Investment Protection In Brazil

"Showing unambiguously that Brazil in fact enjoys a stable legal system which grants foreign direct investment the same material and procedural rights as national direct investment, the contributors to this book provide a truly informative and useful guide for those who work with law and policy in international investment."--Publisher's website

Learn how to legally protect your assets as a foreigner in Brazil! In ASSET LEGAL PROTECTION FOR FOREIGNERS IN BRAZIL, the lawyer and businessman, Leandro Luzone, proposes legal strategies for asset protection that are accessible to any foreigner who lives or have business in Brazil, according to each person's profile and objectives. Throughout the reading, you, foreigner or expat, will see the importance of using the tools that are available in the Brazilian legislation to bring to you greater peace of mind in relation to your assets and that of your family. This book brings together the knowledge that every foreigner or expat needs to understand what are the best legal protection strategies available in Brazil, according to each person's particular condition. Leandro Luzone explains, in simple and direct language, for the lay and normal reader, the main concepts and technical terms related to the subject. At the end of the reading, you, foreigner or expat, will know the most sophisticated legal strategies for the protection of assets allowed by Brazilian law to use in your personal and professional life. This book will serve, therefore, as a guide for the foreigner or expat reader's decision-making, with the ultimate goal of his / her own security and that of his / her family!

This research evaluates whether the new model of investment agreement developed by Brazil (CFIA) is a mechanism for enhancing protection and respect for social and economic rights. The research starts by exploring the origins of investment treaties, their development and main characteristics. It examines why investment treaties and socio-economic rights are related, by mapping cases in which investment treaties have already impaired the protection of such rights. The research then analyzes how these two issues shall be jointly handled. It considers international organizations? initiatives to regulate business and human rights and investment treaties? frameworks that foster sustainable development, as well as new investment agreements? models developed by different countries, and then suggests criteria for evaluating whether an investment treaty is adequate from the socio-economic rights standpoint. Finally, this research investigates the CFIA model, brings a brief historical overview, evaluates CFIAs? wording, and examines how some CFIAs? institutional mechanisms consider corporate social responsibility issues. In conclusion, this research asserts that the CFIA model can be a mechanism for enhancing protection and respect for socio-economic rights, but some concerns (particularly related to safeguarding States? regulatory space and providing for stronger obligations to investors and States to protect human rights) need to be addressed.

The BRICS in the New International Legal Order on Investment: Reformers or Disruptors is written by international experts with BRICS backgrounds. The book investigates why and how the BRICS countries modernize their approach to the investment treaty regime. The chapters are organized by BRICS countries and discuss whether they can develop a common approach to investment treaties as well as what these countries will bring to the investment treaty regime in the future. The volume provides important perspectives on how the BRICS, an emerging power hub in international society, engage in the international legal order.