Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission opened a public consultation concerning a tentative regulation on disclosure of corporate disputes with publicly held companies. Contributions were made and are under review. We show that while transparency...

Recent court decisions setting aside arbitration awards raised concerns that arbitration could be endangered in Brazil. This article shows that courts are not seeking to undermine arbitration and that Brazil is still an arbitration-friendly...

The increase in the use of arbitration to settle labor and employment disputes within the last three years, when the Labor Reform expressly allowed it, may change Brazilian culture in the matter and reduce courts’ resistance to embrace arbitration...

As the Brazilian Arbitration Act completes its 25th anniversary and commercial arbitration becomes more popular, arbitration itself faces some pains of growth in the country – and at the same time new opportunities emerge.

Eduardo Salomão Neto, Luiz Roberto de Assis, Fabio Rodarte and Pedro Campos Ferraz authored the updated edition of the Practical Law Q&As for Brazil in the context of cross-border financing.

Partner Ana Paula Martinez wrote the editorial of the current issue of the Journal of European Competition Law & Practice (Oxford)

The sale of some of Petrobras’s oil refineries will lead to an increase in competition in downstream markets. Will it also allow for lasting arrangements designed to mitigate volatility of fuels prices in Brazil?

Petrobras’s settlement agreement with CADE to sell 50% of its oil refining capacity is yet to be implemented. Will CADE be able to enforce this landmark deal?

Petrobras’s announced divestment of 8 of its oil refining plants will have lasting effects in the Brazilian downstream market. Our guest author Winston Fritsch, of Struttura Project Development and Finance, discusses the expected impact of this...

The change in command at Petrobras has led to speculation as to whether the company’s programmed divestment of its refineries will still be pursued. This article summarizes what we know about where the divestment plan stands today.

Brazil’s downstream oil market is, at long last, headed for a fully competitive environment. This is the result of an agreement entered between Petrobras and antitrust authority CADE under which the state-owned oil company is to sell control...

The Amazon Fund is in crisis after many authorities worldwide suspended donations in response to changes implemented to its governance structure. We suggest a path towards salvaging the fund which revisits the role of Brazil’s Federal Audit...