AIDA

AIDA, trading as AIDA Empresas, advises companies and business-owning families on ownership, structure and transactions. It combines strategy, valuation and company law work, and lists Brazil among several countries where it operates.

What AIDA offers

• Mergers and acquisitions — support to buy, sell or merge a company, from preparation through to signing.
• Valuation — its own method for putting a defensible value on a business before talks with buyers, funds or partners.
• Corporate governance — advisory boards and alignment between partners, managers and investors.
• Corporate structuring and succession — shareholder agreements, holding companies, reorganisations and succession plans for family firms.
• Fundraising readiness and debt restructuring — preparing firms to attract investors, and turnaround work on liabilities.
• Trademarks and training — trademark registration with Brazil's INPI, plus executive talks and courses through AIDA Academy.

Who it works with

It works with companies of all sizes, founders planning an exit, partners without written agreements and family business groups.

Key facts

• Based in: Brazil
• Countries listed: Brazil, Angola, South Africa, Spain, Portugal, Australia and the United States, among others