Currently, approval of the technical part of the Petrobras registration process is no longer required, but only during the qualification stage of the contracting processes. But it is still very important to register and renew annually, presenting the documentation for the legal, economic and integrity sections. Thus, you start to receive notifications of bids and […]Continue reading
On June 21st, 23rd and 25th, ANPD will hold technical meetings on the topic “Personal Data Impact Assessment”, live, always at 10 am on ANPD’s YouTube channel. The event will be divided into three panels, where experts will address topics such as: “How should ANPD evaluate a data protection impact assessment presented by the processing […]Continue reading
On June 04, 2021, Brazil signed the United Nations Convention on International Settlement Agreements resulting from Mediation, the “Singapore Convention on Mediation”. The adoption of the Convention by Brazil is part of the efforts of the Federal Government to promote de-bureaucratization, in order to support the development of businesses and stimulate the economy. The Singapore […]Continue reading
The foreign capital census of the Brazilian Central Bank (“Census”) is a mandatory declaration for Brazilian entities and investment funds whose patrimonial composition contains foreign participation, or which have received investments from non-residents. The purpose of the Census is to collect information about the external debt of Brazil, allowing the Central Bank to compile statistics […]Continue reading
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 General Data Protection Law, in force since September 2020, provides new parameters in the treatment of personal data, in line with global legislation. What does that mean? Your company’s compliance with the Law, beyond the merely complying with a legal obligation, will bring a competitive advantage by providing innovation, transparency and trust for the […]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
