LS Brazil Outlook | Jan 2021 | Environment under the spotlight: reconciling protection and progress :: Levy & Salomão Advogados

Environment under the spotlight: reconciling protection and progress

Environment under the spotlight: reconciling protection and progress

Controversial public policies on matters affecting the environment are placing Brazil as a central character in the environmental stage, raising new concerns and opportunities for businesses carrying out activities in the country. This January edition of LS Brazil Outlook offers our views and proposals on three matters of great relevance, all relating to the crossroads between the environment, law and public policy

On this issue | January 2021

Salvaging the Amazon Fund

Salvaging the Amazon Fund

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...

Environmental liability in Brazil: barriers for out-of-court settlements

Environmental liability in Brazil: barriers for out-of-court settlements

Out-of-court settlements can be effective in resolving environmental liabilities and avoiding usually complex litigation. However, existing procedural and bureaucratic barriers must be removed to make such settlements more viable in Brazil

Energy market in Brazil: opportunities for self-regulation and ESG

Energy market in Brazil: opportunities for self-regulation and ESG

The increasing need for energy and a new window of investment and growth opportunities in the Brazilian energy market bring to the foreground the debate on the ideal regulatory framework. We discuss the opportunities for self-regulation and...

Other issues

Legal challenges in M&As of companies in crisis

Legal challenges in M&As of companies in crisis

Financial market infrastructures in Brazil: business opportunities and challenges

Financial market infrastructures in Brazil: business opportunities and challenges

Hot topics on audiovisual content production in Brazil

Hot topics on audiovisual content production in Brazil

A taste of Brazil in M&A deals: key provisions at the eyes of local law and courts

A taste of Brazil in M&A deals: key provisions at the eyes of local law and courts

Eletrobras’s privatization: almost ready to launch

Eletrobras’s privatization: almost ready to launch

Tax reform: recent developments involving dividend taxation and the telecom sector

Tax reform: recent developments involving dividend taxation and the telecom sector

Recent developments in competition law

Recent developments in competition law

A legal approach to environmental and social strategies

A legal approach to environmental and social strategies

Amortization of goodwill in the acquisition of equity interests: benefits and limitations of tax deductions

Amortization of goodwill in the acquisition of equity interests: benefits and limitations of tax deductions

Arbitration in Brazil between growing pains and opportunities for growth

Arbitration in Brazil between growing pains and opportunities for growth

Petrobras, fuels prices and competition in downstream markets

Petrobras, fuels prices and competition in downstream markets

Brazil’s 5G spectrum auction: obstacles ahead

Brazil’s 5G spectrum auction: obstacles ahead

Brazilian payment institutions: opportunities for foreign investments

Brazilian payment institutions: opportunities for foreign investments

Brazilian insolvency regimes under scrutiny

Brazilian insolvency regimes under scrutiny

Attention to ESG policies and other trends in Brazilian capital markets

Attention to ESG policies and other trends in Brazilian capital markets

Sanitation and 5G: Brazil seeks investments

Sanitation and 5G: Brazil seeks investments

Beyond the crisis: reasons for optimism?

Beyond the crisis: reasons for optimism?

New forms of work in Brazil

New forms of work in Brazil

Modern slavery: new challenges in Brazil

Modern slavery: new challenges in Brazil

Law and the Digital Era in Brazil

Law and the Digital Era in Brazil

Opportunities in the Brazilian sports market

Investment opportunities in sports

Measures to tackle costly bureaucracy

Reducing bureaucracy and costs

Boosting long-term projects in Brazil

Boosting long-term projects in Brazil

Improved regulation is changing the business climate in Brazil

New laws favor business climate

Complexity of internal probes under Brazil’s strict Labor law

Internal probes amidst strict labor law

The Brazilian business environment with the new data protection law

Changing the business environment

In-court reorganizations in Brazil: opportunities and threats to creditors

Risks and opportunities to creditors

New opportunities in Brazil’s capital markets

Capital markets in Brazil

Banking in a changing environment in Brazil

Banking in Brazil: New regulation for a changing world

How companies can adjust to anti-corruption enforcement in Brazil

Lessons from anti-corruption enforcement

Oil & gas in Brazil: renewed prospects for investments

Investment opportunities in oil & gas in Brazil

When things go wrong in Brazil – foreign parties in litigation and arbitration

When things go wrong in Brazil – foreign parties in litigation and arbitration

Opportunity to improve Brazil’s business environment

Opportunity to improve Brazil’s business environment

Understanding Brazil under new administration

Understanding Brazil under new administration

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