The Rights of minority shareholders in groups of limited companies

• Grant number: 13/18432-4
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: May 01, 2014
• End date: April 30, 2015
• Field of knowledge: Applied Social Sciences - Law - Private Law
• Principal Investigator: Gustavo Saad Diniz
• Grantee: Juliana Rocco Nunes
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Direito de Ribeirão Preto (FDRP). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Ribeirão Preto , SP, Brazil

Abstract

In Brazil, the Limited Liability Companies are the majority in the "Junta Comercial" because of the attractive features such as thecontractuality responsibly and limited partners. On the other hand, the corporate groups, are attractive to the organization of business activity, because of the structures with overlapping or coordination of companies to achieve resultsmore efficient in a competitive market and huge demand.The issue of corporate groups comprised of limited liability companies takeimportance when it is noted that there are insufficient formulations in brasilian law on the subject, that causes uncertainty to groupsof interest in general, and the minority shareholder, in particular, about the rights in a grouped Companie.