Our Mission

The primary mission of CDM - CONSULTING AND VENTURES LTD. is to create economic value for its investor-co-partners through the identification and acquisition of assets that provide above-average returns to investors and display significant upside potential and attractive cash flow for institutional investors and company-sponsored partnerships.

Director Newton Waechter da Motta

Newton Waechter da Motta is the Founder, Director and Executive Officer of CDM - CONSULTING AND VENTURES LTD. He has overall responsibility for the asset management, acquisition, and management supervision of the company's business.

Mr. Motta has been active in the development and management of real estate since 1970. Before that, he was technical advisor to real estate investors and developers in his role as a Certified Engineer. Mr. Motta, through his entities, has developed and acquired numerous apartment complexes, office buildings, and condominiums throughout the Brazil.

From 1993 to date, Mr. Motta and his partner entities have acted as investments advisor for Brazil and off-shore investors in real estate investments amounting to more than US$ 85 million in value, involving the development, the purchase and sale of both commercial and multifamily residential properties.

Mr. Motta attended graduate school at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul at Porto Alegre, Brazil and received his Certified Public Engineer license in 1968. He also has been a member of the Civil Construction Industries Syndicate of Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil (Sindicato das Industrias na Construção Civil do Rio Grande do Sul – Brasil), which he is a former Vice President.

Since 1988 Mr. Newton Waechter da Motta is a licensed Attorney in the State of Rio Grande do Sul, and is a member of the Brazilian Attorney Union (Ordem dos Advogados do Brasil). He attended MBA post-graduate course at the Getúlio Vargas Foundation School of Management, at Rio de Janeiro, and received his MBA in Economic Law Certified in 2005.

I. Servicing Needs of Institutional Investors.

Like business advisory service, CDM - CONSULTING AND VENTURES LTD. is able to provide services to both offshore and domestic institutional investors. We document our findings through extensive studies, including economic projections and studies of market trends.

On existing ventures, CDM - CONSULTING AND VENTURES LTD. provides an institutional client with an evaluation of purchase and financing terms. Develop financial analysis, including rates of return analysis, and appraisal services through our partners appraisal firms.

On proposed developments, CDM - CONSULTING AND VENTURES LTD. conducts feasibility studies to establish the functional and financial use of the project, and - if further engaged as a project consultant - is prepared to assume many additional supervisory functions. CDM - CONSULTING AND VENTURES LTD. has arranged several successful joint ventures between developers and both Brazil and offshore institutional financial partners.

II. Project Development and Consulting Services

CDM - CONSULTING AND VENTURES LTD. undertakes and initiates new development projects on behalf of private or institutional investors - and acts as a consultant/supervisor for the project.

In this function, CDM - CONSULTING AND VENTURES LTD. administers all the intricate tasks involved in such a VENTURES, supplying the direction, supervision and professional skills required to ensure the success of the development project.

The broad-ranging functions of CDM - CONSULTING AND VENTURES LTD., in acting as project consultant or supervisor, are to:

• Investigate, select and acquire the most suitable location.
• Prepare an economic analysis to establish budgets.
• Initiate a feasibility study to establish highest functional and financial use.
• Direct the building program to meet the sponsor's requirements.
• Select the design group, including architects, engineers, space planners, etc. and to negotiate their contracts.
• Direct the design development program.
• Establish the construction budget and schedule.
• Establish cash flow requirements.
• Select the general contractor and negotiate the contract.
  Review the selection of subcontractors and the purchase of equipment.
• Establish cost control for design and construction program.
  Establish leasing and property management programs for the project.

Project management integrates widespread functions vital to the success of any new real estate development. Because of the diversity of the activities involved, it is rare that a single individual has the capacity to function in all these aspects. Hence, CDM - CONSULTING AND VENTURES LTD. provides a team of dedicated professionals specializing in each function of the development.

III. Investment Groups

CDM - CONSULTING AND VENTURES LTD. has special expertise in the successful selection and structuring of investment opportunities for investment groups.

Since the 1993, CDM - CONSULTING AND VENTURES LTD. has demonstrated its ability to meet the objectives of individual investors by structuring profitable transactions that reflect the sophisticated legal and accounting considerations which are the keystones of a successful venture.

Through our professionals, CDM - CONSULTING AND VENTURES LTD. has the ability to select investment objectives which most adequately fit the needs of an individual investor, group of investors, or institutional investor - whether preservation of capital, potential capital appreciation, or income.

By carefully monitoring trends and economic developments in other regions of the Brazil and MERCOSUL, we do not have to limit our transactions to any particular area.

All CDM group ventures are structured so that the sponsor's principal compensation is earned only after investors have received the return of their original capital contribution, plus a minimum return on their investment.

IV. Negotiating Acquisitions for Private Investors

Because CDM - CONSULTING AND VENTURES LTD. is accustomed, as a part of its ongoing activities, to analyze and conduct research on opportunitys - examining market values, market trends and regional economic trends in various segments of the Brazil - our associates are in a position to seek out special situations to meet specific investment requirements.

Once a apportunity has been identified that suits the objectives of an investor, CDM - CONSULTING AND VENTURES LTD. conducts a comprehensive analysis, not only from the standpoint of the property as it relates to present income-producing capability, but also in terms of potential for future growth and appreciation.

As an advisor, CDM - CONSULTING AND VENTURES LTD. frequently works based on a negotiated fee from its clients. By having the investor pay such a fee, CDM - CONSULTING AND VENTURES LTD. is in a position to negotiate the lowest possible price from the seller, on a net basis.

CDM - CONSULTING AND VENTURES LTD. is able to identify assets that meet specific investor requirements. CDM - CONSULTING AND VENTURES LTD. frequently acts as advisor to the purchaser, negotiating the acquisition, and handling all of the acquisition due diligence investigation for the purchaser.

We have received assignments from both domestic and offshore private investors. Our investors, in addition to the Brazil, have been from the Mercosul. We have had many confidential assignments where we acted on behalf of a buyer who did not want his identity disclosed during negotiations.

V. Residential and Commercial Condominiums

On behalf of owners and investors alike, CDM - CONSULTING AND VENTURES LTD. offers specialized services in structuring transactions to convert apartment and commercial buildings to condominiums as well as in developing new condominium projects.

In this process, CDM specialists consider all pertinent factors involving the property, including location, quality of construction, tenancy status, expense controls, financing, and taxation - as well as an evaluation of associated risks. If it involves a new construction project, other details are taken in hand: hiring the architectural and engineering team, obtaining development entitlement rights, creating the marketing plan and supervising the sales program.

VI. Sale and Leaseback Arrangements and Financing

A growing form of real estate transaction, particularly favorable to Corporate Ventures, because of tax benefits and the release of capital, is the sale/leaseback arrangement.

Retail buildings and stores; corporate offices and headquarters buildings; research and development facilities; industrial warehouses and manufacturing plants.

For a company desiring to convert illiquid assets into working capital, sale/leaseback arrangements are particularly attractive.

Overall, the benefits of leaseback financing to a property owner are manifold:

• It generates 100% "financing" of business real estate assets.
• There are no restrictions on the use of funds provided by sale/leaseback financing. They may be used for expansion, debt consolidation or reduction, operating capital, or for investment purposes.
• Credit lines with banks, insurance companies or other lenders are generally not disturbed - because negative covenants in borrowing agreements do not usually prevent the debtor from selling and leasing back real estate.
• The net proceeds from the sale of the real estate will appear as an asset on the balance sheet as additional cash (minus provisions for income taxes as a result of any gain on the sale). The net worth of the company is increased on the balance sheet because, in most cases, the equity in real estate realized by a company in a sale/leaseback is greater than the net book value of the property.
• If the transaction is properly structured, the total rent is a deductible item for income tax purposes. This has the effect of deduction non-depreciable land, since the rent includes the right to use the land.
• The seller is assured of the right to occupy the property on a long-term basis on terms, which he has negotiated for his benefit. The seller has the use of the property as though he owned it, without having capital invested in it.
• If the transaction is properly structured, capital improvements built by the lessee may be amortized over the period of the lease. Many times this results in an amortization schedule, which is faster than what would be available by depreciation if the lessee owned the property.