Business Law and Corporate Law

This newsletter examines five recent Brazilian corporate law decisions addressing poison pill mechanisms in public companies, usufruct rights over quotas during partner withdrawal, voting impediments in account approval, quota transfers in real estate SPEs, and self-contracting in quota assignments. The analysis explores how courts are interpreting statutory protections, partner rights, and the temporal limits for challenging corporate transactions.

O Tribunal de Contas da União estabeleceu que a retirada de uma empresa consorciada não resulta automaticamente na desqualificação do consórcio em licitações públicas. A decisão define critérios rigorosos para que as empresas remanescentes possam continuar no certame, exigindo comprovação prévia de capacidade técnica e operacional. Quais são os limites para alteração da composição de consórcios durante proces

Mexico's new Sustainability Reporting Standards (NIS) mandate that entities preparing financial statements under Mexican Financial Reporting Standards must disclose 30 specific environmental...

En toda transacción puntual, ninguna parte quiere entregar su dinero o su activo primero. Una cuenta escrow resuelve ese dilema.

When two parties negotiate a purchase, a merger or any one-time transaction, the same tension always arises: the buyer doesn’t want to pay before receiving what was agreed, and the seller doesn’t want to hand over the asset without certainty of payment. An escrow account, or guarantee deposit account, exists precisely to resolve that dilemma.

Nine in ten Mexican businesses are family-controlled, and as the founding generation transitions, most families focus on governance documents while overlooking a critical factor: the legal condition of the business itself. Carter Ledyard & Milburn's new white paper reveals why legal readiness is the gateway to every succession option—from sales and recapitalization to continued family ownership—and what families must address before deal pressure arrives.

La Comisión Nacional Antimonopolio de México ha iniciado una investigación en el mercado del fútbol profesional que plantea interrogantes fundamentales sobre prácticas comerciales, reglas de acceso y restricciones contractuales. ¿Qué lecciones pueden extraer las empresas de otros sectores sobre cumplimiento antimonopolio y gestión preventiva de riesgos de competencia económica?

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A March 2026 decree amends Mexico's Anti-Money Laundering Law regulations, requiring trusts and legal vehicles conducting vulnerable activities to register with the Federal Taxpayers Registry and obtain e-signatures. These changes significantly impact real estate development structuring, as many projects utilize trusts to optimize tax management and allocate functions, assets, and risks across multiple legal vehicles.

Latin American families are used to political uncertainty, but today they also face tighter tax enforcement and increasingly complex international rules.

Panamá celebra un siglo desde la promulgación de su primera Ley de Fideicomisos, la Ley No. 9 del 6 de enero de 1925, que marcó el inicio de un recorrido histórico lleno de innovación y adaptación jurídica.