Capital Dynamics is a Swiss company that offers advise to private equity investors and has thus far, advised funds summing up to over $21 billion under its management. The company reported Thursday it will commence its Sao Paolo operations with an office to be headed by its Vice President, Filipe Cerqueira Caldas. Currently, the Swiss company has seven other offices and expects that its new operations will enable it get co-investment and clean energy investment opportunities, in addition to building links with other domestic fund managers.

The Latin American market has attracted interest from many funds such as the May investment by UK based Apax Partners with the acquisition of a 54.2% stake in Tivit Terceirizacao de Tecnologia e Servicos. The $485 million investment in the Brazilian Stock Exchange Listed information technology and outsourcing Services Company marked Apax entry into the Latin American market.

In the meantime, co-founder and managing director, The Carlyle Group, David Rubenstein said emerging markets like Brazil’s are currently very attractive areas for private equity investments, with Advent International concluding its fifth fund worth $1.65 billion in Latin America in April, marking the Continent’s biggest fund to date.  At the same time, reports surfaced that an American buyout company, Warburg Pincus plans to re-introduce its presence in the country with an office opening in Sao Paolo. The company closed its Brazilian operations office in unknown circumstances.

Capital Dynamics Head of the new Brazilian Sao Paolo office, Caldas said the office is proof of the company’s growth expectations, reiterating the company’s confident nature on Latin America’s vast opportunities, coupled with its commitment to the continent. He said that the office, together with its domestic investment professionals in the country will enable the company recognize and expand domestic business networks.

In April, the Latin America Venture Capital Association (LAVCA) reported in a survey that private equity and venture capital investment in the continent fell less in 2009 when compared to other global markets. According to LAVCA, Latin American investments peaked at $3.3 billion in 2009, a 29% fall from 2008, whereas fundraising fell 43% to $3.6 billion.

Based in New York, the International Law firm has had a long stint in Latin America and its portfolio includes a full range of legal services inclusive of mergers and acquisitions, project finance, private equity, corporate finance, venture capital and emerging companies, commercial and products liability litigation amongst a host of other services. According to the announcement, the new Sao Paolo office operations will commence as soon the investment gets approval from the Brazilian Bar. The details of the amount paid for the property were not however disclosed.

The investment is expected to get stamping over the coming few weeks, with the two new experts expected to bring in extensive expertise on structural finance, cross border finance, trade and securitization transaction operations in the country. Chadbourne partners said the success and development of the firm’s Latin American business, together with Brazil’s burgeoning importance in the global economy, had motivated their move, terming it “decisive,” and adding that it is aimed at enabling the firm gain further capabilities in the country.

They further reiterated their expectation that the country’s focus and strong international finance experience will help strengthen the firm’s capabilities given the fact that it has been active in the Brazilian market for 15 years. However, the firm vowed to push on with steps to reinvigorate its place as a predominant legal firm in the Brazilian market.

The new Sao Paolo office makes the American firm the second New York based firm to have operations in Brazil and Mexico, Latin America’s two biggest economies. The firm’s expertise in international finance and project finance together with its long presence in the region is expected to offer it a platform to serve its customers and expand considerably. The firm’s new office in Brazil will be multi-disciplinary, but will bias on cross border mergers and acquisitions, international bank finance, project finance, capital markets, private equity and international arbitration.

The company has twelve partners in Brazil and is one of the few American law firms ranked by Chambers Latin America for its services across multiple disciplines. The firm has other global operations in Mexico City, London, Moscow, Poland, Dubai and Beijing