Finance Law and Banking Law

Brazil's Ministry of Mines and Energy's public consultation process on the local content policy in the oil and natural gas sector closed at the end of July and received 18 contributions.

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Jose Valera, a partner in Mayer Brown's Global Energy industry group, interviews Ariel Ramos on President Andrés Manuel López Obrador's proposed changes to Mexico's electric industry legislation, ...

A Procuradoria-Geral da Fazenda Nacional (PGFN) publicou o Edital PGDAU nº 11/2025, que possibilita a regularização de débitos inscritos em dívida ativa...

New rule allows the linkage of book-entry invoices and real estate receivables to dynamic payment slips, enhancing security...

Nova norma permite a vinculação de duplicatas escriturais e recebíveis imobiliários a boletos de cobrança dinâmicos, com mais segurança...

A Procuradoria-Geral da Fazenda Nacional (PGFN) publicou o Edital PGDAU nº 11/2025, que possibilita a regularização de débitos inscritos em dívida ativa...

O "Brasília em Pauta" é um boletim semanal preparado pela equipe de Contencioso de Brasília, contendo os principais casos a serem julgados pelo Supremo Tribunal Federal (STF)...

New rule allows the linkage of book-entry invoices and real estate receivables to dynamic payment slips, enhancing security...

Latin America has been, since the origin of the countries which constitute it nowadays, a place open to foreign people and foreign investments.Historically, immigrants brought to this region, not only their work and the dream of a new life in these territories, but also knowledge, techniques and commercial ideas that contributed to its development. The families of these foreign people are currently an important part of the inhabitants of our countries.

President Hugo Chávez yesterday announced his policy for his third term in office. He heralded a "new era" in the transformation of Venezuela to socialism: the "Simón Bolívar national project 2007-2021." The project contemplates the nationalization of strategic industry sectors, such as telecommunications and electricity, through special powers to be sought from the Legislature.

Two important legislative events have modified the legal regime applicable to Limited Scope Financial Institutions or Mexican Non-Bank Banks (Sociedades Financieras de Objeto Limitado), also known as Sofoles ("Sofoles"), Financial Leasing Companies Arrendadoras Financieras) ("Financial Leasing Companies") and Factoring Companies (Empresas de Factoraje Financiero) ("Factoring Companies").