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Provided by Francisco Müssnich
Practice Areas
Corporate/M&A
Finance and Capital Markets
Dispute Resolution
Career
Chico Müssnich is a founding partner of BMA. He has unmatched experience in providing strategic advice in wide range of corporate matters and in highly complex M&A transactions.
Chico is active in both national and international arbitrations, and provides strategic advice in hostile takeovers and corporate disputes. He has represented clients, all leaders in their sectors, in historic transactions in Brazil in recent decades.
He acts as arbitrator on the Court of Arbitration for Sport – CAS and was the lead attorney for the Local Organizing Committee for the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil. In 2016, he was the only Brazilian among the 12 attorneys appointed as arbitrators to the CAS’s ad hoc Division for the XXXI Olympic Summer Games in Rio de Janeiro. He is also the only Brazilian appointed to serve as arbitrator at the XXXII Olympic Summer Games in Tokyo in 2021.
Chico is frequently consulted by lawyers and law firms for his recognized expertise in highly intricate corporate transactions and disputes. He is the author of Cartas a um jovem advogado (Letters to a Young Lawyer) and O Insider Trading in Brazilian Law (Insider Trading in Brazilian Law).
Practice Areas
Corporate/M&A
Finance and Capital Markets
Dispute Resolution
Career
Chico Müssnich is a founding partner of BMA. He has unmatched experience in providing strategic advice in wide range of corporate matters and in highly complex M&A transactions.
Chico is active in both national and international arbitrations, and provides strategic advice in hostile takeovers and corporate disputes. He has represented clients, all leaders in their sectors, in historic transactions in Brazil in recent decades.
He acts as arbitrator on the Court of Arbitration for Sport – CAS and was the lead attorney for the Local Organizing Committee for the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil. In 2016, he was the only Brazilian among the 12 attorneys appointed as arbitrators to the CAS’s ad hoc Division for the XXXI Olympic Summer Games in Rio de Janeiro. He is also the only Brazilian appointed to serve as arbitrator at the XXXII Olympic Summer Games in Tokyo in 2021.
Chico is frequently consulted by lawyers and law firms for his recognized expertise in highly intricate corporate transactions and disputes. He is the author of Cartas a um jovem advogado (Letters to a Young Lawyer) and O Insider Trading in Brazilian Law (Insider Trading in Brazilian Law).
Articles, highlights and press releases
7 items provided by BMA – Barbosa, Müssnich, Aragão
The Covid-19 pandemic and the rise of digital payment solutions in Brazil
From the beginning of the covid-19 pandemic, Brazil has faced not only healthrelated but also financial challenges in overcoming the problems brought on by these difficult times.
ESG, Friedman and Brazil’s corporations law
Discussion over ESG matters in corporations has been growing worldwide, and Brazil is no different. Investors’ hearts and minds – and their pockets too – have been engaged by environmental, social and governance principles.
BDR Regulation and the new market for foreign shares in Brazil
BDRs are negotiable certificates that represent securities issued by foreign companies. Similar to American ADRs, BDRs allow Brazilian investors to invest in foreign companies and provide those companies with direct access to the Brazilian capital markets.
Where is the tax reform for the third sector?
Around the world, the third sector has become a force to be reckoned with. The greater the economic, political and social development of a country, the greater the recognition and importance of not-for-profit organizations in its civil society.
The tax challenges in donating goods
In the absence of a price, the tax authorities can use the goods’ market value, which normally exceeds acquisition or production cost. The result? An even higher tax burden for the donor.
Philanthropic donations should be tax deductible
Tax legislation prohibits deduction of “donations” and “noncompulsory contributions” in general, except for deductions of up to 2% of operating income in donations to not-for-profit civil entities.
Philanthropy is not a taxable activity,
By providing or supplementing public sector services, non-profit education and social assistance institutions help the state, to the benefit of society as a whole.
The Covid-19 pandemic and the rise of digital payment solutions in Brazil
From the beginning of the covid-19 pandemic, Brazil has faced not only healthrelated but also financial challenges in overcoming the problems brought on by these difficult times.
ESG, Friedman and Brazil’s corporations law
Discussion over ESG matters in corporations has been growing worldwide, and Brazil is no different. Investors’ hearts and minds – and their pockets too – have been engaged by environmental, social and governance principles.
BDR Regulation and the new market for foreign shares in Brazil
BDRs are negotiable certificates that represent securities issued by foreign companies. Similar to American ADRs, BDRs allow Brazilian investors to invest in foreign companies and provide those companies with direct access to the Brazilian capital markets.
Where is the tax reform for the third sector?
Around the world, the third sector has become a force to be reckoned with. The greater the economic, political and social development of a country, the greater the recognition and importance of not-for-profit organizations in its civil society.
The tax challenges in donating goods
In the absence of a price, the tax authorities can use the goods’ market value, which normally exceeds acquisition or production cost. The result? An even higher tax burden for the donor.
Philanthropic donations should be tax deductible
Tax legislation prohibits deduction of “donations” and “noncompulsory contributions” in general, except for deductions of up to 2% of operating income in donations to not-for-profit civil entities.
Philanthropy is not a taxable activity,
By providing or supplementing public sector services, non-profit education and social assistance institutions help the state, to the benefit of society as a whole.
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