Patricia Peck Pinheiro Advogados joins IR as the exclusive Data Privacy & Security Member in Brazil.

IR Global, the world’s largest exclusive network of advisory firms is delighted to introduce Márcio Mello Chaves of Patricia Peck Pinheiro Advogados. Márcio has joined IR as our exclusive Data Privacy & Security Member in Brazil. Pioneerism, recognition and vanguardism. With over thirteen years of history, Peck Advogados was founded in 2004 by the lawyer […]

BRAZIL – OFFICE OF ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE NATIONAL TREASURY (“PROCURADORIA GERAL DA FAZENDA NACIONAL – PGFN”) – ORDINANCE N ° 376/18 – FISCAL EXECUTION – PRIVATE PENSION

OFFICE OF ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE NATIONAL TREASURY (“PROCURADORIA GERAL DA FAZENDA NACIONAL – PGFN”) – ORDINANCE N ° 376/18 – FISCAL EXECUTION – PRIVATE PENSION By this ordinance  the Office of the Attorney General of the National Treasury had amended “PGFN” Ordinance No. 396/16 which regulates administrative  or  judicial  measures  aimed  at collecting the […]

BRAZIL – FEDERAL SUPREME COURT (“SUPERIOR TRIBUNAL FEDERAL – STF”) – “ADI” 5794 – MANDATORY UNION CONTRIBUTION

FEDERAL SUPREME COURT (“SUPERIOR TRIBUNAL FEDERAL – STF”) – “ADI” 5794 – MANDATORY UNION CONTRIBUTION On last Friday (June 29th, 2018), by a majority, the Federal Supreme Court decided for the constitutionality  of  the  point  of  the Labor Reform that extinguished the obligation of the union contribution, this decision put an end to the lawsuit […]

BRAZIL – LAW N ° 13,670 / 18 – INCOME TAX AND SOCIAL CONTRIBUTION (“IRPJ” AND “CSLL”) – COMPENSATION

LAW N ° 13,670 / 18 – INCOME TAX AND SOCIAL CONTRIBUTION (“IRPJ” AND “CSLL”) – COMPENSATION   The aforementioned law, published on May 30th, 2018, which had the purpose of compensating the government’s losses with the “diesel” exemption, promoted changes in the tax legislation, among them: the payroll reoneration   the prohibition of the […]

BRAZIL – DECREE Nº 9,412 / 18 – PUBLIC TENDER PROCEDURES – AMENDMENT OF AMOUNTS

DECRETO Nº 9.412/18 – MODALIDADES DE LICITAÇÃO – ALTERAÇÃO DE VALORES   O Chefe do executivo nacional pelo ato em referência alterou no dia 18/06/18 os valores limites para das modalidades de licitação convite, tomada de preços e concorrência que tenham por objeto obras, compras e serviços, inclusive os de engenharia.   Tal medida que […]

WHSmith Turns to Montgomery & Associados for Assistance on Brazilian Market Entry

The most famous British high street retailer and airport convenience store chain WHSmith has turned to Montgomery & Associados for legal and tax assistance on entering the Brazilian market. WHSmith have formed a joint venture with Duty Free Americas (DFA) to open a number of convenience store at RioGaleão, the international airport in Rio de Janeiro, which […]

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BRAZIL – OFFICE OF ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE NATIONAL TREASURY (PGFN – PROCURADORIA GERAL DA FAZENDA NACIONAL) – ORDINANCE Nº 42/18 – ADMINISTRATIVE BLOCKING – ASSETS OF DEBTORS OF THE UNION

The Ordinance Nº 42/18 of the Office of the Attorney General of the National Treasury amended numerous provisions of Ordinance Nº 33/18 (object of our information dated of February 22nd 2018), which regulated the possibility of administrative blocking of assets of debtors of the Union, even before the filing of the Fiscal Execution, under the […]