Compliance strategies for businesses expanding into Brazil – Countermeasures against increasing risk

With the Rio de Janeiro Olympics coming up, Brazil, with the fifth largest population in the world (about 200 million) and the seventh largest economy in the world (the largest economy in Latin America), is gathering a lot of attention. Especially with Japan since many Japanese companies have been entering into the Brazilian market since the latter half of 2000s, and it’s becoming increasingly important for them to implement an effective local compliance program there. In recent years, Brazilian regulators have announced a policy to strengthen application of compliance related regulations including corruption prevention law adopted in 2014. Moreover, due to the country’s complicated legal structure and tendency to emphasize human relationships, it is getting more important for Japanese companies considering to enter or expand into the Brazilian market to understand the actual situations of compliance risks and practical countermeasures there.

At this seminar, we will invite specialists of corporate crime and compliance in Brazil, and explain the legal structures and practical points to be noted, from internal control to handing of non-compliant actions, focusing on compliance and crisis management that Japanese companies should be aware of when entering into Brazil.

Agenda of the day:

Time	Topics	Speakers
15:30	Registration
16:00 – 16:10	Welcome Remarks	Hiroshi Kondo (Partner)
16:10 – 16:25	Economic Relations between Brazil and Japan	Sarquis J. B. Sarquis (Minister-Counselor, Embassy of Brazil in Tokyo)
16:25 – 16:45	Points to be aware of for Japanese companies entering to Brazil (from legal and compliance perspectives)	Toshio Ibaraki (Partner)
16:45 – 17:45	Compliance strategy for companies entering into Brazil	Davi Tangerino (Partner, Sao Paulo)
17:45 – 18:00	Questions	Toshio Ibaraki (Partner), Davi Tangerino (Partner, Sao Paulo), Bruno Duarte (Associate)

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• Deadline for seminar registration is Friday 13 November 2015
• Number of seats are limited. In case of exceeded capacity, attendance will be decided by lot (up to 2 persons per company)
• If capacity is reached, we may close registration without notice

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Seminar Information

Date	Wednesday, 25 November 2015
Time	16:00 ‐ 18:00 (Registration 15:30)
Venue	Baker & McKenzie (Gaikokuho Joint Enterprise) Ark Hills Sengokuyama Mori Tower, 28th Floor, 1-9-10 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-0032 Map
Fee	Free
Language	Japanese / English *Davi Tangerino’s session will be in English and the moderator will summarize it in Japanese
Contact	Tel: 03-6271-9900 (contact: Yamashita, Murao) email: seminar.tokyo@bakermckenzie.comi