Woodbridge Group's Brazilian office allows us to market our sell-side clients to buyers in Brazil - and provides U.S. buyers with opportunities to acquire high-quality, middle-market companies in Brazil. Woodbridge Brazil is headed up by James Locke, an accomplished, multi-lingual strategic advisor to companies seeking to invest and conduct business in Brazil.
Woodbridge Group's clients can have direct access to hundreds of Brazilian opportunities, along with others in the U.S. and elsewhere in the world.
Brazil is the fifth largest country in the world, in area and population (192 million people in 2007). Brazil's GDP is estimated to grow 4.6% in 2008, and in 2007 it ranked 10th in the world in GDP value, according to International Monetary Fund. The country's sound economic policies are attracting increased foreign direct investment. In addition, Brazil has a diversified economy with manufacturing playing a key role in exports, and its growing service sector contributed 56% to total GDP in 2007.
M&A transactions involving a Brazilian buyer and U.S. seller rose an average of 38% between 2005 and 9/12/08 (based on data from Capital IQ).