In brief On March 30, 2023, the House of Representatives approved Provisional Measure (“MP”) No. 1,152/2022, which addresses the new Brazilian transfer pricing rules. The main amendments, upon comparing the original text of the MP presented on December 29, 2022 and the amended one just approved, relate to transactions with commodities, the secondary adjustment, and […]
In brief State Decree No. 38.140/2023 (“Decree“) was published earlier this month (March, 6th 2023). It establishes the general regulations for the take-back system in the state of Maranhão. In summary, this Decree establishes the obligations and rules for structuring and implementing take-back systems for the products it specifies. More details The Decree establishes guidelines […]
The Chambers Brazil: Contentious 2023 guide was recently launched, opening the 2023 cycle of Chambers and Partners Brazil. The publication provides an overview of the main players in the Brazilian legal market, with individual analyses of professionals and categories, namely: Contentious; Industries & Sectors; Regions; and Transactional. In this cycle, Trench Rossi Watanabe has once […]
In brief On March 20, 2023, decisions of the Minister of the General Comptroller’s Office (CGU) for applying or maintaining sanctions for corruption acts of six companies were published, reaching the amount of BRL 9.7 million. The sanctions were applied in the scope of Administrative Liability Proceedings based on Law No. 12,846/2013 (Anti-Corruption Law) through […]
We are pleased to announce that two Trench Rossi Watanabe associates were recognized in The Legal 500 Brazil Awards 2023, an annual award promoted by the legal publication The Legal 500, one of the most prestigious in the world. The two associates are as follows: Adam Milgrom, senior associate of the EMI group, in the […]
Leaders League, one of the leading international publications for the legal and financial markets, published the results that make up the Dispute Resolution, Labor, Investigations & Insurance 2023 cycle. We were ranked in nine categories and had 14 lawyers recognized, some of them in more than one area, totaling 20 individual recognitions. We congratulate all […]
In brief On 22 March 2023, Federal Decree No. 11,447/2023[1] was published in the Official Gazette, creating the Aquilomba Brazil Program and its Management Committee. The new decree, which expressly revoked the Brazil Quilombola Program, has the main goal to promote intersectorial measures to guarantee the rights of the quilombola population in Brazil. More details Decree […]
Once again, our commitment to promoting gender equality is reflected in the Análise Advocacia Mulher 2023 ranking by the traditional publication Análise Editorial, which highlights women who are considered benchmarks in the national legal market. In this third edition, we had 96 individual recognitions, with 24 women lawyers considered among the “Most Admired” in Brazil […]
In brief The Brazilian Secretariat of Foreign Trade (known by its acronym, “SECEX“) issued on 8 March a new ordinance that renders the assessment of public interest (“API“) an optional proceeding in original dumping and subsidy investigations. According to the previous regulation, the API was mandatory in such original investigations, and thus initiated ex officio bythe Brazilian Department of Trade Defense […]
