Law No. 13,818/2019, published on April 25, amended articles 289 and 294 of Law No. 6,404/1976 (the Brazilian Corporations Law) and brought in important changes to the criteria previously required for the publication of corporate documents.

In a decision handed down at the end of last year in Special Appeal No. 1.639.035/SP, the Superior Court of Justice (STJ) established a paradigmatic precedent by reinforcing the theory allowing for the objective extension of arbitration clauses to transactions involving a series of related contracts, where the main contract contains an arbitration clause, even allowing for the setting aside of valid forum selection clauses found in the ancillary contracts.

After 176 amendments were presented and various public hearings were held, the joint committee formed by senators and deputies to review the Executive Order (MP) 869/2018, which amended Law No. 13,709/2018 (General Law on Data Protection - LGPD), voted on May 7 in favor of approval of the wording proposed in the report by Deputy Orlando Silva, also rapporteur for the special committee that approved the bill that originated the LGPD.

Law No. 13,655/2018, published in early 2018, included new general principles in the Law of Introduction to the Norms of Brazilian Law - Lindb (Decree-Law No. 4,657/1942) and since then, much has been said about the applicability of the changes in all areas of law, especially tax law.

Presidential Decree 881/2019, called the Declaration of Economic Freedom Rights, is organized into five chapters and changes a series of laws, among which the most relevant are the Civil Code and the Brazilian Corporations Law. It has gained repercussion as a bet to catapult entrepreneurship, de-bureaucratize economic activity, and contribute to innovation, freeing startups from some bottlenecks caused by the Public Power.

Startups are, by definition, the work environment of young people, a demanding public when it comes to instantaneousness in relationships and communications, an entirely flexible routine and less bureaucracy. This innovative profile makes day to day work very informal.