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Paulo Brancher
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A specialist in technology, banking, financial services, cryptoassets and innovation issues, Paulo is a Distinguished Professor at Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo and a graduate and postgraduate professor in Business Law and Law & Technology at the same institution.
Paulo is a member of the International Technology Law Association (ITechLaw), having previously served as a board member for six years. He has also served as chairman of the Brazilian Association of Information Technology and Communications (ABDTIC).
Paulo is the author of the books Contratos de Software (Software Agreements), Direito da Concorrência e Propriedade Intelectual (Competition Law and Intellectual Property) and Contratos de Licenciamento de Propriedade Industrial (Industrial Property Licensing Agreements), and has co-authored another three – A Proteção de Dados Pessoais no Brasil (Personal Data Protection in Brazil), Desafios Atuais do Direito da Concorrência (Current Challenges in Competition Law) and Desafios Atuais da Regulação Econômica e Concorrência (Current Challenges in Economic and Competition Regulation). He is also the editor of the law journal Direito Empresarial na Economia Digital (Business Law in the Digital Economy).
Education
Bachelor of Laws – Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC-SP);
Master of Laws in Comparative Civil Law – Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC-SP);
Doctor of Laws in Economic Law – Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC-SP);
Distinguished Professor (livre-docente) – Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC-SP).
Recognitions
Chambers Brazil – Data Protection (2024), Technology (2019 – 2024) and Telecommunications (2018);
Latin Lawyer 250 – Telecoms & Media; Data, Technology & Privacy Law and Intellectual Property (2020 – 2025);
LACCA Approved – Corporate & M&A (2019 – 2022; 2024);
The Legal 500 – Dispute Resolution (2015), Corporate and M&A (2015 – 2017), Competition and Antitrust (2015 – 2018), TMT: Cybersecurity and Data Privacy : Leading Partners (2020 – 2025) and TMT: Tech, Innovation and Digital Business: Leading Partners (2015 – 2025);
Análise Advocacia – Digital (2020 – 2024), Intellectual Property (2019), Telecommunications (2018, 2019, 2022), Banks (2023, 2024) and São Paulo (2017 – 2020, 2022 – 2024);
Lexology Index Brazil – Data (2018 – 2024) and Thought Leaders Brazil: Data (2023 – 2024);
Lexology Index Global – Data: Information Technology (2020 – 2021), Data Privacy & Protection (2020 – 2024), Global Thought Leaders: Global Elite (2019 – 2023) and Global Thought Leaders: Data (2018 – 2024).
Brazilian Central Bank opens public consultations on regulation of virtual assets market
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Brazilian Data Protection Authority opens public consultation on data protection and AI
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Brazil’s New International Data Transfer Regulations
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Brazilian Data Protection Authority regulates international data transfers
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Brazil’s Data Protection Authority issues resolution on the role of data protection officers
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Investor immigrant residence authorization simplified
The National Immigration Council, part of Brazil’s Ministry of Justice and Public Security, issued a resolution on Thursday (22) that reduces the documentation required for residence authorization for immigrant investors. The regulation pertains to immigrants who are administrators, managers, directors, or executives of groups making foreign investments “in companies established in the country, with the potential for job or income generation.”
Additionally, the regulation shifts the responsibility for granting authorization from the Ministry of Labor to the Ministry of Justice.
Click here and read the article on Valor Econômico Internacional.
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Latin American M&A in cybersecurity expected to pick up as segment grows in relevance – analysis
The volume of mergers and acquisitions in cybersecurity is expected to increase in Latin America as the segment grows in relevance, according to a financial and a legal advisor. The cybersecurity market has exploded in recent years due to digital transformation, said Rogerio Reis, managing partner at Barueri, Sao Paulo-based cybersecurity advisory firm Safont Reis, whose services include M&A.
Click here and read the article on Mergermarket.
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Brazil Crypto Bill ‘Sets The Ball Rolling’
Brazil is on the verge of becoming the first Latin American country to adopt a framework for crypto-assets, setting the bar for other countries in the region to follow.
Click here and acess the article on Vixio.
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