Publications
- Category: Infrastructure and energy
PERSPECTIVES FOR THE BRAZILIAN RAILWAY INDUSTRY, by Letícia Alencar and Mário Saadi
After approximately two decades without major progress on the Brazilian railway industry, the Logistics Investment Program (PIL - Programa de Investimentos em Logística) was created this year by the Federal Government, in order to provide the expansion and development of railway services in the country.
- Category: Corporate
ARBITRATION CLAUSE IN THE BYLAWS IS CHALLENGED, by Gilberto Osser and Raissa Fini
As from the date the Brazilian Corporate Law permitted companies to include in the bylaws the arbitration clause for resolution of conflicts (article 109, paragraph 3, of the Brazilian Corporate Law), such arbitration clauses are more frequently included in the companies’ articles of association. However, due to the increase in the use of this method...
- Category: Infrastructure and energy
BASIC SANITATION AND THE SERVICE RENDERING IN METROPOLITAN AREAS, by Mário Saadi and Letícia Oliveira Lins de Alencar
In February of this year, after a long wait and intensive debate, the 1842 Direct Unconstitutional Claim covering the power for the rendering and management of basic sanitation services in metropolitan areas was judged by the Supreme Court. The controversy dealt with in ADI (Direct Unconstitutionality Claim) dates back to late 1990, when the State of Rio de Janeiro...
- Category: Media, sports and entertainment
NEW ARENAS ATTRACT NEW BUSINESS, by Ricardo Moreira
Amidst reforms and constructions, 14 new soccer stadiums will be opened in Brazil from 2013 to 2014, 12 of which are being built or renovated especially for the Confederations Cup and the World Cup. The new stadiums have a distinguishing feature that differs from other stadiums built in the country so far: the international model of “multipurpose arenas”.
- Category: Real estate
SIGNIFICANT REAL ESTATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS OF THE BILL OF THE NEW MINING CODE, by Anna Lyvia Ribeiro and Flavia Moller and Georgia Gomes
Considering the essentiality of the mineral resources for the industrial development and for technological advances, there is a large global demand for investments in the mining sector. In the exercise of this activity, it is extremely important that investors identify possible restrictions to the use of the soil and subsoil, evaluating, together, the regulatory, environmental and real estate characteristics of the areas of interest.
- Category: Real estate
REAL ESTATE EXPANSION SEES AN INCREASE IN LAWSUITS FOR THE REVISION OF RENTAL FEES, by Maria Flávia Seabra Gemperli and Felipe Mendes de Godoy
The unprecedented expansion of real estate activity in Brazil over the previous years significantly increased the level of real estate business: launches, construction sites, civil construction employment, number of residential and commercial units delivered annually, levels of real estate financing and square meter value in the main urban centers. These factors have been used in the lawsuits for the revision of rental fees.