CMS Cameron McKenna has set up a temporary base in Brazil to advise a number of energy clients on projects work, it has emerged.

Energy partners Ted Rhodes and Ivan Londres have been working in the South American country since last autumn on behalf of clients in the firm's energy, projects and construction (EPC) practice.

The news comes after Camerons highlighted Brazil as one of its targeted expansion areas in a new three-year strategy approved in December. However, the firm said it would not set up a formal presence in the country without clearing plans with its network of CMS alliance firms.