Our company

Independent. Insightful. Transformational.

About

Founded in 2001, Camaya Partners is an M&A advisory firm with offices in Brazil and the US. We specialize in cross-border transactions, combining technical excellence with strategic vision, and providing comprehensive advisory services for complex business transactions.

Industry experience

Our team has expertise in various industry dynamics and is organized to ensure agility in project execution. Our knowledge covers nearly the entire value chain across multiple sectors, from developing leadership strategies and anticipating trends to operational areas involving supply chain, product, customers, and competition. These are some key industries where we operate:

Agribusiness

Food & Beverage

Apparel & Footwear

Retail

Construction

Education

Energy

Manufacturing

Pharmaceutical

Cosmetics

Plastics

Chemicals

Healthcare

Services

Technology

Logistics

Our core advisory services

We provide sell-side and buy-side advisory services, the sale of equity stakes, valuation services, post-acquisition integration, and internationalization of companies. In specific cases, we invest in projects where we see significant financial, intellectual, and networking value being added, involving distressed assets or startups.

Our team

01.

João Eliezer Cunha Guimarães

Founding Partner

Founding partner of Camaya Partners, he has solid experience in mergers and acquisitions operations, having advised throughout his career on various transactions in the services, retail, civil construction, technology, food and beverages, medical devices, and chemicals sectors, among others. He is also a board member of Evertrend, a SaaS platform focused on Customer Experience Management. He led the restructuring process of Montelac Alimentos S/A., a company in which he also acquired indirect equity stake. Prior to Camaya Partners, he held executive positions in Finance and Operations at companies such as AT&T, IBM, and Lockheed Martin. He holds a degree in Business Administration from FEA-PUC/SP and an MBA from FIA-USP.

02.

Junio Fuentes

Associate

Specialist in company valuation, Junio is associated with Camaya for special projects, having recently concentrated his work on infrastructure projects, especially in heavy construction, sanitation, oil and gas, and energy. He holds a degree in Public Administration from EAESP-FGV, with a master’s degree in business administration and a doctorate in finance from FEA-USP. He was co-author of the books “Financial Calculation of Treasuries” and “Credit – Analysis and Risk Assessment,” and professor of the “Portfolio Theory” course at Saint-Paul Institute of Finance.

03.

Robson Freitas

Partner

Partner at Camaya Partners, he works in the mergers and acquisitions area. Previously, he was Vice President of Business and New Technologies at CTC – Centro de Tecnologia Canavieira, the world’s leading company in the development of sugarcane technologies. He also served as Director of Business Development Latin America at BP (British Petroleum), for 10 years across 5 business units. Before BP, he held leadership positions at global companies such as McKinsey & Co. and Enron International. He holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering from UnB-University of Brasília and has a master’s and doctorate (PhD) from the University of Texas. He also has post-graduate studies in Logistics and Transportation from the University of Miami and in Business Administration from McKinsey & Co in Clearwater, Florida.

Transactions

Over the past 24 years, Camaya Partners has advised on transactions with a combined value exceeding $3 billion across various industries and transaction types. Our experience encompasses sell-side advisory, buy-side advisory, stake sales, valuation services, post-acquisition integration, and internationalization services for companies.