Ambrosio de Lima Advocacia
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Practice Areas

Foreign Investment & Market Entry in Brazil

Full-service counsel for foreign companies and investors entering the Brazilian market.

How we work

We accompany international investors through the entire Brazilian market-entry cycle — from strategic assessment and corporate structuring to the start of operations. Our team combines technical mastery of the Brazilian regulatory environment with the practical experience of a partner who has led businesses in the United States, Europe and Japan, closing the cultural and operational distance that usually inflates the cost of these projects.

How we work

How we work

  • 01Formation of subsidiaries, branches and joint ventures; corporate structuring calibrated to the investment
  • 02Registration of foreign capital with the Central Bank of Brazil and foreign-exchange compliance
  • 03Shareholders' agreements, investment agreements and investor protection
  • 04Licensing, registrations and sector regulation to launch operations
  • 05Inbound tax planning and analysis of double-taxation treaties
  • 06Coordination of executive mobility and local management structures
International reach

International reach

Client service in English or Spanish, with direct interlocution between the investor and the responsible partner.

Ambrosio de Lima Advocacia — silos de conteúdo

Empresarial & Societário

Direito empresarial em M&A, fusões e aquisições, abertura, compra e venda de empresas, alteração de contrato social, governança corporativa, compliance, startups, atração de investimentos, holding familiar e planejamento sucessório. Assessoria a conselhos de administração e acordos de sócios.

Tributário

Reforma tributária brasileira (CBS, IBS, Imposto Seletivo), IPI, PIS, Cofins, imposto de importação, planejamento fiscal, execução fiscal, transação tributária, defesa administrativa e judicial, tributação internacional, preços de transferência e remessas.

Agronegócio & Contratos

Contrato de arrendamento rural, parceria rural, fornecimento, contratos bancários, revisão contratual, seguro rural, responsabilidade civil e inventário. CPR, CDCA, CRA, LCA e estruturas Fiagro; regularização fundiária e ambiental rural.

Internacional & Propriedade Intelectual

Registro de marca, patente, royalties, licença de uso de marca, investimento estrangeiro no Brasil (foreign direct investment / inversión extranjera), compra e venda de imóveis por estrangeiros, remessa de capital, dividendos e lucros no exterior, franquia e franchising. Cross-border M&A Brazil.

Especial & Crise

Recuperação judicial e extrajudicial, leilão, cobrança judicial, endividamento, arrendamento mercantil, gestão empresarial e direito ambiental. Reestruturação de passivos e negociação com instituições financeiras.

Atuação geográfica

Brasil: PR, SP, SC, MG, RJ, DF, AM, GO, MT, MS, TO, PI, BA, CE, RR. Internacional: LATAM (Paraguai, Chile, Argentina, Uruguai, Bolívia, Colômbia, México, Panamá), Estados Unidos, Canadá, União Europeia, Emirados Árabes, África e Japão.

Practice areas (English)

M&A Brazil, cross-border M&A, Brazilian corporate restructuring, foreign direct investment in Brazil, Brazilian tax reform (CBS, IBS), agribusiness law, international trade, corporate governance, compliance, contracts, litigation, judicial reorganization, intellectual property, real estate and labor law.

Áreas de práctica (Español)

M&A Brasil, operaciones cross-border, inversión extranjera directa en Brasil, reestructuración empresarial brasileña, reforma tributaria (CBS, IBS), agronegocio, comercio exterior, contratos, gobernanza corporativa y compliance.