A global organisation of M&A advisory services.
Established in 2004.
46 offices in 36 countries.
Sao Paulo
Represented by
Cypress Associates
Unique place where you find diversified set of skills, expertise and relationships that make a difference in corporate finance transactions.

M&A Worldwide is represented in Brazil
by Cypress Associates.
FIND US:
Av. Brigadeiro Faria Lima, 4.221 – Cj. 61 – Itaim Bibi – São Paulo – SP CEP: 04538-133 Brazil
+551120504050
Our team

Carlos Parizotto

Luiz Felipe Alves

Eduardo Borges

Marcelo Coppla

Fabio Matsui

Pedro Shaw

Marcos Hiran Silva

Cristina Villela

Giulianno Perri

Founding Partner
Carlos Parizotto
Working in financial advisory for 15 years. Previously worked in Management Consulting at Accenture, at Investment Banking at BBA Creditanstalt and in Manufacturing at Procter & Gamble.BSc. in Mechanical Engineering from Unicamp, MBA degree from Harvard Business School and Board Member Certification by IBGC.
Industry experience:
Agriculture; Food; Healthcare; Hotels & restaurants; Information technology; Retail and franchising; Steel, metal, and woodworking.

Founding Partner
Luiz Felipe Alves
Working in financial advisory for 15 years. Previous experience includes important C-level roles in major corporations such as Shell Brasil Telecom and CSN. BSc. in accounting from the Faculdade Celso Lisboa, a graduate degree in Economics.
Engineering from UERJ and Negotiation Skills Program Certificate from Harvard Law School. Investment portfolio manager, Board member of the Brazilian Institute of Corporate Governance (IBGC), and voluntary of Endeavor Institute.
Industry experience:
Agriculture; Business services; Energy & renewables; Information technology; Real estate & facility management; Retail and franchising; Steel, metal, and woodworking; Telecom; Transport & logistics.
Email:alves@m-a-worldwide.com

Founding Partner
Eduardo Borges
Working in financial advisory for 30 years. Previously worked as a partner responsible for Investment Banking and Structured Products at Banco Modal, chairman of the board of directors of Taesa and Damásio Educacional and portfolio manager of private equity funds Modal I, Coliseu and Oil and Gas (joint net worth of US$1 billion). BSc. in Economics from Universidade Cândido Mendes and MBA in Finance from IBMEC.
Industry experience:
Clean technology; Education and training; Energy & renewables; Financial services; Food; Government; Hotels & restaurants; Insurance; Leisure; Retail and franchising; Steel, metal, and woodworking; Telecom; Textile & clothing; Trade; Transport & logistics.
Email:borges@m-a-worldwide.com

Partner
Marcelo Coppla
Working with M&A for 14 years. Previously held executive positions at Bematech, Impsat Comunicações, GE Capital IT Solutions, and IVIX (IBM subsidiary). BSc. in Electrical Engineering from CEFET-PR, MBA in finance at FGV, a post-graduate degree in Marketing from FAE-PR, M&A and Strategic Alliances certificates from Wharton.
Industry experience:
Advertising, PR & marketing; Education and training; Electronics; Information technology; Real estate & facility management; Transport & logistics.
Member of the Logistics & Transportation Industry Group.
Email:coppla@m-a-worldwide.com

Founding Partner
Fabio Matsui
Working in financial advisory for 15 years. Previously worked as Business Consultant at Accenture and held Executive Positions at Credicard, Sent Telecom, Siemens, NEC, and Kodak. BSc. in Electrical Engineering from the Escola de Engenharia Mauá, a postgraduate degree in Business Management from FGV-SP (CEAG), MBA degree from the University of California at Berkeley and Board Member program by IBGC.
Industry experience:
Advertising, PR & marketing; Aerospace & defense; Building & construction; Business services; Education and training; Electronics; Engineering; Information technology; Insurance; Media, printing, and publishing; Real estate & facility management; Retail and franchising; Security; Telecom; Textile & clothing.
Email:matsui@m-a-worldwide.com

Partner
Pedro Shaw
Working in financial advisory for 6 years. Previously worked in Equity Research at Canepa Asset Management and funds at Banco Modal.
BSc. in Economics from IBMEC-RJ.
Industry experience:
Beverages; Clean technology; Energy & renewables; Food; Healthcare; Information technology; Real estate & facility management; Steel, metal, and woodworking; Transport & logistics.
Email:pshaw@m-a-worldwide.com

Partner
Marcos Hiran Silva
Working in financial advisory for 13 years. Previously worked in M&A and strategic planning at Telefonica and Strategy Consulting at Booz Allen Hamilton. BSc. in Mechanical Engineering from Unicamp and MBA degree in General Management from Business School São Paulo (BSP).
Industry experience:
Advertising, PR & marketing; Agriculture; Automotive; Beverages; Chemicals; Electronics; Food; Healthcare; Information technology; Plastics; Retail and franchising; Telecom
Member of Healthcare, Biotech & Pharma Industry Group.
Email:hiran@m-a-worldwide.com

Partner
Cristina Villela
Working in financial advisory for 23 years. Previously worked as partner at Igc Partners, M&A director at Pátria Private Equity Fund and Statutory director at Unibanco, in the Investment Banking area. Bsc. in Business.
Administration from UERJ, MBA in Finance from Fundação Dom Cabral, with extension at Kellogg School of Management.
Industry experience:
Agriculture; Beverages; Education and training; Food; Healthcare; Retail and franchising; Telecom; Transport & logistics.

Partner
Giulianno Perri
Working with finance for over 25 years, having started his career at CCF Brasil Bank, in forex. Partner and executive committee member at Credit Suisse Hedging Griffo’s Private Banking. Structured and partnered XP Investimentos’ Private Banking. Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration at FAAP, Master’s degree at FGV and MBA in Finance at FIPE USP. Securities portfolio manager (CVM).
E-mail:gperri@m-a-worldwide.com