M&A Advisory | Brasil

Strategic transactions for owners, investors, and growing companies.

Fides Invest advises mergers, acquisitions, capital partnerships, and divestitures with discretion, rigor, and senior involvement from first conversation to closing.

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Buy-side Opportunity search, approach, diligence coordination, negotiation support
Sell-side Preparation, investor outreach, process management, transaction execution
Capital Strategic partnerships, growth capital, structured alternatives

Built for consequential decisions

Independent advice when the stakes are ownership, continuity, and value.

Fides Invest works with entrepreneurs, family groups, corporate shareholders, investment funds, and strategic buyers. We combine transaction discipline with market intelligence, hands-on preparation, and a clear understanding of how Brazilian businesses actually operate.

Our role is to protect the quality of the decision, create competitive tension where appropriate, and keep sensitive conversations moving with seriousness and confidentiality.

Advisory platform

Full-cycle M&A support for companies of all sizes.

Sell-side M&A

Positioning, materials, valuation logic, buyer mapping, controlled outreach, process management, negotiation, and closing support.

Buy-side origination

Target mapping, thesis development, discreet approach, comparative analysis, diligence organization, and transaction strategy.

Capital partnerships

Strategic investors, financial sponsors, growth capital, minority transactions, joint ventures, and structured alternatives.

Strategic preparation

Readiness assessment, value drivers, governance narratives, documentation, data room planning, and shareholder alignment.

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Sector focus

Deeply practical across asset-heavy, regulated, and relationship-driven markets.

Fides advises across industries, with particular focus on sectors where ownership transitions require market access, trust, operational fluency, and disciplined execution.

Real estate Education Farms and agribusiness Logistics Insurance Mining rights Hospitality Industrial and services Family businesses Growth companies

How we work

A disciplined process with senior judgment at every step.

1

Understand

We clarify objectives, shareholder priorities, constraints, timing, value drivers, and the right transaction path.

2

Prepare

We refine the equity story, build materials, organize information, map counterparties, and calibrate valuation expectations.

3

Approach

We manage discreet market outreach, qualify interest, protect confidentiality, and create a serious process.

4

Negotiate

We support proposals, diligence, structure, documentation, and closing dynamics with focus on the client's outcome.

Founding partners

Led by Valmir Gomes and Sérgio Resende.

Fides Invest was founded to provide senior, discreet, and technically grounded M&A advice to business owners and investors in Brazil. The firm is built around direct partner involvement, thoughtful positioning, and a relationship network developed across transactions, capital, and operating companies.

Valmir Gomes

Founding Partner

M&A advisory, strategic negotiations, shareholder guidance, and transaction execution.

Sérgio Resende

Founding Partner

Corporate finance, investor relationships, sector analysis, and acquisition strategy.
Discretion Confidential market conversations managed with care.
Strategy Clear transaction logic before outreach begins.
Trust Senior involvement and transparent client alignment.
Results Execution focused on value, certainty, and timing.

Confidential contact

Discuss a transaction, acquisition thesis, or capital partnership.

Share a brief note and the Fides Invest team will respond directly. Sensitive information should be exchanged only after an appropriate confidentiality protocol is in place.