Investment in Brazil

In the past years, Brazil has consolidated its position as a strong and attractive global player with a high degree of economic diversification and is currently the seventh largest economy in the world. The country is a vigorous democracy, with free multiparty elections and strong institutions.

The economic development of the past years resulted in an expanded mass consumer market and increased social equality, an environment of institutional stability and increased social cohesion. Nearly 40 million Brazilians experienced significant improvements in their life conditions. In addition, Brazil has a large and fast growing consumer market, comprising 205 million people (IBGE).

Its democratic government, stable financial system and huge domestic market make Brazil a safe place for investment and gives it the strength to weather international crises. The increase of purchasing power and the investment opportunities in sectors like oil and natural gas, generation and transmission of electrical power, real estate and agribusiness places Brazil as an attractive choice on investment. The country is currently the sixth biggest FDI recipient in the world (UNCTAD).

It has a privileged location in the east-central part of South America, where it borders almost all other South American countries, allowing companies to easily access Latin American and African markets.

Modern, efficient and competitive, the Brazilian agribusiness sector is a prosperous, safe and profitable activity. The strength of Brazilian agribusiness is a result of scientific and technological development in modernizing farming and expanding the industry of agricultural machinery and equipment. The science and technology agenda encourages research in areas that are strategic for economic development, such as energy, aviation and agribusiness, as well as, IT and biotechnology.

Some of the Country’s main competitive advantages are:

• » Leading regional economy
• » Solid investment framework
• » Huge domestic market
• » Global player
• » Innovative hotbed
• » Major infrastructure projects
• » Energy and Agricultural powerhouse
• » Gateway to Latin America
• » Biggest and most diversified science, technology and innovation system of Latin America
• » One of the largest producers and exporters of agricultural products
• » Competitive differential in the sector of aircraft building
• » Competitive differential in the sector of oil exploration in depth water and large offshore oil fields

Brazil is also working to improve its competitiveness and productivity, adopting measures to improve business conditions.

Invesment in Brazil needs to be preceded by preterit, present and future profitability studies, and of the type of investment investor want to do. We need to know the degree of risk that the investor accepted and the type of investment he is looking for. We can assist in the search for investments in real estate (industrial, housing and leisure), and industrial services (mergers and acquisitions, associations or joint ventures), or seach for a particular type of investment.