Mr Joamir Müller Romiti Alves > Pinheiro Neto Advogados > Sao Paulo, Brazil > Lawyer Profile
Pinheiro Neto Advogados Offices
RUA HUNGRIA, 1100
SÃO PAULO, SP 01455-906
Brazil
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Mr Joamir Müller Romiti Alves
Work Department
Corporate, M&A, and Private Equity and Venture Capital.
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)The ‘extremely competent, attentive and technical team’ at Pinheiro Neto Advogados attracts instructions from an impressive corporate client base in relation to their largest and most critical domestic and cross-border transactions. M&A involving publicly-traded companies is a key strength for the department, which is skilled at handling both buy and sell-side mandates. A popular destination for investment banks, venture capital firms and private equity funds, the group is present in all of Brazil’s major industries, having recently experienced an uptick in transactional activity in the technology, agribusiness, education, energy and healthcare sectors. With over three decades’ experience in the M&A and private equity spheres, Carlos Alberto Moreira Lima Jr heads up the corporate group. Alexandre Bertoldi, whose notable areas of practice include M&A, and banking and finance, and his successor as managing partner, Fernando Alves Meira, a veteran in multijurisdictional deals, are also core members of the team. Henry Sztutman is counsel of choice for several private equity firms seeking advice on their investments in Brazil, while private equity deals, corporate reorganisations and M&A are among Miguel Tornovsky’s specialisms. Other noteworthy M&A practitioners include: Joao Marcelo Pacheco; the ‘brilliant’ Eduardo Paoliello Jr.; Andre Vertullo Bernini, who excels in distressed acquisitions and PE investments; Joamir Müller Romiti Alves, a key advisor to private and public companies; Roberta Demange; Camila Carvalho Gomes, who shines in cross-border deals; Cauê Rezende Myanaki; and Tiago Eler Silva Marcelo Viveiros de Moura, who specialises in M&A in the oil and gas and telecoms sectors, is a key individual in Rio de Janeiro. At associate level, Rodolfo Schreuders is active in cross-border M&A and private equity investments.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Banking and finance
- Capital markets
- Competition and antitrust
- Corporate and M&A: High-end
- Tax > Customs
- Dispute Resolution: Arbitration
- Dispute Resolution: Litigation
- Environment
- International trade
- Life sciences
- City focus - Brasilia > Litigation
- Energy and natural resources > Mining
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Tax > Tax advisory
- Tax > Tax litigation
- TMT: Cybersecurity and data privacy
- TMT: Tech, innovation and digital business
- Venture capital
Firm Rankings
- Compliance
- Energy and natural resources > Electricity (and renewable energy)
- Insurance
- Labour and employment
- Projects and infrastructure
- City focus - Brasilia > Public law and regulation
- Real estate
- City focus - Brasilia > Tax
- TMT: Media
- Transport: Aviation
- Wealth and succession planning
- Energy and natural resources > Hydrocarbons
- Intellectual property
- Public law
- Transport: Shipping
- White-collar crime and investigations