corporate law
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Direito societário e direito recuperacional: a necessária conciliação (Corporate Law and Reorganization Law: the Necessary Conciliation)
O artigo analisa a interface entre o direito societário e o direito recuperacional, aplicando o método indutivo. Para tanto, parte-se da análise do caso envolvendo a recuperação judicial das sociedades que usam a marca "Daslu", bem como de outros precedentes em que se analisou a matéria, a partir do quê se identificam equivocadas tendências judiciais a respeito da interface entre os...
- Corporate governance and the financial crisis: the new paradigm of the rule of law after the collapse
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Seis Graus de Separação: das ações derivativas às ações coletivas de acionistas
Trans-individual litigation has revolutionized modern law. Specifically, corporate law has partaken in this phenomenon. For instance, derivative suits allow individuals to sue for a large collectivity in relation to corporate matters. This paper aims to analyze this derivative suits, comparing then to shareholder class actions, explaining that the two procedures resemble each other only...
... Abstract: trans-individual litigation has revolutionized modern law. Specifically, corporate law has partaken in this phenomenon. For instance, derivative suits allow individuals to sue for a large collectivity in relation to corporate ... - A New Brazilian Commercial Code And Its Effects On Brazilian Corporate Law
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Innovative corporate management of unilateral contracts
In The article analyzes the ratio of contracts and other unilateral acts of corporate law that help manage corporations. The authors of the article pay special attention to litigation practice on the protection of preferential purchase rights upon disposing shares and stakes in the authorized capital of companies. The authors reveal the different legal nature of notifications of the sale of...
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The efficacy of intra-corporate approvals in negotiated mergers between controlling shareholder and its corporation under delaware and brazilian law
@Introduction Transactions between a Corporation and its controlling shareholder1 pose the danger that the latter will misuse her vot-ing power to approve a deal to extract pri-vate benefits unavailable to shareholders in g...
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Responsabilidad de los administradores en la sociedad por acciones simplificada
In December of 2008, the Congress of the Republic of Colombia enacted a law (1258) creating a new form of hybrid-business entity referred to as the Simplified Stock Corporation (SAS). Following a liberalizing approach in corporate law, this act reduced all formalities for incorporation to a simple registration before a mercantile public registry. It also ameliorated expenses associated with the...
... (Cfr. Henry Manne, “Mergers and the Market for Corporate Control” in The Journal of Political Economy , Vol. 73, No. 2., 1965) ... Las sociedades cerradas se caracterizan, normalmente, por las ... - Corporate Real Estate: A Q&A Guide To Corporate Real Estate Law In Brazil
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Interactions between corporate governance, bankruptcy law and firms' debt financing: the Brazilian case.
INTRODUCTION This paper analyzes the impact of firm-level corporate governance arrangements and of an institutional shock--the new Brazilian bankruptcy law--on firms' balance sheet debt financing features. As a proxy for firm-level governance we us...
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Political interference undermines governance at Petrobras
... , revealing a rift between the board of directors and the management team that does not bode well for the oil company, specialists in corporate governance and law told Valor. These frictions are the result of political interference that undermines the management of the state-run company, they ...
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Market regulator investigates phone operator Oi
Brazil's securities market authority CVM is investigating if phone operator Oi failed to comply with an article of Brazilian corporate law and an instruction from the regulator regarding notices of material fact. The case is linked to a stake of 25% of Angolan operator Unitel that Oi ...
- Piercing Of The Corporate Veil Under The Consumer Protection Law - Interpretation Of Par. 5, Article 28 Of The Consumer Protection Code
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The New Bankruptcy Law
... , of February 9, 2005, the New Bankruptcy Law, was finally enacted after eleven years of congressional action, and it is also known as the Corporate Recovery Law. This law prioritizes the recovery of companies rather than the bankruptcy, which may maintain job positions and safeguard the interests ...
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The role of national action plans in implementation of international standards in business and human rights
Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights” are the first universally recognized global international standard in the field of human rights and business. In accordance with them, transnational corporations and other enterprises are obliged to comply with the national laws of states and respect internationally recognized human rights while carrying out their business activities. On 16 June 201
... principles by EU states using National Action Plans ... Keywords: international law, corporate responsibility, international standard, human rights, national action plan, implementation, international business ... Introduction ... Today it ... -
Legal and Statutory Liability of Boards and Committees Members in Brazil
... Stuber and Manoel Ignácio Torres Monteiro are founding-partner and partner, respectively, of Stuber - Advogados Associados, and experts in Corporate Law, Banking Law and Capital Markets ... Originally published November 2004 ... I - Overview ... The liability of administrators (Directors and ...
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Access to remedy for victims of corporate human rights abuse: civil liability litigation in Europe, enforcement in Latin America - Civil liability litigation in Europe, enforcement in Latin America
In the challenging search for access to effective remedies for victims of corporate human rights abuse and environmental harm, there has been a growing trend of transnational civil liability litigation before European courts. This trend raises private international law questions regarding the cross-border recognition and enforcement of judgments, which is an essential part of access to justice....
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Foreign Investment In Brazil Via FIP
... companies are not registered with the CVM, in order to be eligible to receive investments from a FIP, they must adopt certain minimum corporate governance practices. Among other requirements, corporate disputes of the company must be resolved through arbitration and the company must submit ...
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Business with China overcomes legal differences
Over the past 15 years, Brazilian law firms, particularly those specializing in corporate and tax matters, have witnessed a growing interest from Chinese companies seeking to engage in business within the country. Legal experts in Brazil ...
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The Brazilian Public-Private Partnership Program
... The SPC may be a publicly-held corporation whose securities are listed for trading in stock exchange and will meet the corporate governance requirements and use standardized accounting practices, as per the regulation. The public partner may not hold the majority of the voting ...
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Da legalidade para a governança: impactos do compliance na administração pública digital
... Para Carneiro da Frada, “na realidade, a chamada corporate governance tem no tema dos deveres e da responsabilidade dos administradores, porventura, o seu núcleo mais relevante; um cerne modelar, além de ...
- New Regulation of Investment Funds in Brazil
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A desconsideração da personalidade jurídica no direito ambiental: uma análise crítica de sua aplicação no Brasil e na Argentina
O tema ora investigado, "A desconsideração da personalidade jurídica no Direito Ambiental: uma análise crítica de sua aplicação no Brasil e na Argentina" relaciona-se às áreas do Direito Público e Privado em face da diversidade de previsões na legislação brasileira, como veremos, em destaque o Direito Empresarial, Civil e do Consumidor. Área e sub-área do Conhecimento Acadêmico: Direito...
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Compliance digital e responsabilidade civil na lei geral de proteção de dados
... 3, n. 4, p. 305-360, out. 1976, p. 308). 38. MÄNTYSAARI, Petri. Organising the firm : theories of commercial law, corporate governance and corporate law. Berlim/Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag, 2012, p. 152-153. O autor anota o seguinte: “Corporate law can contain various ...