Thomas Benes Felsberg, Felsberg Advogados

This is an extract from the 2020 edition of the Americas Restructuring Review, published by Global Restructuring Review. The whole publication is available here.

In summary

Camila Goldberg Cavalcanti , Conrado Stievani and Igor Silva de Lima, BMA – Barbosa, Müssnich, Aragão

This is an extract from the second edition of the Guide to Corporate Crisis Management- published by Latin Lawyer. The whole publication is available here.

Canada and Brazil share a long and significant common history of business and investment. Over a century ago, Canadian companies were heavily involved in building electrical and other infrastructure in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. Today, over 50 public companies listed on the TSX and TSX-V have substantial assets and operations in Brazil. In 2018, direct investment between the two countries exceeded $14 billion in each direction.

A Comissão de Defesa do Consumidor (CDC) da Câmara aprovou, na última quarta-feira, o PL nº 4.032/2015, de autoria do deputado Marcelo Belinati (PP-PR), que altera a Lei de Falências para determinar que os compradores de imóveis, quando não possuírem mais de um imóvel, tenham prioridade em receber os valores pagos em caso de falência de construtoras, incorporadoras e imobiliárias, nos termos do parecer do deputado Marco Tebaldi (PSDBSC). O PL ainda será analisado pela Comissão de Desenvolvimento Econômico, Indústria, Comércio e Serviços (CDEICS) e pela CCJC na Câmara. 

Introduction

Introduction

Rio de Janeiro-based Oi SA, Brazil’s fourth-largest telecom company, filed on Monday 20 June 2016 the largest judicial reorganisation petition in Brazil’s history, days after debt restructuring talks with creditors collapsed. The filing of Oi and six subsidiaries lists 65.4 billion reais ($19.26 billion) in debt. The company also filed for Chapter 15 protection in the U.S. on Tuesday.

On 20 June 2016, Rio de Janeiro-based Oi SA, Brazil’s fourth-largest telecom company, filed the largest judicial reorganisation petition in Brazil’s history, days after debt restructuring talks with creditors collapsed. The filing of Oi and six subsidiaries lists 65.4 billion reais (USD19.26 billion) in debt. The company has also filed for Chapter 15 protection in the U.S.  As from the date of filing the accrual of interests, penalties, monetary correction and late charges are suspended and will only become enforceable if the judicial reorganisation becomes a bankruptcy.

El 20 de junio de 2016 Oi SA, la cuarta empresa brasileña de telecomunicaciones, con sede en Río de Janeiro, presentó la solicitud de reorganización judicial más grande en la historia de Brasil, tras el colapso de negociaciones con acreedores para reestructurar deuda. La solicitud de Oi y sus seis subsidiarias comprenden en total una deuda de 65.4 billones de reales (USD19.26 billones). La empresa también solicitó la protección Chapter 15 en los EE.UU.

Com a derrocada da situação econômica nos dois últimos anos, o país está vivenciando uma onda sem precedentes de recuperações judiciais, tendo ganhado destaque os pedidos feitos por grandes companhias, as quais figuram como tomadoras de apólices de seguro garantia apresentadas no âmbito de processos judiciais em que são partes.