Brazilian Real Estate and Property Auction Lawyer in Brasília

Buying, selling or inheriting property in Brazil from abroad means dealing with a registry system, a tax structure and a language that are different from the ones you know. Our role is to make each legal step clear and to conduct it with method, so that your decisions are based on documents, not assumptions.

Who we are

Barreto Marques Advocacia e Consultoria (Barreto Marques Law & Consulting) is a Brazilian law firm with practice focused on real estate law, property auctions and real estate contracts. The firm is led by Rafael Barreto Marques, a lawyer registered with the Brazilian Bar Association (OAB/DF 34.266).

The office is at LED Office, in Taguatinga, Brasília, in the Federal District. We assist clients in person in Brasília and remotely throughout Brazil and abroad. Learn more about the firm and lawyer Rafael Barreto Marques (pages in Portuguese).

How can we help international clients?

We help foreign investors and Brazilians living abroad buy, sell, inherit, regularize and protect property in Brazil. These guides explain each topic in English:

• Property auctions in Brazil: how judicial and bank auctions work, the risks in the notice and the registry record, and what happens after the bid.
• Buying property in Brazil as a foreigner: documents, CPF (taxpayer ID), escritura (public deed), taxes and the registration that makes you the owner.
• Brazilians living abroad: buying, selling, renting out and regularizing property in Brazil without traveling.
• Inherited property in Brazil: inventário (probate) in court or at a notary office, deadlines, inheritance tax and selling the property.
• Power of attorney for property in Brazil: consulate, apostille, sworn translation and e-Notariado.

How does remote service work?

Remote service works through video calls, digital documents and formal signatures made by power of attorney or e-Notariado. You do not need to travel to Brazil for most real estate matters.

1. First conversation by video call, scheduled in your time zone, to understand the situation and the documents available.
2. Document review: matrícula (property registry record), contracts, court records or auction notices.
3. Plan of action with the steps, the documents required and the deadlines that matter.
4. Execution: contracts, notary acts, registration, negotiations or court proceedings, with updates at each stage.

The same process serves clients wherever they live, including the United States, Portugal, the United Kingdom, Canada, Japan, Ireland and Australia.

Why a firm in Brasília for property anywhere in Brazil?

Most Brazilian property law is federal, judicial auctions are held electronically and notaries and registries offer many services online, so a firm based in Brasília can conduct matters involving properties in different states. When local action is needed, we work with notary and registry offices where the property is located.

Brasília also has its own specific issues, such as properties held by cessão de direitos (assignment of rights), condominiums under regularization and public land sales by Terracap, which are part of our daily practice.

How we work

We work with an informative, technical approach. We explain risks and real deadlines, we do not promise results and we treat everything you share under professional secrecy from the first contact. If you read Portuguese, our real estate auction and Brazilians abroad pages have additional material. To describe your situation, you can contact the firm.