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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 […]

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 […]

In brief Last Friday, March 3, Brazil issued two new decrees regarding the organizational structure and attributions of the Foreign Trade Chamber – CAMEX and the Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade – MDIC. These are the two main bodies responsible for, among others, defining Brazil’s foreign trade policies, including the application of trade […]

A reminder that due to the New Exchange Regulation only companies that receive foreign investments with total assets equal to or greater than R$ 300,000,000.00 (three hundred million reais) must comply with the Declaration of Economic and Financial Information by submitting their financial data, until the end of March, related to the base date of December 31, […]