For American companies expanding into Latin America — and foreign companies entering the U.S. End-to-end M&A, with the due diligence, valuation, and integration that make a deal hold. Led by a finance executive with two decades across both markets.
A complete M&A process — minimizing risk, maximizing synergy, and standing up the controls a combined business needs.
Strategy, target sourcing, negotiation, and deal structuring — buy-side and sell-side — with synergy modeled from day one.
Financial, accounting, and tax review: statements and documentation, the real financial position, liabilities present and future, and a clear map of risks and opportunities.
Defensible valuation and financial assessment of a company — for a sale, a raise, a purchase, or planning the next move.
A complete assessment of controls and policies, then standardized processes that strengthen the internal structure — the solid base for sustainable growth.
Integrating the companies that came together — aligning operations, finance, and people to generate and maximize real synergy.
Senior finance leadership on demand — controllership, financial planning & analysis, and treasury, without a full-time hire.
Order is the method. Each stage is the foundation for the next.
We define the objective, the criteria, and the target profile — buy-side or sell-side — and agree the scope before any data moves.
Financial, accounting, and tax study and evaluation: documentation, financial situation, liabilities, and a risk-and-opportunity map.
A defensible value and a clear read of the business — the basis for an offer or a negotiation.
Terms, structure, and the path to close — protecting the upside and pricing the risk.
Operations, finance, and people aligned to capture the synergy the deal was built on.
Standardized internal controls and governance for the new corporation — a solid base for sustainable growth.
American companies expanding overseas — entering or acquiring in Latin America with diligence, valuation, and integration handled by a team that knows the ground.
Foreign companies entering the United States — from the entity and the controls to the acquisition and the post-merger integration, in English, Spanish, or Portuguese.
MAUA is led by Rafael Dantas — a finance executive with 20+ years in mergers & acquisitions, controllership, financial planning, internal controls, auditing, and treasury. He is currently a finance executive at Universal Studios (a U.S. Fortune 500), and has held an executive role at one of the ten largest companies in Brazil.
He has led due-diligence and post-merger integration across Brazil, the U.S., Mexico, Argentina, and the UK.