Olavo Guimaraes

Business Development Manager LATAM​

Americas

Corporate

Olavo Guimaraes
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Area of expertise

  • Cross-border M&A deal advisory
  • Strategy consulting
  • Private equity and venture capital
  • Financial modeling
  • Capital raising
  • Brazil and LATAM
  • Join ventures
  • Foreign trade development

Responsibilities

Olavo is a Business Development Manager for LATAM at Hawksford, focused on building relationships with local corporates, investment funds, family offices and advisers across Brazil and the wider LATAM region. With over 20 years of experience in cross-border investment banking, M&A, business development and international business, he supports clients in identifying and solving complex multi-jurisdictional needs, connecting them with Hawksford’s global corporate, private client and fund services capabilities. His background includes deal origination and execution, transaction structuring, valuation, commercial strategy and international expansion projects across multiple sectors.

Qualifications and memberships

  • MBA - XBA in Exponential International Business Administration
  • Business Management and Foreign Trade
  • MBA in Finance

Notable achievements

  • Structured and closed multiple M&A deals in different sectors such as logistics, food and beverages, energy, agribusiness, financial services among others, with values spanning US$500m
  • Created a transaction services department for one of the top Brazilian full corporate law firms
  • Formed and led a team of corporate finance associates within a prominent consulting boutique with offices in Brazil, Italy and the US
  • Worked on the internationalization projects for LATAM industrial groups
  • Invested, managed and worked on a turnaround of an industrial company that was then sold to investors
  • Amateur tennis player