Brazil’s new insurance risk ‘note’: contribution to insurance and reinsurance

February 2025  |  FINANCE & INVESTMENT

Chalfin Advogados

Inspired by insurance-linked securities (ILS), Brazilian Law No. 14,430 of 3 August 2022 introduced the legal framework for accepting insurance, supplementary pension and health, reinsurance or retrocession risks from one or more counterparties and financing them through the issuance…

Impact of recent legislative developments on employment and human resources

February 2025  |  LABOUR & EMPLOYMENT

Marval O’Farrell

On 8 July 2024, the ‘Law of Foundations and Starting Points for the Freedom of Argentinians’ No. 27,742 was published in the Official Gazette and came into effect on 9 July 2024. Likewise, on 26 September 2024, regulatory decree No. 847/2024 on the regulation of sections 82 to 98 of Title V…

Rebirth of free markets in Argentina

January 2025  |  FINANCE & INVESTMENT

Canosa Abogados

In Argentina, one year ago, the Peronist candidate Sergio Massa, who was also the incumbent minister of the economy, won the first round of the presidential elections held on 22 October 2023. Massa led with 36.7 percent of the vote. He was followed by the libertarian candidate Javier Milei…

The evolving energy regulatory landscape for cryptocurrency mining businesses: opportunities and risks

January 2025  |  SECTOR ANALYSIS

Winston & Strawn LLP

Major political, regulatory and policy changes are afoot in the US, with significant implications for cryptocurrency mining businesses. Breakthroughs in generative artificial intelligence (GenAI), combined with cryptocurrency mining growth, electrification and industrial repatriation…