The guide looks into the following areas:

- issues related to partnerships: their make up, the different forms they can take, organization and administration.
- showing the main contracts related to business (distribution, commercial representation, franchising, buying and selling, leasing, insurance, service provision), closing with the analysis of contracts with public administration, and followed by an objective explanation of the types of guarantees adopted under Brazilian law.
- bases and principles of Brazilian consumer law, advising companies about relevant aspects.
- overview of industrial property (brands, patents, author’s rights and software).
- principles of Brazilian labour law and the regime for foreign resident’s visas.
- main aspects of Brazilian real estate law and related contracts (buying, selling and renting).
- presentation on systems for dispute resolution adopted in Brazil.
- overview of the financial system and capital markets, as well as notions of foreign trade and the rules of the Brazilian Central Bank.
- overview of the Brazilian tax system and each particular tax (income tax [IR], value added tax [ICMS], etc).
- addressing of international tax law and taxation on specific operations.

It is the hope of Buccioli & Advogados Associados to contribute to the strengthening of cultural and business relations between Brazil and Italy, as the president of  the Associazione Industriali di Vicenza, Mr. Massimo Calearo, asserted in his introduction to this guide, “It represents both an item of support and a useful consultation tool to help companies find their way in this vast country.”

 For any investor interested in seeing the full contents of the guide, Buccioli & Advogados Associados will be making available an Italian language version of the CD. To ensure your own copy, please send an email to: assessoria@buccioli.com.br.

Fabio Buccioli.