Brazil is Latin America's largest economy and is forecast to grow 5.5% a year until 2013, becoming one of the five largest economies in the world in the decades to come.
Energy and natural resources, led by oil & gas exploration and development, are providing significant drivers to economic growth. Mergers and acquisitions and private equity investment in Brazil have also reached record levels in the past year, while Brazil’s hosting of the Olympics in 2016 and the World Cup in 2014 will have a significant impact on infrastructure and related investments.
CMS Brazil is fully committed to assisting clients investing in this dynamic market and provides a broad range of sophisticated international legal services. The team at CMS Brazil includes four highly qualified partners and senior lawyers who, together, possess more than 60 years of legal practice.
Based in Rio de Janeiro, the centre of Brazil’s booming oil and gas industry, CMS Brazil has, to date, been most active in the oil & gas sector. But our expertise extends to a broader range of energy and natural resource matters, including mining and power generation and transmission, as well as projects and infrastructure. Our lawyers have a wealth of experience in advising on road, rail, ports, shipyards and industrial projects. All CMS Brazil lawyers also have extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and other corporate matters involving a variety of industries and sectors.
CMS Brazil’s partners and senior lawyers have gained experience working in-house with major companies in the natural resources and infrastructure sectors, including at Vale and Intelig Telecomunicações in Brazil, and at National Grid and BP internationally. This allows us to understand our clients’ commercial drivers and offer much more than just technical legal services, including advice on market practice, negotiating positions and risk assessment.
CMS Brazil also draws on the expertise of specialists from other CMS offices throughout the world, according to the circumstances of any assignment in Brazil, in order to provide legal services of the highest international standard which are also adapted and attuned to the specific needs of the Brazilian market.
Brazilian Bar Association regulations currently do not permit any foreign law firm to practice Brazilian law. Therefore, CMS Brazil works in conjunction with select Brazilian-qualified lawyers and law firms for matters requiring specific Brazilian-law input. Our attorneys are fluent in Portuguese and English, which facilitates seamless interaction with Brazilian lawyers and clients. Services to clients can also be provided in French, German, Spanish and Japanese. |