Set up a Brazilian subsidiary for your foreign company.

Foreign company or individual shareholder?

BrazilLaunch supports both structures in standard cases. When the shareholder is a foreign company, onboarding focuses on proving the foreign entity's legal existence, authority, ownership chain and ultimate beneficial owners before the Brazilian entity is filed.

Documents commonly needed from the foreign parent

• Certificate of incorporation or current commercial-registry extract
• Articles, bylaws, operating agreement or equivalent constitutional document
• Current ownership/shareholder information
• Current directors, managers or authorized-signatory evidence
• Identification and address evidence for ultimate beneficial owners and relevant signatories
• Corporate approval for the Brazilian investment where required

Send original-language scans first. BrazilLaunch confirms which documents need apostille/legalization and Brazilian sworn translation.

Brazilian subsidiary vs. foreign branch

For many international companies, a locally incorporated Brazilian entity is operationally simpler than a foreign branch. Branch structures can involve a different authorization route and are treated as manual-review cases. BrazilLaunch's standard self-service formation offer is centered on an eligible Brazilian LTDA.

After incorporation

Foreign-owned Brazilian companies typically need ongoing accounting, tax compliance, corporate maintenance and properly structured local representation/administration. Brazil Complete is designed to bundle recurring support for eligible standard operations.