On April 17, 2024, the Administrative Tribunal for Economic Defense of the Administrative Council for Economic Defense (“CADE”) released the Guide for the Analysis of Non-Horizontal Mergers, known as “Guia V+”. The Guide, which does […]

On February 8th of 2024, the State Environmental Council approved the Normative Deliberation No. 01/2024, which updates the guidelines and criteria to be followed by São Paulo municipalities regarding environmental licensing. This ruling results from […]

Environmental licensing is a preventive mechanism that aims to balance economic activities with the maintenance of environmental quality. It is essentially a form of preventive action taken by environmental authorities to prevent environmental damage and […]

Since 31.12.2023, with the revocation of the Law of Public Bids and Contracts (8.666/93), the Auction Law (10.520/2022) and of the Differentiated Hiring Regime Law (12.462/2011), the New Bidding Law – “NLLC” (14.133/2021) became the […]

On November 14th of 2023, the Brazilian National Army and the Federal Police published the Joint Ordinance C EX/DF-PF n. 2/2023 distinguishing the guns and ammunitions that can be possessed by people in general from […]

On October 30th, Law No. 14,711/2023 was published, inaugurating the “Legal Framework of Guarantees”. Among other aspects, this law aims to enhance the management and execution, particularly extrajudicially, of guarantees, providing greater agility in credit […]

On October 17, the Federal Supreme Court (“STF“) deemed constitutional the tax on financial transactions (“IOF“) imposed on loans of financial resources made between legal entities and legal entities and individuals. The IOF is a […]

Bill 412/2022 was approved by the Federal Senate’s Environment Committee on October, 4. Responsible for regulating the Brazilian Emissions Reduction Market, the main objective of the Bill is to “encourage the reduction of greenhouse gas […]

At the beginning of September, the Plenary of the Federal Supreme Court (“STF”) unanimously decided, within the scope of Direct Action of Unconstitutionality (ADI) 3,865, that productivity and social function are cumulative requirements to argue […]

On August 31, 2023, Bill of Law nº. 2.384/2023 was approved by the Federal Senate and sent to the President of the Republic for his sanction. The CARF Bill, as it came to be known, […]