{"id":3108,"date":"2020-04-16T14:11:27","date_gmt":"2020-04-16T12:11:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wagner-arbitration.com\/?p=3108"},"modified":"2024-03-18T11:45:24","modified_gmt":"2024-03-18T09:45:24","slug":"setting-up-a-company-in-brazil-as-a-foreign-investor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wagner-arbitration.com\/de\/2020\/04\/16\/setting-up-a-company-in-brazil-as-a-foreign-investor\/","title":{"rendered":"Setting up a company in Brazil as a foreign investor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imf.org\/~\/media\/Files\/Publications\/WEO\/2019\/October\/English\/text.ashx?la=en\">World Economic Outlook<\/a> published by the International Monetary Fund, Brazil is currently the 9<sup>th<\/sup> largest economy in the world. This position tends to only improve, as the projection for 2020 shows that economic activity in the country should gain traction throughout this year.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Considering that this prospective scenario is prone to attracting foreign investment into Brazil, this contribution shall provide an overview of the procedure to establish a company in Brazil with a specific focus on the <em>Sociedade de Responsabilidade Limitada<\/em>, the Brazilian version of a limited liability company, and to that end, addresses the following relevant aspects:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>general requirements<\/strong> for starting a business in Brazil, both those applicable strictly to foreign investors (<em>see item I, Requirements for foreign investors <\/em>) and those pertinent to all companies set up in Brazil (<em>see item I, General Requirements<\/em>);<\/li>\n<li>overview of the two most common <strong>types of legal entities in Brazil<\/strong>: <em>Sociedade de Responsabilidade Limitada<\/em> and <em>Sociedade An\u00f4nima (see item II)<\/em>;<\/li>\n<li>the procedure for starting a <strong><em>Sociedade de Responsabilidade Limitada<\/em><\/strong> in Brazil, which is the Brazilian version of a limited liability company (<em>see item III<\/em>);<\/li>\n<li><strong>special visa requirements<\/strong> for those investors who may be interested in moving to Brazil (<em>see item IV<\/em>); and<\/li>\n<li>specific areas of business in which foreign investors are subject to <strong>certain restrictions<\/strong> due to their relevance to public interest (<em>see item V<\/em>).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to the World Economic Outlook published by the International Monetary Fund, Brazil is currently the 9th largest economy in the world. 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