Foreign Exchange and International Investments
FreitasLeite offers its clients specialized legal advice on the foreign exchange and international investments segment.

• Legal advice on the legal treatment of foreign investments in the country, by means of direct investments, loans, forward foreign currency agreements, pre-export finance agreements and other types of financing;
• Registration of foreign investments and international loans at the Brazilian Central Bank;
• Advice in connection with remittances of payments across borders and repatriation of foreign funds;
• Support to clients in conversions between several types of assets held by foreigners, such as loans into direct investment, direct investment into financial portfolio investment;
• Legal advice in remitting and receiving international money transfers;
• Legal advice in import and export transactions, and other foreign trade matters;
• Legal advice in special authorization requests to the Brazilian Central Bank and the Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission (“CVM”).