On March 16, 2026, the Ministry of Labor and Employment released the interpretation manual for Chapter 1.5 of Regulatory Standard No. 01 (is the fundamental guideline for Occupational Safety and

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Companies that benefit from presumed ICMS credits should be particularly vigilant. The issue of excluding these amounts from the IRPJ and CSLL tax bases has returned to the agenda and

The Third Panel of the Brazilian Superior Court of Justice (STJ) has upheld the validity of a loan executed digitally with an electronic signature made on a platform not accredited

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Brazilian law Commercial Notes have been used frequently by companies in Brazil to raise structured debt, reaching more than BRL51.8 billion in issuances in 2025. Updated by federal law N.

A significant portion of the risk in an M&A transaction in Brazil lies in the assessment and transfer of the assets. It is essential to map these assets, verify the

At the end of 2025, the Federal Government implemented a linear reduction of various tax incentives related to federal taxes, which included a 10% reduction in the incentive allocated to

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