News & Recent Work

Legal News

ANPD sanctions another public entity

The National Data Protection Authority (ANPD) published on October 18, 2023 its second sanction to a public entity in Brazil. The target of the new sanction was Santa Catarina State Health Department. ANPD found the Department guilty of four...

Snapshot: tech M&A purchase agreements in Brazil

Our TMT senior partner, Ricardo Barretto Ferreira, together with the Corporate and M&A practice area partners, Alessandra Souza and André de Godoy Fernandes, the associate Bruna Bigas and the former associate Lorena Pretti Srraglio, are the co-authors of this snapshot about...

Brazilian government initiates public consultations on trade negotiations between Mercosur, India and the United Arab Emirates.

Public consultations regarding the negotiation of two trade agreements were initiated by Ordinances No. 43 and No. 44, dated of October 18, 2023, as published by the Secretariat of Foreign Trade (SECEX): the potential expansion of the Preferential Trade Agreement between...

ANPD opens Call for Contributions on Artificial Intelligence Regulatory Sandbox

The National Data Protection Authority (ANPD) has once again moved towards fulfilling its regulatory agenda, this time in the area of Artificial Intelligence (AI). On October 3, 2023, ANPD announced the opening of a new call for contribution (consulta pública) to carry out a...

Q&A: due diligence for tech M&A in Brazil by Lexology

This Q&A is an overview of key due diligence considerations for technology M&A transactions in...

ANPD initiates Public Consultations on International Transfer and on the Processing of Personal Data grounded on the Legitimate Interest

The Brazilian Data Protection Authority (ANPD) has taken further steps towards fulfilling its regulatory agenda. On August 15 and 16, 2023, ANPD announced the opening of two new public consultations: one to regulate the international transfer of personal data (article 33 of...

Brazil chapter: Data Protection & Cybersecurity | The Legal 500 Country Comparative Guides

Our TMT practice leader and senior partner, Ricardo Barreto Ferreira, with contribution of the Privacy and Data Protection coordinator Lorena Pretti Serraglio and the associates Ingrid B. Santos, Bruna Bigas and Carolina Perdomo are the authors of the Brazil chapter in the Data...

Bill of Law on the use of Artificial Intelligence is proposed in the Brazilian Federal Senate

Under the terms of its Justification, PL 2338/2023 seeks to reconcile "the protection of fundamental rights and freedoms, the valorization of work and of human dignity and the technological innovation represented by artificial intelligence." For that purpose, the recent impact...
prev next