A Brazilian law firm since 1983. An international corporate services desk since today.
Brazil Company Setup exists because foreign investors deserve the rigour of a law firm and the convenience of a corporate services provider, in the same engagement and in their own language.
Four decades of practice, one clear mission
ABDO Advogados was founded in 1983 and has advised Brazilian and foreign clients through every economic cycle since: hyperinflation and the Real Plan, the opening of the economy in the 1990s, the commodity boom, the recent wave of digital businesses and the current tax reform.
Over those years the firm saw the same pattern repeat. Foreign founders and companies arrived in Brazil with excellent businesses and were failed by fragmented service: an accountant who could not give legal advice, a virtual office that could not receive service of process, a formation agent who forgot the Central Bank, an immigration consultant who had never seen the articles of association.
Brazil Company Setup is the firm's answer. It brings incorporation, representation, tax address, tax IDs, Central Bank registration, banking, accounting, immigration and legal counsel under one engagement letter, coordinated by a single English-speaking team and supervised by licensed attorneys.
- Your articles and powers of attorney are drafted for your case, not downloaded from a template.
- Your resident representative is a member of the Brazilian Bar, bound by the professional secrecy and ethics rules of the Brazilian Bar Association (OAB).
- Every recommendation on entity type, tax regime and governance is legal advice you can rely on.
- Your communications with our lawyers are protected by the professional confidentiality rules applicable to Brazilian attorneys.
- When a dispute, an audit or a negotiation arises, the firm that built your company defends it.
A firm shaped by Brazil's modern economic history
ABDO Advogados is founded, advising businesses and families in corporate, tax and civil matters.
Brazil opens to foreign investment and the firm builds its practice in cross-border corporate structuring and foreign capital registration.
Growth of the international client base; the firm establishes English-language service as a standard, not an exception.
Digital businesses, marketplaces and SaaS companies become a core clientele; immigration and investor-visa work is integrated with corporate practice.
Fully remote incorporation becomes the norm. The firm launches Brazil Company Setup to serve foreign investors with a single, end-to-end engagement.
How we work
Clarity before commitment
You receive a written structure recommendation and a fixed-fee proposal before any fee is invoiced.
One accountable team
Legal, accounting, banking and immigration are coordinated by one point of contact who owns your timeline.
Compliance is the product
We measure success by what never happens: no missing Central Bank registration, no lapsed filing, no undefended notice.
Your language, your time zone
English, Portuguese and Spanish. Calls scheduled for your working hours, updates you do not have to ask for.
The full-service firm behind the corporate services desk
Brazil Company Setup clients have direct access to every practice area of ABDO Advogados.
Regulated, insured and accountable
Brazilian Bar Association
ABDO Advogados and each attorney who acts for you are registered with the OAB and subject to its ethics code and disciplinary jurisdiction.
Professional secrecy
Communications with our lawyers are protected by the professional confidentiality rules applicable to Brazilian attorneys under the OAB Code of Ethics and the Brazilian Bar Statute.
Written engagement
Every client relationship is governed by an engagement letter that defines scope, fees, responsibilities and the limits of the powers granted to our representatives.
Speak with a Brazilian attorney about your plans
Thirty minutes, in English, at a time that suits your time zone.