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Baker Botts opens office in Brazil
Baker Botts is opening an office in Brazil to take advantage of the country's oil and infrastructure booms.
Rio base attractive to firms as Brazil plays increasingly bigger role in energy sector Endless Traveller
Two partners will man the new Rio de Jaineiro office - a location which was chosen because it is 'the epicentre of Brazil's energy sector', according to managing partner Andrew Baker. The 700-lawyer Houston-based practice will now have nine international offices as well as its six in the US. The firm said in a statement: 'Expansion of its services to clients in Latin America advances the firm’s strategic objective of extending its resources in the U.S., the U.K. and Europe, the Middle East and Asia to clients in energy centers around the world...'
