,016, which regulate Law No. 13,775 / 2018 and the negotiation of book-entry duplicate invoices, also called electronic duplicate invoices. The measure aims at security and efficiency in transactions, allowing the modernization of the […]
