The article “The Petrobras and the Integrity Criterion, does the ends justify the means?””, such a important topic for the companies, was published by the TN Petrobras. In this article, Julia Mota and Ana Clara Chicrala discussed about de complex classification of the Integrity Criterion by Petrobras, which can unilaterally prevent companies to take part […]Continue reading

On March 10, partners Julia Mota and Rita Zanforlin spoke at the webinar organized by the Brazil-Texas Chamber of Commerce on the topic “Breaking Down the New Brazilian REPETRO: Recent Tax Reliefs, Impacts on Business Structures.” The event covered challenges and opportunities of the REPETRO Regime under the perspective of tax law, customs and business […]Continue reading

We are happy to launch our Doing Business in Brazil guide, focusing in the oil and gas sector in Brazil. It covers some relevant legal issues foreign investors need to consider in their plans to start a business in Brazil, such as oil and gas specific regulatory, tax and labor issues, as well as corporate […]Continue reading

The contract has a social function, and it is up to the public authorities to prevent any type of contractual imbalance caused by an unpredictable and/or inevitable event that may generate excessive burden to one of the contractors.Brazilian law enshrines the principle of exoneration due to non-imputability, as provided in Article 393 of the Civil Code: “The […]Continue reading

Decomissioning of facilities is a big challenge for the Brazilian oil and natural gas industry. The beginning of the production occurred in 1940 in onshore fields and in the late 1960`s for the maritime, and the fields that start its exploitation in 1998 (bid “o”) has rigs operating for over than 25 years, in its […]Continue reading

Published at TN Petroleum Magazine in 05/28/2018 Decree 2.745/1998 simplified Petrobras’ procurement processes, bringing the required agility to compete in a market that became competitive after the opening of the oil and gas sector to the private sector, with the advent of Law 9.478/1997 (The Petroleum Law). After almost 20 years of the simplified regime, […]Continue reading

By Julia Mota From April 2, Petrobras Rio Unit has started procurement of goods and services under the new legal system – Law 13.303/16, and from May 15 all Petrobras units in Brazil will also be running under the new rules. See below a summary of the process: Step 1 – Vendors List Registration Foreign […]Continue reading

by Julia Mota, published at TN Petroleum Magazine in 03/09/2018 The RLCP – Petrobras’ Bids and Contracts Regulation was published on January 15, 2018, in compliance with Law 13.303/16 (State Companies Law), and is already governing bids – as a pilot – in Espirito Santo unit. As of April 2, the unit of Rio de […]Continue reading