Ralph Melles Sticca was elected for the second consecutive year by Lexology Index as the Client Choice in the Agribusiness 2026!
PSAA’s founding partner, Ralph Melles Sticca, was elected for the second consecutive year by Lexology Index as the Client Choice in the Agribusiness 2026! This award in granted by the international legal research platform Lexology Index, which interviews corporate legal departments leaders to evaluate the lawyers on several criteria, such as the quality of legal […]
Our founding partner, Ralph Melles Sticca, is recognized by Lexology in the Client Choice category in the Agribusiness 2025 publication
Our founding partner Ralph Melles Sticca was nominated by the global legal research platform Lexology Index for the first time as the “Client Choice” in the Agribusiness 2025 category. Unlike other awards, the nomination is made by corporate counsel, who highlighted his “professionalism and focus on business results”, with “incredible ability to provide solutions for […]
Quotization x Pejotization: Fiagros as succession and management tools in Brazilian agribusiness
By André Ricardo Passos de Souza for Money Times 12/12/2023 The proper management of agricultural businesses is a crucial factor for success. In this way, it will be more beneficial if the business and institutional models can facilitate the execution of strategies from the commercial, operational and succession perspectives, especially for the Fiagros. Thus, the […]
COP28: What are the main challenges and opportunities for agriculture and the world?
By André Ricardo Passos de Souza for Money Times 05/12/2023 The 28th United Nations (UN) Climate Change Conference, COP28, began in Dubai on November 30. The conference will last until December 12th and will be the stage for debates on various issues of great interest to the countries that make up the international community in […]
Carbon credit, green CPR and more: What are Payments for Environmental Services?
By André Ricardo Passos de Souza for Money Times Returning to our main theme of the column, which deals with sustainability and agribusiness, we’re going to tackle an important issue and provide the reader with a comparison between the three legal instruments available on the market today (carbon credit, green CPR and Payments for Environmental […]
How will agribusiness fare with the approval of the carbon market bill in the Senate?
By André Ricardo Passos de Souza for Money Times The Federal Senate has just voted in the Environment Committee (CMA), the final substitute for Bill no. 412/22 (PL 412/22) regulating the carbon market in Brazil. The text now goes to the full Senate for a vote and subsequent conversion into law. As we have already […]
STF decision: compensation for bona fide occupants of indigenous lands
The Federal Supreme Court (STF) finalized on Wednesday (27) the judgment that invalidated the temporal milestone thesis for the demarcation of indigenous lands. In an interview with Canal Rural on September 27, 2023, our partner, André Morais Bachur Silva, comments on the decision and explains the compensation for bona fide occupants of indigenous lands. Go […]
The STF’s Temporary Framework versus Agribusiness trial: “What now, José?”
By André Ricardo Passos de Souza for Money Times Last Thursday (21), the Federal Supreme Court (STF) concluded, by 9 votes to 2, the trial of the so-called “Temporal Framework” that defines the demarcation of indigenous lands. When I came across the result, I knew that our next column should try to shed some light […]
New tax on Fiagros is likely to jeopardize the implementation of the 2023/2024 Safra Plan
By André Ricardo Passos de Souza for Money Times In recent days, the agribusiness sector has been caught by surprise with a new tax on Agribusiness Chain Investment Funds, popularly known as Fiagros . Published at the end of August, Provisional Measure no. 1.184, of August 18, 2023, has already been the subject of several […]
São Paulo court decision makes CPRs more secure
By Valor Econômico Our founding partner, André Ricardo Passos de Souza, comments on a decision by the São Paulo courts that makes CPRs more secure, in an article published on the Valor Econômico website. Content available to subscribers via the link: São Paulo court decision gives more security to CPRs | Agronegócios | Valor Econômico […]