LegalBR is a corporate services and paralegal firm that acts as the corporate arm of companies and business groups in Brazil. We keep filings, corporate books, powers of attorney, registrations and deadlines in order every day, so that expansion, M&A, financings and foreign investment move forward without surprises.
About LegalBR, corporate services and paralegal support in Brazil
LegalBR was born from corporate practice, and practice taught us that the problem is rarely the law. It is the lack of someone who looks after corporate matters every day, with the same rigour the company gives to strategy. We are that someone: a corporate services team that joins the group’s key fronts and takes ownership of the entire corporate layer.
- São PauloHeadquartered in Barra Funda, from where we coordinate filings with registries, notaries and authorities across the country.
- All of BrazilCommercial Registries, city halls and state authorities, directly or through local correspondents.
- Global reachNo language barriers: service and documents in the language of shareholders and parent companies, wherever they are.
The hidden cost
of corporate gaps.
It never shows up in the budget or at the board meeting. It shows up on signing day, at closing, or when the company cannot issue an invoice. These are the symptoms we see most often in companies that come to us.
- 01
The power of attorney expired and nobody knew.
So the bank refuses the transaction on signing day.
- 02
The registry sent the filing back for the third time.
A registration that should take days takes months, while the deal waits.
- 03
The corporate books only surface in due diligence.
The buyer finds the gap before you do, and it turns into a price discount.
- 04
A clearance certificate expired the day before closing.
The financing is postponed and the lender asks for more collateral.
- 05
The group’s history lives in one person’s inbox.
When that person leaves, the corporate memory leaves too.
- 06
The foreign shareholder signs what they cannot read.
Headquarters is slow to approve, sends documents back and loses confidence in the process.
- 07
A tax registration was suspended and invoicing stopped.
One forgotten registration can freeze the revenue of the entire company.
Why the market
falls short.
We looked at how companies handle corporate matters in Brazil today. Each model gets something right, but they all leave the same gap: nobody owns the group’s day-to-day corporate life.
Large consultancies and global providers
Brand, scale and international coverage, plus the capacity to handle complex structures.
Layered teams, hand-offs and turnover. Every simple filing costs and takes as long as a project.
Filing agents and registration brokers
Low price and speed, but only for the filing requested.
Reactive work limited to a single filing, with no view of the group, no calendar and no organised history.
Accounting firms and digital platforms
Automation and volume, but for companies with simple structures.
Corporate work is a side service. Corporations (S.A.), multi-entity groups, corporate books and foreign shareholders fall outside the standard package.
The missing corporate arm
The technical depth of a consultancy, the hands-on execution of a dedicated team and continuous control over the entire group.
- Senior team from assessment to registration
- From one company to hundreds, in batches
- Scope and fees agreed upfront
- In the language of the decision-makers
Between expensive strategy and cheap filings there is a layer nobody owned: the one that keeps the group in order every day. That is where LegalBR works.
How we work.
Six commitments that change how corporate services are delivered. They are not add-ons: they are the standard for every engagement we take on.
A living corporate map
Every company in the group, with its shareholders, directors, mandates, powers of attorney, books and registrations in a single map, updated with every registered filing.
In practiceThe status of any company in the group is available in minutes, not days.
A calendar that looks ahead
Annual meetings, approval of accounts, mandates, powers of attorney, certificates and licences monitored in advance across every company.
In practiceThe alert arrives before the deadline, with the draft already prepared.
One owner, from assessment to registration
The person who understands the transaction is the one who drafts, files and answers the registry. No hand-offs between layers.
In practiceOne name, one channel and no information lost along the way.
Review before filing
Every filing is checked against the destination registry’s history of requirements and the rules of DREI, the national registry authority, before it is submitted. When a requirement is unfounded, we request reconsideration.
In practiceFewer back-and-forths and timelines you can actually plan around.
No language barriers
Global service, with side-by-side bilingual documents in the language of shareholders and parent companies abroad.
In practiceHeadquarters understands what it signs and approves faster.
Technology with senior review
Automation and artificial intelligence for deadline control, document checks and the status of every filing, always with human review.
In practiceThe scale of a platform with the care of a dedicated team.
- 15 to 30 daysto set up a company ready to operate, unless specific licences are required
- Globalservice without language barriers, with bilingual documents
- All of BrazilCommercial Registries, city halls and state authorities
- 5.0 on Googleaverage rating from 20 client reviews
What drives us.
Mission, vision and values written to be held to account. Each one shows in the way we work.
Keep companies’ corporate layer in order, so that no business decision ever waits for a registration.
To be the reference corporate arm for groups operating in Brazil, with global-standard execution and service in each client’s language.
Values
06Always simple
We keep the complexity. The client gets clarity: what will be done, when and by whom.
Ethics and transparency
Scope, timeline and fees agreed before the first filing, with government fees disclosed separately.
Named accountability
Every filing has an identified owner, from assessment to the archive of registered documents.
Results on record
We measure our work by approved filings and unlocked transactions, not by hours spent.
Continuous improvement
Every registry requirement we receive becomes a documented lesson and a rule in our review process.
Discretion
Strategic transactions require confidentiality. We do not disclose clients, transactions or documents.
Who works
with LegalBR.
Reviews published by clients on Google, translated from Portuguese.
Excellent professionals: approachable, dedicated and practical in solving the issue.
Besides solving my problem, they patiently explained every step of what they were doing, which gave me much more confidence.
Setting up or growing
in Brazil?
Tell us about your company and plans. We reply with a scope, an estimated timeline and our fees per filing, with no obligation.
LegalBR Assessoria e Consultoria Empresarial Ltda. provides corporate services, paralegal support and business consulting and does not provide services reserved to lawyers under Brazilian law. When a matter requires a lawyer, it is handled by a duly licensed professional of the client’s choice.