Ricardo Barretto Ferreira da Silva

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

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.

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.

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...

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...

Innovations in the Financial Market, Privacy and Data Protection: the case of suspension of the What

On June this year, Facebooks chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg, announced, on his social networks, the launch of yet another feature of the WhatsApp application, namely the payments feature offered by Facebook Pay in Brazil, through the use of debit or credit cards from...

OTT x Telecommunications Services

The transmission of content via internet is part of the daily life of modern society - however, behind the scenes, regulatory issues permeate quite winding roads. The regulation of content distribution of linear channels on the internet by OTT companies, directly to the...

Network Equipment for 5G - Technical and Operational Requirements

The compliance assessment and the approval of products for telecommunications is carried out based on the analysis of technical and operational requirements, which demonstrate the credibility, reliability, quality and safety to users of the equipment used by the...

5G Challenges in Brazil

In a global context, the fifth generation of mobile networks (5G network) has several advantages and promises, which go hand in hand with the most varied challenges in the implementation of this technology, such as the increase in the volume of shared data, the use of specific...

Coronavirus and the massive processing of personal data around the world

First reported to the World Health Organization - WHO due to pneumonia of unknown cause detected in the city of Wuhan, China, on December 31, 2019, the new coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 is a virus that causes mild to moderate respiratory infections in humans and animals, called...

C-Band Spectrum and 5G: a comparative international analysis

One of the most important bands for the deployment of 5G - considered “ideal” for fifth generation technology, mainly due to the combination of capacity and reach/penetration - is the 3.5 GHz band. Adjacent to the commercial C band, which starts at 3.4 GHz and goes up to...

5G in Brazil – Recent Developments

The fifth generation (5G) network is based on three pillars, which differentiate it from previous generations: higher connection speed, reduced latency time and broader and more efficient coverage. Such features make it possible to improve mobile broadband, lower energy consumption...

Cybersecurity on Telecommunications Network

Every day, at every moment, it is possible to verify the occurrence of cyber threats such as ransomware, malware, phishing and spoofing attacks, DDoS, among other malicious conducts carried out on the web, which intend to make its users vulnerable to obtain undue advantages or other malicious...

MPDFT files a Public Civil Action and requires telecommunication company to prepare and deliver a Da

By Ricardo Barretto, Juliana Ikeda, Lorena Pretti, Vitor Koketu and Isabella Aragão The Public Prosecution Service of the Federal District and Territories (MPDFT), through the Special Unit for Protection of Personal Data and Artificial Intelligence (ESPEC), innovated by requesting from Telefônica..