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No one yet knows precisely what the Metaverse is or how relevant it will become over the next few years. Even so, it is a frequent topic of discussion and has attracted the attention of various publics, including investors who are enthusiastic about the possibilities presented by the new technology.
It's part of BMA's DNA to think creatively and to seek innovative solutions for our clients. That's why we have asked practitioners from BMA's various practice areas to contribute articles that share their views of how the law might apply in the Metaverse.
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INTRODUCTION
Law in the Metaverse: Introducing the topic
By Felipe Palhares
No one knows precisely what the Metaverse is or how relevant it will become over the next few years. Even so, it is a frequent topic of discussion and has attracted the attention of a wide audience, including investors who are enthusiastic about the possibilities presented by the new technology.
CORPORATE AND M&A
M&A and the Metaverse
By Ian Bussinger and Felipe Palhares
For as long as the Metaverse is in the plans M&A transactions involving businesses engaged in developing the Metaverse itself, or applications within the Metaverse, can be expected to grow exponentially.
CORPORATE AND M&A
Shareholders’ Meetings in Metaverse
By Ana Paula Reis and Manuela Anastacio Bertocci
In the same way social media has revolutionized online marketing, unleashing possibilities for business ideas limited to our current reality, the Metaverse promises to be the new frontier of online interaction.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Fighting Intellectual Piracy in the Metaverse
By Pedro Barroso, Jana Fraccaroli and Jose Humberto Deveza Assola
The NFT market is growing rapidly, and moves billions of dollars.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Music and the Metaverse
By Pedro Barroso, Jana Fraccaroli and Jose Humberto Deveza Assola
Musical experiences in the Metaverse are no longer exclusive to videogames, and big names in the music industry have been developing their own events.
DISPUTE RESOLUTION
Some aspects of formationand enforcement of contracts in the Metaverse
By Felipe Galea, Gustavo Kulesza and Milena Arbízu
The opportunities for doing business in the Metaverse are becoming increasingly evident and, little by little, are being put into practice. However, along with those opportunities, come questions and the need for solutions to new situations.
DISPUTE RESOLUTION
Civil liability in the Metaverse
By Gisela Sampaio and Marcella Campinho Vaz
In contract law the challenges range from verifying the identity and capacity of contractual parties to problems with jurisdiction and applicable law.
FINANCE AND CAPITAL MARKETS
Public offerings of tokens in the Metaverse
By Felipe Prado, Rafael Dutra and Henrique Garcia Pimenta
The Metaverse has the potential to revolutionize the way funds are raised from the public, by becoming an environment where public offerings of tokens are made to potential investors.
DUE DILIGENCE
Due diligence on assets in the Metaverse
By Adriana Dib Fuzinato and Ellen Juste Nuñez
In this article, we will look at transactions involving intangible assets in the Metaverse, and the legal questions that buyers of such assets may have to deal with.
WEALTH AND SUCCESSION PLANNING
The Metaverse and digital inheritances
By Hermano A. C. Notaroberto Barbosa and Iara Santos Conrado Ferreira
The challenges involved in the legal and tax treatment of digital inheritances, which were already frequent, have found a vast and fertile field for growth in the Metaverse. More than ever, digital property must be taken into consideration in wealth and estate planning.
TAX
Indirect taxes in Brazil - From the internet to the Metaverse
By Fábio Florentino
What in this new world, in which people will live a large part of their lives (or so they say), can be taxed?
TAX
The challenges of taxation in the Metaverse
By Hermano A. C. Notaroberto Barbosa
As Brazil’s Federal Revenue Service has just started to regulate the taxation of cryptoassets, many questions remain unanswered and are expected to open up with the development of entirely new virtual markets in the Metaverse.
INFRASTRUCTURE AND REGULATORY & GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS
Government in the Metaverse: perspectives and challenges
By Ana Cândida de Mello Carvalho, Débora Signorelli Carvalho and Mayna Dias Melo
Governments around the world have the Metaverse’s technological innovations and its transformational potential on their radar.
COMPLIANCE, INVESTIGATIONS AND REGULATORY ENFORCEMENT
Digital investigations in the Metaverse
By Anna Carolina Malta Spilborghs and João Bonvicino
The time has come to reflect on how, in the not-too-distant future, a digital investigation of cybernetic offences would be conducted in the Metaverse, one of the most talked-about subjects of 2022.
LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT
"MetaWork"
By Luiz Marcelo Góis
Accenture’s virtual workspace seems to be only the start of an irreversible trend: the migration of work to the Metaverse.
ENVIRONMENTAL AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Digital industries and sustainability
By Márcio Pereira and Camilla Teixeira Ribeiro
Digital transformation plays an important role in working toward the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), through active digital cooperation and interactions between researchers and policymakers.
DATA PROTECTION AND CYBERSECURITY
Transparency, data privacy and the Metaverse
By Felipe Palhares
One of the central aspects shared by many of the most important laws on data privacy around the world is a concern with the transparency offered to data subjects.
DATA PROTECTION AND CYBERSECURITY
The Metaverse and the processing of sensitive personal data
By Bárbara de Oliveira Iszlaji
By its very nature, the Metaverse involves personal data processing.
DATA PROTECTION AND CYBERSECURITY
Governance in the Metaverse
by Fernanda Villela Viana
Users of social media are internet “products” and in the Metaverse literally everyone and everything can be a product in certain circumstances.
DATA PROTECTION AND CYBERSECURITY
The Next Frontier
By Felipe Palhares
From a legal point of view, as the articles in this e-book observe, there are questions that require reflection and analysis, especially in the areas of data protection, intellectual property and civil liability.
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