Joamir Muller Romiti Alves

Lawyer information

Practice Areas

Corporate, M&A, Private Equity and Venture Capital.

Career

Joamir Alves has extensive experience in cross-border and local M&A transactions, acting both on the buy-side and sell-side of deals in various market segments including retail, real estate, education, infrastructure, industry and energy. Recently, Joamir advised Mubadala Capital in their acquisition of the RLAM refinery from Petrobras.

During 2021, Joamir also advised local retailer Cobasi in negotiating the terms of its investment by Kinea, the publicly held company Ser Educacional in acquiring FAEL – a company specialized in distance learning, and industry giant MDias Branco in their acquisition of Latinex.

Other significant transactions include advising Carrefour in selling a stake of their Brazilian business followed by a successful IPO, as well as advising Banco do Brasil in the merger of Neonergia and Elektro Holdings. He has also advised several private equity funds in their investments in Brazil and Brazilian entrepreneurs in the sale of their businesses.

Professional Memberships

Brazilian Bar Association.

New York Bar Association.

Personal

LL.M. from the Harvard Law School.

Specialization Degree in Corporate Law from the Getúlio Vargas Foundation (FGV).

Bachelor's Degree in Law from the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (PUC-SP).

International experience: Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, USA.