A global M&A boom in South America’s largest economy has sparked demand for new legal services. Claudia Farkouh Prado reports

In the last decade we have seen a huge change in the size of deals coming out of Latin America. Just 10 years ago corporate and M&A lawyers rarely saw deals worth more than $100m (£61.5m), and the clients were typically US or European companies drawn to investments in Brazil’s rich natural resources.