Has experience in investment banking, restructuring, private equity and wealth management, Luiz founded Makalu in 2018. Before that, he was CFO of Usinas Itamarati during the restructuring process, member of the board of Monama and Grupo Carlos Lyra.
Passionate about sports, he was also a ski instructor in Vail, Colorado.
Bruno Batista
15 years of experience
Bruno Batista
Has experience in company restructuring processes, investment banking, debt structuring and consulting, Bruno was previously a member of the teams at RK Partners, Banco Safra, among others. Throughout his career, he has participated in projects in several industries, with emphasis on engineering, defense, shipbuilding, fertilizers and real estate development.
Matheus Hyashida
15 years of experience
Matheus Hyashida
Has a history of transactions involving ECM, DCM and M&A, Matheus has been part of the Makalu team since 2020. Before that, he was a partner at FG/A for 11 years and worked in the investment banking area at Itaú Unibanco.
Ricardo Brito
16 years of experience
Ricardo Brito
With Raboabnk and Banco Safra in its background, Brito has built a solid career in structured finance, Securitization, DCM and Trade Commodity Finance in the domestic and external markets. In the last 16 years he has been dedicated to food and agribusiness sectors and was responsible for setting up and leading for South America the Value Chain Finance department of the European bank he worked for.
Victor Mello
6 years of experience
Victor Mello
Graduated with honors in economics from Insper, Victor has been with Makalu since 2018. Prior to that, he had worked at Bradesco BBI and Banco BBM, with experience in ECM, M&A and special situations transactions.
Felipe Ciciarelli
6 years of experience
Felipe Ciciarelli
A lawyer graduated from Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie in 2018, Felipe has been a member of the Makalu team since 2019. Prior to that, he worked for the civil litigation and arbitration team at BMA Advogados. He began his career at the law firm Demarest, in the area of labor litigation.
Lucas Correia
9 years of experience
Lucas Correia
Lucas has 9 years of experience in financial markets. Prior to Makalu, he was a partner at SPS Capital, where he focused on special situations and credit platforms deals. Before SPS Capital, Lucas was an investment professional at Tarpon, where he was responsible for coverage and analysis of investments in food and beverage, financial institutions, consumer retail and building materials companies. Lucas started his career at Rothschild, being involved in advisory for M&A and debt restructuring deals. Lucas holds a BA with honours in Economics from Insper.
Vanessa Pegas
10 years of experience
Vanessa Pegas
With us for over 5 years, Vanessa is responsible for the complete administrative area, events and customer contact. Graduated in Translator and Interpreter and with experience at FGV in Financial Accounting and People Management. Vanessa has worked at Ernst & Young, Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Câmara Americana.
José Willian Silveira
8 years of experience
José Willian Silveira
With experience in real estate and debt funds. He has worked in banks and investment fund managers. Economist graduated from the State University of Maringá. José joined Makalu in 2023.
Alex Farina
5 years of experience
Alex Farina
Has passages in the investment banking area at Banco Genial and in the Project finance and M&A area at Daemon Investments, Alex has been at Makalu since 2020. He is an engineer, graduated from Escola Politécnica da USP in 2020.
Matheus Reffatti
3 years of experience
Matheus Refatti
Analyst at Makalu, Matheus graduated in Business Administration at Universidade de São Paulo (FEA-RP).
Has worked for 3 years in DCM and M&A transactions at FGA. Is fluent in Portuguese and English.
Eduardo Almeida
3 years of experience
Eduardo Almeida
Intern at Makalu, Eduardo has worked in the areas of Corporate and Business Law at Brasil Salomão e Matthes Advocacia.
Has academic experience in the areas of Arbitration, Mediation and Business Negotiation, having been speaker and vice-champion of the XIII CAMARB Arbitration and Business Mediation Competition, as well as member of the Arbitration and Mediation Center of USP Ribeirão Preto (NUCAM).
Eduardo is a law student at Faculdade de Direito de Ribeirão Preto (FDRP) at Universidade de São Paulo (USP).
