Whitepaper: Ports in Brazil
The Brazilian port sector handled 1,159.6 million tons through October 2025, growing 3.25% compared to 2024. Accounting for 26% of the national GDP, the sector has planned investments exceeding R$ 50 billion through 2030. Based on this context, our experts have prepared comprehensive content in which you will find, among other topics: Read in full:
2026 Labor Agenda: check out the complete overview
This will be a decisive year for Brazilian LaborLaw: Brazilian Supreme Court decisions on independent contractor misclassification and digital platforms, new binding precedents from the Superior Labor Court, entry into force of regulations on psychosocial risks, and changes to the Workers’Food Program require immediate attention. Check out our analysis:
Brazil Modernizes Leniency Agreements
Brazilian authorities have taken an important step forward in strengthening the country’s compliance and anticorruption framework. With the objective of enhancing the fight against corruption and improving asset recovery mechanisms, the Office of the Comptroller General (CGU) published, on December 23, a new regulation that modernizes and reinforces the rules governing leniency agreements under Law […]
Electricity Sector Reform: Enactment of Law No. 15,269/2025
The Federal Government published on November 25, Law No. 15,269, originating from Provisional Measure No. 1,304/2025, which establishes measures for the modernization of the Brazilian electricity sector. The provisions vetoed by the Presidency of the Republic will be deliberated by the National Congress in a joint session within 30 calendar days after receiving the reasons […]
Enacted law that establishes dividends taxation
On November 26, 2025, Bill 1,087/2025 was signed into law by the President of the Republic, becoming Law 15,270/2025, with effect as of January 1, 2026. The new law significantly reshapes the taxation of individual income, introducing, among other measures, the Minimum Individual Income Tax (IRPFM) and a 10% withholding tax on dividends paid to […]
Energy Newsletter: Auctions, Free Market and Climate Resilience – October 2025
October 2025 marked regulatory advances in the Brazilian electricity sector with the approval of notices for the Existing Energy Auctions, definition of guidelines for the Capacity Reserve Auctions, and approval of PM 1,304/2025, which expands the free market to low-voltage consumers. The Transmission Auction moved R$ 5.53 billion, while new rules on climate resilience and […]
MME Public Hearing No. 202/2025LRCAP 2026 – Battery Storage Systems
Regulatory Context On November 10, the Ministry of Mines and Energy (“MME”) published Ordinance No. 878/2025, submitting for Public Hearing No. 202/2025, for a period of twenty days, the draft normative ordinance to establish the guidelines and framework for the Capacity Reserve Auction in the form of Power (LRCAP 2026 – Storage). The auction aims […]
New taxation on dividends in Brazil: what foreign investors need to know
Starting in January 2026, foreign investors will be subject to a new 10% tax on dividends in Brazil. Bill 1.087/2025 is awaiting presidential sanction and will bring significant changes to investment structures. Take a look at the special material prepared by our experts: