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How to settle matters out-of-court
Over the last few years, the methods for resolving conflicts and disputes out-of-court, especially arbitration, have been gaining credibility and importance with commercial and corporate relationships. It is true that the modern concept of jurisdiction is not compatible with the idea of state monopoly; in this context, the so-called alternative dispute resolution – conciliation, mediation […]
Costa Tavares and Azevedo Sette agree engineering sale
Thursday, 5 January 2017 (1 week ago) by Emilio Demetriou-Jones LATIN LAWYER (Link) Brazilian firm Costa e Tavares Paes Advogados has helped water utility company Aegea Saneamento e Participações acquire 100% of the capital stock of engineering company Sonel Engenharia. Azevedo Sette Advogados advised the sellers, construction company Construtora Aterpa, in the deal which […]
RERCT – Regularization of Investment Abroad
Law No 13.54/2016 created the Special Regimen for Tax and Exchange Regularization – RERCT aiming to enable a differentiated regularization of goods and rights of lawful origin kept abroad.
One company, one master
By protecting a company, as required by law, an officer will end up harming the other company.
Dividends versus Interests on Net Equity: origin and tax regime
Shareholders often ask about the differences between dividends and interests on net equity (“JCP”), mainly with respect to their respective concepts and payment causes.
Commingling of assets justifies inverse piercing of corporate veil
The discussion on the applicability or not of inverse piercing of corporate veil is based on the systematic construction of Article 50 of the Brazilian Civil Code.
CTP is awarded with the Client Choice Awards 2015
Costa e Tavares Paes Sociedade de Advogados’ partner Marcelo Freitas Pereira was the winner of the Client Choice Awards 2015 for “General Corporate” in Brazil. The Client Choice Awards, created in 2005 and issued by the International Law Office, lists the law firms and lawyers that were more often mentioned by clients throughout the world […]
CTP provides legal advice to Systra Group in connection with their expansion in Brazil
Costa e Tavares Paes Advogados – CTP Advogados – has provided legal services to Systra S.A. in the acquisition of most of the share capital of Tectran Técnicos em Transportes Ltda., a Brazilian company headquartered in Belo Horizonte (MG). Tectran is specialized in transportation engineering and has an important market share. The company, created more […]
CTP provides legal advice to Wickbold in the acquisition of Seven Boys
Costa e Tavares Paes Advogados – CTP Advogados – provided legal services to Wickbold in the acquisition of its competitor Seven Boys. The deal puts Wickbold as second biggest producer of Brazilian bread. Wickbold is the main producer of special breads in Brasil. The acquisition shall enhance the company’s portfolio of products, once Seven Boys […]
CTP provides legal advice to dnata in the acquisition of most shares of RM Ground Services
Costa e Tavares Paes has provided legal advice to the airport services company dnata, a business unity of the Emirates Group, in the acquisition of most shares of RM Ground Services, a Brazilian company of ground handling services that operates in 12 airports in the country. RM Ground Services, created in 2004, has 2,100 employees […]
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