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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Brazilian Central Bank issues new rules on virtual assets
On November 10, 2025, the Brazilian Central Bank (“BCB”) published BCB Resolutions 519, 520, and 521 (collectively, the “New Rules”), which address: (i) the provision of virtual asset services in […]