Complete LATAM Expansion Services

Entering a new market starts with getting your legal structure right. NavviPal manages the entire company formation process in your chosen LATAM jurisdiction, so you can focus on building your business rather than navigating unfamiliar legal and bureaucratic systems.

We advise on the right entity type for your business model, prepare and file all incorporation documents, register your tax ID, and facilitate your corporate bank account introduction in-country. Once your entity is registered, our Operational Setup service gets your office, phone lines, connectivity, and banking running before your team arrives.

Operational setup, also known as soft landing services, covers the practical groundwork a foreign company needs before it can actually operate in a new LATAM market: an office or flexible workspace, local phone lines and SIM cards, internet and connectivity, utility accounts, and an introduction to a corporate bank. None of this is covered by company formation itself, and gaps here are what delay a team's start date even after the entity is legally registered.

NavviPal coordinates each piece directly with local providers and introduces your finance team to banks that work with foreign-owned entities, so your team can be operational in-country as soon as your entity is formed, not months later.

Many Latin American jurisdictions legally require that every registered company has at least one resident director on the official company record. For foreign-owned businesses without a local presence, this requirement can be a significant barrier.

NavviPal supplies a qualified, in-country local director who is appointed to your company record solely to satisfy this legal requirement. Your local director acts exclusively on your company's instructions and plays no operational role.

Operating a legal entity in Latin America comes with a series of ongoing accounting and tax obligations that are complex, jurisdiction-specific, and non-negotiable.

NavviPal connects your entity with in-country accounting professionals who understand the local tax landscape and manage your bookkeeping, declarations, and reporting on your behalf.

Closing a company in Latin America is not as simple as stopping operations. Whether you are exiting a market, ending a joint venture, or managing an insolvency, every jurisdiction requires a formal legal process: board and shareholder resolutions, the appointment of a registered liquidator, a creditor notice period, final tax filings, and deregistration with the commercial registry, before an entity is considered legally closed. Skipping or mishandling any step can leave directors and shareholders exposed to ongoing tax assessments, fines, or personal liability long after the business has stopped operating.

NavviPal manages the liquidation and dissolution process end to end, coordinating with local counsel, tax authorities, and the commercial registry in each market so your entity is closed correctly and your obligations are formally discharged. Winding down an entity often leaves a final balance to bring home. Our Repatriation of Funds service advises on moving that balance out compliantly.

Tax advisory covers the cross-border structuring decisions and local compliance guidance a foreign company needs once it has an entity on the ground in Latin America: how to structure intercompany flows, what local filings apply, and how to stay aligned with each country's own tax authority, from Mexico's SAT to Brazil's Receita Federal. Getting this wrong does not usually surface immediately. It surfaces at an audit or at exit.

NavviPal connects your finance team with in-country tax professionals who advise on structuring, ongoing compliance, and coordination with your global tax position, so your local entity's tax treatment holds up to scrutiny in its own jurisdiction and in front of your home-country auditors.

Transfer pricing rules require that transactions between related entities, including cross-border sales, management fees, royalties, and intercompany loans, be priced as if the parties were unrelated. Most Latin American jurisdictions with a foreign-owned subsidiary require some form of local file or informative return documenting how those prices were set, and the specific thresholds and formats differ by country.

NavviPal coordinates transfer pricing documentation and compliance for your LATAM entity, working from your group's intercompany structure to produce the local file, master file coordination, and informative filings each jurisdiction requires.

Hiring employees in Latin America means operating under the local jurisdiction's own employment law, including its own contract requirements, mandatory benefits, termination rules, and payroll obligations, from the day of your first hire. This is different from using an employer of record, and only applies once you have your own entity: hiring through your own LATAM entity means your company, not a third-party EOR, carries the employment relationship and its obligations directly.

NavviPal's HR advisory supports your entity through hiring, payroll setup, and ongoing employment law compliance, so your local team is hired and paid correctly from the first payroll cycle.

Repatriating profits out of a Latin American entity, whether as dividends, royalties, management fees, or a capital reduction, is subject to local withholding tax and, in some countries, central bank or foreign exchange reporting requirements. The compliant path and the applicable withholding rate depend on the payment type, the jurisdiction, and whether a tax treaty applies between the local country and your home country.

NavviPal advises on the compliant route for repatriating funds from your LATAM entity, coordinating with your tax advisory engagement so dividends, royalties, and capital movements are structured, withheld, and reported correctly in the local jurisdiction.