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Alerts

26.May.2025

Reform of the Electricity Sector: Provisional Measure that changes important rules of the Brazilian Electricity Sector was published

On 05.21.2025, Provisional Measure No. 1,300/2025 (“MP”) was published with the objective of promoting, according to the Government, (i) “Tariff Justice”; (ii) “Freedom for the Consumer”;…

26.May.2025

Government Changes IOF Rules with Immediate Effect

The Federal Government published two decrees on May 22 and 23, 2025, introducing significant changes to the IOF (Tax on Financial Transactions) rates applicable to foreign exchange, credit,…

28.April.2025

Regulation of Data Centers under Discussion in Brazil

Over the past week, the Brazilian Government signaled that discussions regarding the regulation of data centers in Brazil are expected to move forward in the coming months, in light of two…

8.April.2025

Ministry of Sports regulates procedures for monitoring sports betting sites

On April 7, 2025, the Ministry of Sports (“MESP”) published the Rule No. 31/2025, to regulate the monitoring procedures for the electronic sites of authorized operators to exploit the…

19.March.2025

Brazilian Government proposes to introduce withholding tax on dividends payable to non-resident investors and a minimum income tax rule on high income Brazilian individuals

The Brazilian government presented a bill of law to Congress (Bill No. 1,087/2025) that if approved would exempt income tax for individuals earning up to BRL 5 thousand a month. To offset…

2.January.2025

ANPD Publishes Guidelines on the Role of the Data Protection Officer (DPO)

On December 19, 2024, the Brazilian National Data Protection Authority (ANPD) published a supplementary guideline, in Portuguese, to Resolution No. 18, entitled “Role of the Data Protection…

30.December.2024

Brazil introduces QDMTT rule aligned with the OECD Pillar 2 GloBE Rules

Last Friday (December 27, 2024), Law 15.079 (“Law 15. 079“) was approved by the President of Brazil to establish the Additional Social Contribution on Net Profit (“Additional…

16.December.2024

BCB and CVM publish a joint resolution to simplify access to the financial and capital markets for non-resident investors

On December 3, 2024, the Central Bank of Brazil (“BCB”) and the Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission (“CVM”) published Joint Resolution No. 13 (Resolução Conjunta nº 13) (“RC No….

19.November.2024

BACEN announces public consultations to regulate virtual assets | Virtual Assets Public Consultations (Public Consultations No. 109 and 110/2024)

On November 8, 2024, the Central Bank of Brazil (“BACEN”) published Public Consultation Notices No. 109/2024 (“ECP 109”) and No. 110/2024 (“ECP 110”), the purpose of which is to submit for…