BMA Review #75: read the new issue written entirely by our women partners and associates
To commemorate International Women’s Day, which is celebrated on March 8th, the 75th edition of BMA Review has been written entirely by our women partners and associates. These days, 58% of our team is made up of women, and among our partners, they represent 41%.
The articles in BMA Review comment on current issues in areas such as ESG, employment, tax and more. This edition announces BMA Women’s new project for 2022: a mentorship program.
Click here to read the entire edition, or have a look at the list of articles below and click on the titles that interest you. If you have questions, contact us.
INSTITUTIONAL
BMA Women introduces Mentorship Program in 2022
By BMA Mulher committee
The program will focus on developing the potential of women working at BMA, as part of our work toward gender equality.
CORPORATE AND M&A
ESG practices and gender diversity in leadership positions
By Ana Luiza Guimarães Mendonça, Fernanda Pereira Carneiro and Giovanna Marchetti Correa Duprat
ESG stands for environment, social and governance as criteria for analyzing investments, and go beyond economic and financial factors.
LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT
Burnout syndrome and its employment impacts
By Fernanda Rochael Nasciutti
Although the WHO’s decision has a significant impact on employment relations, a medical examination, and eventually even witness evidence, is needed to establish a causal nexus.
INFRASTRUCTURE AND REGULATORY & GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS
Privatization of port authorities
By Ana Cândida de Mello Carvalho, Débora Signorelli Carvalho and Mayna Dias Melo
The initiative opens up new opportunities for investment and partnerships in the port sector, with a view to modernizing the management of Brazil’s public ports, making them more efficient, dynamic and effective.
RESTRUCTURING AND INSOLVENCY
Recent decisions on procedural consolidation in judicial reorganization proceedings
By Luciana Celidonio and Natalia Yazbek
When faced with a business crisis, the structure of corporate groups may be key to being able to reorganize in a single proceeding.
ENERGY
Arbitration in the Brazilian electricity sector
By Bruna de Barros Correia and Raquel Mansanaro
An unprecedented decision by Brazil’s electrical power regulator authorizes use of arbitration for revision of a concession contract.
TAX
Earn-out provisions in M&A transactions: price or remuneration?
By Franciny de Barros and Marina Cabral de Vasconcellos Pettinelli
Auditors have been carefully examining earn-out payments made to sellers who continue to provide services, in order to determine if the payments are part of the price paid for the investment, or remuneration for services rendered.
