Blockchain and Artificial Intelligence

Barbieri Advogados is positioned in artificial intelligence and digital asset law at a moment of regulatory inflection, in direct integration with the firm’s Stuttgart office and with the established expertise in European projects in this sector. In artificial intelligence in particular, the firm’s Brazilian practice is under development, anchored in coordination with the European regulatory work already underway from Stuttgart. The practice operates at a moment when three regulatory frameworks are redefining the landscape: in the European Union, the AI Act (Regulation (EU) 2024/1689) came into force in 2024 and governs the use of artificial intelligence systems at a pan-European level, with phased application and risk-based categorisation; in Brazil, Bill nº 2338/2023 establishes the legal regime for artificial intelligence and is at an advanced stage in the National Congress, in direct dialogue with the European model; and CNJ Resolution nº 332/2020 already governs the use of artificial intelligence by the Brazilian judiciary.

The practice is structured around two main pillars. In artificial intelligence, the firm acts on regulatory analysis from the perspective of the AI Act and Bill nº 2338/2023, on the contractual structuring of projects involving the development, training, licensing and deployment of AI systems, on the alignment of Brazilian operations with European regulatory frameworks, and on governance and risk-management matters applicable to the corporate use of artificial intelligence. In blockchain and digital assets, the firm acts on the legal and regulatory structuring of blockchain-based projects — token issuance, tokenisation platforms, payment solutions, decentralised corporate environments — with simultaneous alignment with the Brazilian Legal Framework for Virtual Assets (Lei nº 14.478/2022), the Brazilian Central Bank’s Resolução BCB nº 521/2024 (governing virtual asset service providers) and Regulation (EU) 2023/1114 (MiCA) where applicable.

The practice works in close coordination with German Office on projects with a European component and on collaboration with institutional research in Estonia, with Tax on the tax implications of operations involving digital assets and on tax issues related to technology operations, and with Data Protection on privacy and data processing matters applicable to AI systems, blockchain and related digital environments, in a register that draws on the firm’s GDPR experience from Stuttgart.