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Innovations of the DREI for preferred quotas of limited liability companies
Although it has harmonized the understanding of the registration agencies, the new rule generates controversies, such as regarding the types of advantages that may be assigned to preferred quotas.
Census of Foreign Capital in Brazil
The reporting is mandatory to those holding assets abroad amounting to or exceeding the equivalent to US$100,000 on December 31, 2019
Maintenance of ancillary activities vis-à-vis those deemed essential, according to the current legislation to combat the new coronavirus
No obligation to suspend activities ancillary to essential activities: an analysis of the impacts of Federal Decree No. 10,282/20
Executive Order 931 and CVM Resolution 849 change deadlines and procedures for corporations and limited liability companies
Learn about the main changes to the rules for complying with legal obligations and the new deadlines for submitting documents or information in the 2020 fiscal year.
Covid-19: analysis of the possibility of retaining minimum mandatory dividends due to the crisis
Considering the economic crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic, could companies that recorded profits in 2019 legitimately retain dividends to be earmarked to shareholders in order to avoid impact on cash flows?
Covid-19: suspension of in-person activities at Boards of Trade
The arrangement for services at boards of trade in São Paulo and some other Brazilian states due to the covid-19 pandemic.
Coronavirus: possibility to hold shareholders’ general meetings virtually
Both the Brazilian Corporations Law and CVM Instruction 481 allow publicly-held companies to implement means in order to hold their ordinary shareholders’ meetings remotely. What challenges such change represent for companies?
MP 892/19, which changed mandatory legal publications for corporations, loses effectiveness
Executive Order No. 892/19 (MP 892), which substantially changed the framework for legal publications by corporations, expired on December 3rd. Essentially, MP 892 had extinguished the obligation to publish corporate acts in official gazettes and widely circulated print newspapers, pursuant to Law No. 6,404/76 (the Brazilian Corporations Law). These publications would be done only by electronic means, which would reduce costs and bureaucracy related to companies’ administrative and corporate routine.
Companies must comply with new rules for publishing mandatory information and opening branches
To regulate the application of Executive Order No. 892/19 (MP 892), which amended Law No. 6,404/76 (the Brazilian Corporations Law) with respect to the publication of acts and information of corporations, in September, the Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission (CVM) and the Ministry of Economy issued new rules, respectively, on publicly and privately-held companies effective beginning in October.
CVM receives suggestions on reducing minimum shareholding to bring actions against officers and directors and controlling shareholders
Today is the last day of the deadline for submitting suggestions at the public hearing of the Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission (CVM) regarding changes in the minimum percentages of equity participation for a shareholder of a corporation to file a lawsuit against the officers and directors[1] and the parent company[2] without the provision of collateral.
Implications of the Economic Freedom Law for corporate law
With the enactment of the Economic Freedom Law (Law No. 13,874/19), which establishes the Declaration of the Rights of Economic Freedom and whose purpose is to establish free market guarantees, new rules have been in place since September 20 which should simplify the daily life of Brazilian businessmen and reduce bureaucracy in the Brazilian business environment.
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