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Transferring Employees on an Outsourcing in Brazil: Overview

Our TMT practice, leaded by the senior partner Ricardo Barretto Ferreira, the senior associate Juliana Gebara Sene Ikeda, the Labour practice partner, Juliana Petrella Hansen and the Tax practice associate, Fabio Capelletti, are the authors of "Transferring Employees on an Outsourcing in Brazil: Ove

Outsourcing: Brazil Overview

Azevedo Sette’s partners Ricardo Barretto Ferreira and Juliana Petrella Hansen, and the senior associates Juliana Gebara Sene Ikeda, and Fabio Capelletti are authors of "Outsourcing: Brazil Overview" chapter, published by Thomson Reuters.

Temporary suspension of Covid-19 Vaccines Patents and its Effectiveness in Brazil

The current President of the United States, Joe Biden, has recently declared his support for the proposal presented by the governments of South Africa and India to the World Trade Organization (WTO) to temporarily suspend the industrial property rights of vaccines against the Covid-19 virus

Brazil’s Comprehensive Regulations on Large Dams Safety

Azevedo Sette’s partner Leonardo Lamego is author of the chapter "BRAZIL’S COMPREHENSIVE REGULATIONS ON LARGE DAMS SAFETY”, in the "Comparative Law Yearbook of International Business", an international guide published by the Center for International Legal Studies – CILS.

Azevedo Sette and PN in BRL 272.7 million deal between Fundo BM II and Log BTS

Azevedo Sette Advogados advised LOG BTS Extrema Empreendimentos Imobiliários S.A and Pinheiro Neto Advogados advised BM II Fundo de Investimento Imobiliário

Azevedo Sette contributes to the Subnational Doing Business in Brazil 2021

Our Civil Litigation practice, with the partner Roberto Mariano Soares and the assiciate Danielle Freitas are contributing authors in the Subnational Doing Business in Brazil 2021, a World Bank publication that presents a comparative analysis of the business environment in 26 Brazilian states and th

Azevedo Sette advises Toro on the acquisition of Mobills

Azevedo Sette Advogados advised Grupo Toro which acquired 100% of Mobills and Mobills Soluções em Informática, a startup founded in 2014

Webinar Anti-Corruption in Brazil: The role of the private sector, business aspects and impacts

18 March, 2021 - Azevedo Sette Advogados and Alvarez & Marsal Brasil invited you to attend virtual event about the role of the private sector in anti-corruption efforts in Brazil, business aspects and impacts.

Brazilian corporations and limited liability companies must hold shareholders/quotaholders

Brazilian Companies have until April 30 to hold the annual shareholder´s general meeting. With the legal easing, in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, the holding of meetings can be in digital, semi-presential or presential form, facilitating the meetings.

Camex Council approves negotiating mandate for Mercosur-Indonesia and Mercosur-Vietnam free trade ag

The Trade Strategy Council (CEC) of the Chamber of Foreign Trade (Camex) approved, through Resolution CEC No. 1, of March 10, 2021, a negotiating mandate for potential Free Trade Agreements between Mercosur and Indonesia and between Mercosur and Vietnam, covering tariff and non-tariff topics related

Azevedo Sette is coauthor of the book Digest of Commercial Laws of the World, by Thomson Reuters

Written by lawyers who practice in the nearly 60 jurisdictions covered, Digest of Commercial Laws of the World is a practitioner-oriented compilation of expert commentary and practical guidance regarding the establishment and conduct of business across the globe.

Azevedo Sette is recognized as reference in LACCA Aproved 2021

Azevedo Sette in LACCA Approved 2021, a ranking by LACCA - The Latin American Corporate Counsel Association an international association that brings together leading in-house counsel working in the region.

Azevedo Sette Advogados announces three new partners for 2021

Committed to the development of our internal talents, it is with great satisfaction that we announce our three new partners: Bruno Felippe Almeida, Danielle Chipranski Cavalcante, and Juliana Petrella Hansen who work in the Tax Consulting, Dispute Resolution, and Labor areas, respectively.

New e-book about ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance)

We invite our clients, friends and partners to check our series of articles with insights on ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) practices, led by our Corporate M&A partner, Ana Paula Terra Caldeira in collaboration with Gabriela Salazar, associate lawyer of Environmental and Mining departmen

Azevedo Sette Advogados is highlighted in Chambers Global 2021

Chambers and Partners has released Chambers Global 2021, its guide to the best lawyers and law firms around the world. Azevedo Sette Advogados was listed in the following practice areas: Compliance, Corporate M&A: Highly Regarded, Energy and Natural Resources: Mining, International Trade / WTO, and

Azevedo Sette assisted Vertex in the sale to Alper

Azevedo Sette provided legal advice to shareholders of Vertex Administradora e Corretora de Seguros S.A. in the sale of 100% of the capital stock to Alper Consultoria e Corretora de Seguros S.A. The amount involved is confidential. Closed in December 2020.

Azevedo Sette guide mining giant to $7B settlement

The Azevedo Sette team was led by partner Leonardo Lamego, head of the firm’s environment and mining practice, with assistance from Leonardo Farinha Goulart, an arbitration and litigation partner. Both partners are based in Belo Horizonte, which is the sixth-largest city in Brazil and capital of Min

Azevedo Sette advised Grupo Toro and shareholders in the sale to Santander subsidiary Pi

Azevedo Sette Advogados has advised Grupo Toro and its private shareholders in the sale of 60% of their equity interest to Santander subsidiary Pi.

Azevedo Sette assisted Méliuz’s shareholders a secondary offering

In São Paulo advised the underwriters in the deal, while local firms Azevedo Sette Advogados.

Telecoms Series | IoT – Recent Developments

In Brazil, Decree No. 9854, dated June 25 2019, instituted the National Plan of Internet of Things (“IoT”) to implement and develop IoT in the country based on free competition and free movement of data, provided in compliance with the guidelines of information security and personal data protection.

Telecommunications Cybersecurity | Recent Developments

As it has occurred with government authorities in different countries worldwide, the issue of cybersecurity in telecommunications has also been the subject of attention by the Brazilian authorities.

Telecoms Series | Unlicensed use for Wi-Fi in the 6 GHz band

At a meeting of its Board of Directors held last February 25, ANATEL (National Telecommunications Agency, the telecommunications regulatory body in Brazil) unanimously approved the full use of 1,200 MHz in the 6 GHz band (5,925 to 7,125 MHz) for internal unlicensed use.

PM No. 936 | Measure allows the suspension of the employment contract and other reductions

The long-awaited Provisional Measure 936 was published April 1, 2020, instituting the Emergency Program of Employment and Income Maintenance, with application during the state of public...

Reversible Assets: historical evolution and current regulation in Brazil

According to Resolution No. 447, of October 19, 2006 of the National Telecommunications Agency (Anatel), “Reversible Assets” are those essential to the continuity and timeliness of the service provision in the public regime. These assets are so named because, at the end of...

ANATEL’s role on M&A/concentration acts involving telecom operators

In 2019, the performance of M&A operations and other acts of economic concentration by telecommunication and media operators has grown in Brazil, making these national and international companies jointly reinforce their presence and become more competitive in the relevant...

Conversion into Law of PM 936/2020 (Labor Measures to Reduce Salaries and Working Hours and Suspensi

It was published on 07/07/2020, the Law 14,020/2020, which deals with the conversion of the PM 936/2020 published by the Federal Government to face the crisis brought by COVID-19 in the labor...

Cross-ownership between telecom operators and broadcasters/programmers: A controversy needing a solu

“Cross-ownership" is understood as the control and concentration of several media channels by the same company or group of companies. Although its restriction is based on a noble value of protection of competition and competitiveness - since the simultaneous holding, by the...

Shareholding control in the telecommunications sector: Concept – Cross-Ownerships

After the drafting of the Constitutional Amendment No. 8/1995 to the Brazilian Federal Constitution, it was crystallized the break of the monopoly that reserved the exploitation of telecommunications services for companies under state shareholding control, allowing the...

FDI in the telecommunications sector: A more suitable approach

Due to factors such as technological evolution, economic globalization and the speed of changes in the market and of the needs of users and consumers, the Brazilian telecommunications sector went through a process of market opening in the 90’s, reaching its peak in 1997/1998,...

Conduct Adjustment Agreements (TACs) in the Telecommunications Sector

In response to the occurrence of inappropriate conduct by telecommunications service providers, in violation of the applicable legal, regulatory or contractual provisions - related to quality of service, availability of service to the public, interconnection and remuneration of...