Dr. Leonardo, founding partner of TM Associados, is quoted in Bloomberg.

On 09/06/2020, our founding partner, Leonardo Theon de Moraes, spoke to Bloomberg, from New York, about how judicial activism in Brazil has influenced the suspension and closure of mining and meat companies in Brazil during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The article, entitled “Brazilian prosecutors begin to influence the commodities market in the era of Covid-19”, makes a contrast with the US, where authorities take measures to keep companies running while implementing measures to contain the coronavirus, while in Brazil, the courts accept requests from prosecutors to suspend or Close large refrigerators and mining operations in recent weeks.

As Leonardo pointed out, “what we have experienced in Brazil, even more so in this pandemic, is the growth of judicial activism, both by the courts and by prosecutors”

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