Legal protection in buying, selling, and leasing property in Brazil
In a Brazilian real estate transaction, the risk is rarely in the property itself. It is in the paperwork: an encumbrance on the title that nobody checked, an expired certificate, a contract that failed to cover the one scenario that actually happened, a registration that was never completed.
That is the part we handle. We review the title and the seller’s documentation, draft and revise the contracts, and follow the transaction through to registration with the local real estate registry. For Brazilians living abroad and for foreign investors in the Brazilian market, we act under power of attorney — you do not need to be present for the transaction to be handled properly.
Our Services
- Title and document review — property registration, certificates, liens, attachments, and pending claims
- Real estate due diligence — assessment of risks tied to both the property and the seller before signing
- Purchase and sale agreements — drafting and review
- Residential and commercial lease agreements — drafting, review, and security provisions
- Legal advisory throughout the purchase or sale — from negotiation to deed
- Representation under power of attorney — for clients outside Brazil
- Title regularization and registration — handled with the local real estate registry
- Succession and ownership structuring — how the property is held, and planning around it
- Referral to credentialed professionals — licensed brokers and appraisers, when the transaction calls for it
Talk to us before you sign
Most problems in a real estate deal were already written into a document nobody read closely.