Strategic Thinking and Proactive Representation for Your Business

Reaping the benefits of the global economy means knowing how to navigate across widely-varying legal systems. Almeida Advogados partners with Brazilian and foreign companies to protect and grow their investments in Brazil and abroad.

Almeida Advogados’ multi-disciplinary team assists both Brazilian and foreign clients to protect their foreign investments by:

• Managing and advising on administrative and judicial proceedings, actively participating in defining strategies and seeking conflict resolution;

• Advising on regulatory matters, especially regarding the rules of the Brazilian Central Bank and the Brazilian Federal Revenue on foreign investments in the country;

• Drafting and negotiating financing agreements, loans, operational and financial leasing, credit conversion and other documents used for foreign investment;

• Providing specialized tax advice, with particular emphasis on tax planning for receiving royalties, dividends and other financial transactions related to foreign investment;

• Counseling Brazilian clients on repatriating funds and regularizing assets held abroad;

• Advising Brazilian clients on their investments abroad;

• Assisting with the formation and operation of foreign companies’ Brazilian subsidiaries.