Mr Joamir Müller Romiti Alves > Pinheiro Neto Advogados > Sao Paulo, Brazil > Lawyer Profile

Pinheiro Neto Advogados
RUA HUNGRIA, 1100
SÃO PAULO, SP 01455-906
Brazil
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Work Department

Corporate M&A and Private Equity

Position

Partner.

Career

Joamir Alves has extensive experience in cross-border and local M&A transactions, acting both on the buy-side and on the sell-side of deals in various market segments including retail, real estate, education, industry and energy. Recently, Joamir advised the Vicat Group in their investment in Ciplan Cimento Planalto S.A., marking the entry of Vicat in the Brazilian market. Other recent significant transactions include advising Carrefour in selling a minority stake of their Brazilian business to a fund controlled by Mr. Abilio Diniz, followed by a successful IPO, as well as advising Banco do Brasil in the merger of Neonergia S.A. and Elektro Holdings S.A. forming a BRL 20 billion giant in the energy sector. He has also advised several private equity funds in their investments in Brazil over the past years.
He worked as foreign associate at Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton LLP, USA.

Languages

Portuguese, English, and Spanish

Education

LL.M. from the Harvard Law School – 2011;
Specialization Degree in Law from the Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV) – 2010;
Bachelor’s Degree in Law from the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (PUC-SP) – 2007.

Lawyer Rankings

Brazil > Corporate and M&A: High-end

(Next Generation Partners)

Joamir Müller Romiti Alves – Pinheiro Neto Advogados

Led by the highly regarded Carlos Alberto Moreira Lima Jr, the sizeable corporate and M&A group at Pinheiro Neto Advogados handles a significant volume of large-cap deals on behalf of major multinational and domestic public corporations, privately-held companies, private equity funds and financial investors. The group is equally adept in public and private M&A transactions, and demonstrates strength in cross-jurisdictional mergers, acquisitions, disposals, and joint ventures in a variety of industries, including insurance, infrastructure, agribusiness, energy, life sciences and technology, to name a few. Co-managing partner Fernando Alves Meira possesses an impressive track record in multijurisdictional M&A. Marcelo Viveiros de Moura is especially active in the oil and gas and telecoms industries, while Miguel Tornovsky handles a mix of cross-border deals, corporate reorganisations and PE matters. João Marcelo Pacheco and Joamir Müller Romiti Alves are other names to note for PE and M&A mandates. PE fund managers and corporate clients regularly turn to Eduardo Paoliello Jr. for advice on transactional work. Camila Carvalho Gomes and Tiago Eler Silva handle buy and sell-side instructions in the context of PE and strategic deals in Latin America.