Capital Market Regulation: Dialogue between the US and Brazil
FGV Rio Law, in partnership with Georgetown Brazilian Law Association (BrazLA) and Center on Transnational Business and the Law, will promote the seminar “Capital Market Regulation: Dialogue between the US and Brazil” on October 22nd. This seminar will bring together experts from Brazil and the United States to explore and compare regulatory frameworks governing capital markets in both countries.
The first panel, “Current issues and challenges faced by Security and Exchange Commissions in the US and Brazil,” aims to address the key issues and challenges faced by these regulatory bodies as they navigate complex economic landscapes. The second panel, “Recent changes and cases studies: A Brazil-US perspective,” will explore the recent regulatory changes and cases in the sector, offering a comparative analysis how each country is addressing the latest changes.
This event is part of “Regulation Week,” an initiative launched in 2023 by FGV Rio Law, aligned with its strategy to become a national and international hub for research and activities involving regulated sectors. The initiative also aims to promote Brazil as a global business and economic powerhouse."
Opening Session | 4:00pm to 4:10pm
- Sérgio Guerra | Dean of FGV Rio Law
- Tiffany Joly | Assistant Dean of Graduate and International Programs at Georgetown University
Panel 1: “Capital Markets Developments: Opportunities and Challenges in Brazil and the US” | 4:10pm to 5:10pm
Moderator:
- Julia Bernardes | Georgetown Law University
Speakers:
- João Pedro Nascimento | Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission of Brazil (CVM)
- Alexander Cohen | Partner, Latham & Watkins
Panel 2: Recent changes and cases studies: A Brazil-US perspective | 5:10pm to 6:10pm
Moderator:
- Icaro Leite | Superintendent of Insurance Products and Fraud Prevention at B3
Speakers:
- Rodrigo Monteiro de Castro | Partner at Monteiro de Castro Setoguti Advogados
- Jonas Marmello | Executive Vice-president, SAF Botafogo
- Christina Chalk | Associate Chief of the Office of Mergers and Acquisitions, Securities and Exchange Commission
- Filipe Areno | Partner, Skadden
Closing Remarks | 6:10pm as 6:20pm
- Don S. De Amicis | Professor at Georgetown University
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UK- Brazil Dialogue on Data Governance: Navigating Regulatory Challenges and Devising Effective Strategies
This event brings together academics and policymakers from Brazil and the United Kingdom in order to debate data governance challenges that are common to the two jurisdictions, with a view to facilitating mutual learning on effective data governance strategies. It features a discussion on the attempts made in both jurisdictions to promote open data, data sharing and interoperability in some key sectors of the economy, as well as a specific focus on health, where Brazil tried to replicate the successful dynamics observed in the financial sector.
1:00 pm to 1:30 pm | Registration
Opening session | 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm
- Ioannis Kokkoris | Professor of Law and Director of the Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary University
Panel 1: Health Data Governance: When Sharing (Responsibly) Is Caring | 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm
Moderator:
- Nicolo Zingales | Professor of Law at Getulio Vargas Foundation
Speakers:
- Adriana Macedo | Data Protection Officer of the Digital Secretariat of the Brazilian Ministry of Health (10')
- Michael Veale| University College of London (10')
- Claude Chelala | Professor of Bioinformatics at Queen Mary University (10')
- Sara Nogueira da Silva | Researcher at Queen Mary University (10')
Q&A Session | 3:30 pm to 4:00 pm
Coffee break
Panel 2: Towards Effective Data Strategies: Taking Stock and Moving Forward | 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm
Moderator:
- Maria Ioannidou | Professor of Law at Queen Mary University
Speakers:
- Marcos Pinto | General Coordinator of Digital Economy of the Ministry of Development, Industry, Commerce and Services of Brazil (10')
- Dominic Hember | Deputy Minister for Enterprise, Markets and Small Business, Department of Economy and Trade
- Bill Roberts | Centre for Alternative Finance, University of Cambridge
- Natasha Schmitt | Professor of Law at Getulio Vargas Foundation (10')
Q&A Session
Closing Remarks | 5:40 pm to 6:00 pm
- Nicolo Zingales | Professor of Law at Getulio Vargas Foundation
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Brazil and Europe: Challenges and Opportunities in the Regulation of Renewable Fuels
As the global transition to clean energy accelerates, both Brazil and Europe have positioned themselves as leaders in the development and regulation of renewable fuels. Brazil, with its long-standing experience in green energy sources and growing interest in green hydrogen, and Europe, with its ambitious climate goals and innovative regulatory frameworks, are at the forefront of this energy revolution. In recent years, the European Union (EU) has ramped up its efforts to meet its climate commitments and achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. In this context, renewable fuels, particularly green hydrogen, have emerged as key alternatives for the decarbonization of strategic sectors such as industry, transportation, and energy production.
However, navigating the regulatory landscape, ensuring market competitiveness, and addressing infrastructural and environmental challenges require coordinated efforts and innovative policy solutions. Regulating this growing market presents specific challenges, such as developing technical standards, certifications, integrating into existing infrastructures, and creating a unified hydrogen market across Europe. Both Brazil and Europe must confront these regulatory complexities while capitalizing on opportunities for collaboration and sustainable growth in renewable energy sectors.
The roundtable will explore the synergies and unique approaches of Brazil and Europe within this framework. Experts from both regions will discuss the hurdles they face in creating effective regulatory frameworks, the opportunities for cross-border collaboration, and the role that these clean energy sources will play in meeting global climate targets.
01:30 p.m. | Welcome Coffee and Registration
Opening Session | 02:00 p.m.
- Dr. César Cunha Campos (5’) | Director of FGV Europe
Roundtable Brazil and Europe: Challenges and Opportunities in the Regulation of Renewable Fuels | 02:10 p.m. to 04:00 p.m.
Moderator:
- Marco Contardi | FGV Europe
Debaters:
- Malte Siemen | NOW GmbH, Hydrogen & Renewable Fuels
- Karina Marzano | Agora Energiewende
- Friederike Lassen | German Hydrogen Association
- Christian Hoffmann | Head of Geopolitics and International Relations, Government Affairs Siemens A.G
- Prof. Dr. Alexander Thiele | BSP Business & Law School
- Prof. Dr. Rômulo Sampaio | Professor FGV Rio Law
- Eva Ackermann | Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport
- Karoline Büsching | Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport
Closing Remarks | 04:00 p.m.
- Dr. César Cunha Campos (5’) | Director of FGV Europe
- Rômulo Sampaio (5’) | Professor FGV Rio Law
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Insurance and Pension Regulation
Insurance and pension regulation is one of the themes of Regulation Week - 2nd Edition, which will bring together experts and industry leaders to discuss crucial issues in this field. The event, to be held at the B3 Auditorium in São Paulo, will serve as a platform to debate current regulations and future guidelines that will shape the market. In the first Panel: Pensions, experts will address the revision of investment regulations, exploring the challenges and opportunities that arise in this context. Then, in the second Panel: Insurance, the focus will be on cooperatives and mutual insurance, examining the challenges and opportunities in this segment. Together, the panels will provide an in-depth look at the regulations and innovations shaping the pension and insurance sectors, reflecting on the future of the market and its implications for professionals in the field.
Opening Session | 2:00 pm to 2:30 pm
- Jessica Anne de Almeida Bastos | Director of SUSEP
- Antônio José Maristrello Porto | Vice Dean of FGV Rio Law
- Alcinei Cardoso Rodrigues | PREVIC's Director of Standards
- Marcelo Mansur Haddad | Coordinator of the Insurance and Pension Regulation Committee at FGV Direito Rio and Partner at Mattos Filho Law Firm
- Icaro Demarchi Araujo Leite | Superintendent of Insurance Products and Fraud Prevention at B3
Panel 1: Pensions | Review of investment rules: challenges and opportunities | 2:30 pm to 3:50 pm
Moderator:
- Ícaro Demarchi Araujo Leite | Superintendent of Insurance Products and Fraud Prevention at B3
Speakers:
- Alcinei Cardoso Rodrigues | PREVIC's Director of Standards
- Jarbas Antonio de Biagi | CEO of the Brazilian Association of Closed Supplementary Pension Entities (ABRAPP)
- Rafael Fonseca | Partner and CIO of Bresco Investimentos
- Mariana Romani | Legal Director of Patria Investimentos
- Flávio Barbosa Lugão | Partner at Mattos Filho Advogados
- George Kerr | Partner and Country Head of Compass Group (pending)
3:50pm to 4:10pm | Coffee-Break
Panel 2: Insurance | Insurance cooperatives and mutuals: challenges and opportunities | 4:10 pm. to 5:30 pm
Moderator:
- Ilan Goldberg | Partner at CGV Advogados
Speakers:
- Júlia Normande Lins | Director of the Private Insurance Superintendence (SUSEP)
- Glauce Carvalhal | Legal Director of the National Confederation of Insurance Companies (CNseg)
- Clara Pedroso Maffia | OCB Institutional Relations Manager
- Frederico Knapp | Head Brazil & Southern Cone, President of Swiss Re Brazil Resseguros
- Walter Polido | Professor and Partner at Conhecer Seguros
- Augusto Cardoso Coelho | Lawyer and Special Projects Consultant - Business and Insurance School - ENS
Closing Remarks | 5:30 pm. to 5:40 pm
- Antônio José Maristrello Porto | Deputy Director of FGV Direito Rio
- Marcelo Mansur Haddad | Coordinator of the Insurance and Pension Regulation Committee at FGV Rio Law and Partner at Mattos Filho Law Firm
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Regulation of Railways and Highways
On October 29th, at the ANTT headquarters in Brasília, experts from the railway and highway sectors will meet. The morning panels will address the advancements and challenges of railway regulation and the consensus-building in railway concessions for the management of new railway contracts. The afternoon panels will feature experts who will discuss consensus-building in highway concessions and renegotiation in contractual optimizations.
08:30 a.m. – 09:00 a.m. | Welcome Coffee and Registration
Panel 1: Railways: Advances and Challenges | 09:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
Moderation:
- Marcus Quintella | Director of FGV Transport
Speakers:
- Leonardo Cezar Ribeiro | National Secretary of Railway Transport at the National Secretariat of Railway Transport | SNTF/MT
- Rafael Vitale | Director General of the National Land Transport Agency (ANTT)
- Davi Barreto | Director of the National Association of Rail Transporters (ANTF)
- Natalia Marcassa | CEO of the Association of Investors in Multisectoral Infrastructure (Moveinfra)
Panel 2: Consensualism in Railway Concessions | 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Moderation:
- Roberta Negrão | Lawyer and Consultant
Speakers:
- Nicola Khoury | Federal Auditor of External Control at the Federal Court of Auditors (TCU)
- Silvia Leão | PF/ANTT
- Hélio Roberto | Director of the Railway Concessions Department of the National Secretariat of Railway Transport of the Ministry of Transport (SNTF/MT)
- Luiz Antonio Ferrari Neto | Legal Director at Rumo
12:00 p.m. to 02 p.m. | Break
Panel 1: Highways – consensualism in highway concessions: the renegotiation of highway concession contracts with the TCU | 02:00 p.m. to 03:30 p.m.
Moderation:
- Péricles Gonçalves Filho | Professor and Institutional Projects Coordinator at FGV Rio Law
Speakers:
- Walter Baère | Legal Director at BNDES
- Min. Benjamin Zymler | Federal Court of Auditors (TCU)
- Viviane Esse | Ministry of Transport
- Marco Aurélio Barcelos | Brazilian Association of Highway Concessionaires (ABCR)
- Guilherme Theo Sampaio | Director at the National Land Transportation Agency (ANTT)
3:30 p.m. to 3:50 p.m. | Coffee Break
Panel 2: Possible paths for renegotiation in contract optimizations | 3:50 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Moderation:
- José Dutra | Partner at Dutra and Associates Law Firm (confirmed)
Speakers:
- Silvio Caracas | Federal Court of Auditors - TCU
- Milton Gomes | National Land Transport Agency - ANTT
- Eduardo Augusto Alckmin Jacob | Legal Director at EcoRodovia
- Mauricio Portugal | Partner at Portugal Ribeiro Law Firm
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Port and Airport Infrastructure Regulation
On October 30th, at the ANTT headquarters in Brasilia, experts from the ports and airports sectors will meet. The morning panels will address the legal review of the regulatory framework for ports and waterway infrastructure. The afternoon panels will feature debates focused on consensus-building in airport infrastructure contracts and current topics on sector regulation.
08:30 am – 09:00 am | Reception and Accreditation
Panel 1: Waterway Infrastructure | 09:00 am to 10:30 am
Moderation:
- Pedro Neiva | Partner at Salomão Advogados
Speakers:
- Flavia Morais Lopes Takafashi | Director at the National Waterway Transportation Agency (ANTAQ)
- Dino Antunes Dias Batista | National Secretary of Waterways
- Luis Fernando Resano | Vice-President of the Brazilian Association of Cabotage Shipowners (ABAC)
- Mario Povia | Executive Director of the Brazilian Infrastructure Institute (IBI)
Panel 2: Legal review of the Regulatory Framework for Ports | 10:30 am to 12:00 pm
Moderation:
- Diego Paula | Legal Director of Portonave SA
- Paulo Renato Jucá | Partner at FCDG Law Firm
Speakers:
- Jacqueline Wendpap | CEO of the Brazilian Pilotage Institute
- Jesualdo Conceição | President of the Brazilian Association of Port Terminals (ABTP)
- Murillo Barbosa | CEO of the Association of Private Port Terminals (ATP)
- Camilla Soares | Federal Attorney (CONJUR/MPOR)
12:00 pm – 02 pm | Break
Panel 3: The importance of consensus in airport infrastructure concession contracts | 02 pm to 03:30 pm
Moderation:
- Fernando Villela de Andarde Vianna | Partner at Villela de Andrade, Kloss Lawyers
Speakers:
- Vivianne Magalhães | Legal Affairs, Compliance and Contract Administration Officer RIOgaleão
- Renan Brandão | Superintendent of Economic Regulation of Airports - ANAC
- Roger Coimbra | Commercial and Corporate Affairs Director at Inframerica
- Thierry Besse | Institutional Director Brazil of VINCI Concessions
03:30 p.m. – 03:50 p.m. | Coffee Break
Panel 4: Current issues in airport infrastructure | 03:50 pm to 05:00 pm
Moderation:
- Ricardo Fenelon | Partner at Fenelon Barretto Rost
Speakers:
- Ronei Glanzmann | Commercial Director of SJK Airport
- Gustavo Albuquerque | Lawyer and Consultant at Pinheiro Neto Law Firm
- Eduardo Carvalhaes | Partner at Lefosse
- Fabio Rogerio Carvalho | President of the Brazilian Airports (ABR)
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Proposals for a model of coordination and oversight in regulatory policy in Brazil
The closing event of Regulation Week will bring together experts and policymakers to discuss proposals for a model for coordinating and overseeing regulatory improvement in Brazil. Anna Pietikainen, senior policy adviser at the OECD, and Dominic Mancini, Permanent Deputy Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), will be the keynote speakers. In its 2022 review “Regulatory Reform in Brazil”, the OECD recommended that the country concentrate all or most regulatory oversight functions in a single body, with high-level political support and adequate governance arrangements.
Also participating in the discussion will be Andrea Macera, Secretary of Competitiveness and Regulatory Policy at the MDIC, a leading body in the development of the country's regulatory policy, as well as Pedro Farias, chief specialist for state modernization at the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), an institution supporting PRO-REG. The event will also feature the participation of representatives of the internal and external oversight bodies, represented by ministers Vinícius Carvalho and Bruno Dantas, respectively, as well as Vinícius Benevides, President of the Brazilian Association of Regulatory Agencies.
09:00 a.m. to 09:30 a.m. | Welcome Coffee and Registration
Opening Cerimony | 9:30 am to 9:45 am
- Sérgio Guerra | Director of FGV Law School in Rio de Janeiro
Ceremony celebrating the 10th anniversary of the FGV Rio Law Graduate Program
“Best Practices in Regulation” award ceremony for ARSESP (winner) and ANTAQ (honorable mention)
Opening Session | 9:45 am to 10:15 am
Keynote Speakers:
- Anna Pietikainen | Head of Division, Regulatory Policy, Public Governance, OECD
- Dominic Mancini | Permanent Deputy Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Dominic Mancini (OIRA)
First Panel: Proposals for a model of coordination and supervision of regulatory improvement for Brazil | 10:15 am. to 11:45 am
Moderation:
- Alketa Peci | Professor at FGV EBAPE
Speakers:
- Andrea Macera | Secretary of Competitiveness and Regulatory Policy of the MDIC
- Anna Pietikäinen | Head of Division, Regulatory Policy, Public Governance, OECD
- Dominic Mancini | Permanent Deputy Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Dominic Mancini (OIRA)
- Pedro Farias | Modernization of State Principal Specialist of Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
- Vinicius Benevides | President of the Brazilian Association of Regulatory Agencies (ABAR)
- Vinicius Carvalho | Minister of the Comptroller General of the Union (CGU)
Closing Session | 11:45 am. to 12:15 pm
- Bruno Dantas | President of the Federal Court of Auditors (TCU)
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Higher Education Regulation Committee
The iniative aims to promote an in-depth discussion on the main challenges and regulations that impact higher education in Brazil, with a special focus on challenges in the regulation of distance education, tax aspects related to the Certification of Charitable Social Assistance Entities (CEBAS) and the regulation of medical courses. The event aims to provide a space for the exchange of knowledge and experiences among experts, government representatives responsible for promoting public policies, professionals and managers in the education sector.
09:00 a.m. to 09:30 a.m. | Welcome Coffee and Registration
Opening Cerimony | 09:30 a.m. to 9:45 a.m.
- Edson Kondo | Director of FGV EPPG
- Leonardo Mira | Coordinator of the Educational Regulation Committee at FGV Direito Rio
- Pericles Goncalves | Coordinator of Institutional Projects at FGV Direito Rio
Opening Session: Challenges in the Regulation of Distance Education | 09:45 a.m. to 10:15 a.m.
- Marta Wendel Abramo | Secretary of Regulation and Supervision of Higher Education | Ministry of Education
- Celso Niskier | Advisor to the National Education Council (CES/CNE)
Panel I: Tax Regulation and Certification of Social Assistance Charities (CEBAS) in Higher Education | 10:15 a.m. to 11:15 a.m.
Moderation:
- Lúcia Teixeira | CEO of SEMESP
Speakers:
- José Roberto Covac Júnior | Partner at Covac Lawyers
- Felipe Renault | Partner of Renault Lawyers
Panel II: Challenges and perspectives in the Regulation of Medical Courses in Brazil | 11:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.
Moderation:
- Iara Xavier | Executive Director of EDUX21 and Advisor to the Presidency of ABMES
Speakers:
- Bruno Coimbra | Legal Director of ABMES
- Rodolfo de Carvalho Cabral | Legal Consultant at MEC Conjur
Closing Remarks