Our partners combine a long track record of deal experience in relevant transactions in premier institutions in Brazil and abroad.

Mr. Soter is a senior partner and founder of Sinchro Partners and has more than 25 years of professional experience.

Prior to Sinchro Partners, Mr. Soter was president of Librapar, and before that Mr. Soter was Partner and COO at the Brazilian operations of Lazard, the preeminent international investment bank.

Mr. Soter started his career as a lawyer and was one of the founding partners of Barbosa, Müssnich and Aragão (“BMA”), a leading Brazilian corporate law firm. 

Mr. Soter led one of the firm’s M&A teams and was BMA’s first Managing Partner, position that he held until leaving the firm in 2009.

Mr. Soter has a Master of Science in Management (MSx – Sloan) degree from Stanford Graduate School of Business and a Bachelor of Laws degree from Catholic University in Rio de Janeiro – PUC Rio

Mr. Rodarte is a senior partner and founder of Sinchro Partners and has more than 20 years of professional experience.

Prior to Sinchro Partners, Mr. Rodarte spent more than 11 years at Lazard, the preeminent international investment bank, as a Partner of the Brazilian operations and member of Brazil’s management team.

Previously, Mr. Rodarte worked at the M&A group of UBS Investment Bank in New York, and before that at Roland Berger Strategy Consultants in São Paulo and Lisbon.

Mr. Rodarte received a Masters of Business Administration (MBA) with Honors from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and a BSc in Mechanical Engineering from University of Campinas, UNICAMP

Mr. Silberman joined Sinchro in 2023 as a senior partner and has more than 30 years of professional experience.

Before joining Sinchro, Mr. Silberman acted as co-head of M&A LatAm in the Investment Banking division of Bank of America, focused on Brazil. Before that, worked for more than 16 years at Credit Suisse and was co-head of M&A for Emerging Markets and a member of the Global Investment Banking Committe at Credit Suisse.

Currently, Mr. Silberman is also a board member at CEMIG.

Mr. Silberman holds a PhD in Finance from USC Marshall - California, a Masters in Industrial Engineering from PUC-RJ and a BSc in Industrial Engineering from UFRJ-RJ.

Mr. Pelegrina is a partner and joined Sinchro Partners in 2019, with more than 15 years of experience in M&A and Restructuring transactions.

Prior to Sinchro Partners, Mr. Pelegrina was a partner at Estáter, a leading M&A boutique in Brazil, focused on complex transactions and engaged in some of the largest deals in Brazil in the past decade.

Mr. Pelegrina was directly involved in transactions in numerous sectors such as Infrastructure, Fuel Distribution, Oil & Gas, Petrochemicals, Pulp & Paper, Media, IT, Industrials, among others.

Mr. Pelegrina holds a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from University of São Paulo (POLI – USP).

Mr. Giacometti is a partner at Sinchro Partners, has 15 years of work experience and more than R$450 billion in transactions closed.

Before joining Sinchro in 2023, Mr. Giacometti was the head of coverage for the Consumer, Retail & Agribusiness sectors at Credit Suisse in Brazil for nearly 3 years, where he led M&A, strategic capital raising, and equity capital markets transactions.

Prior to this role, Mr. Giacometti worked for 11 years at Lazard, the preeminent international investment bank, and also covered the Consumer, Retail & Agribusiness sectors in São Paulo and, for 4 years, in New York, focusing on M&A and strategic capital raising transactions.

Mr. Giacometti holds a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration from Insper - Instituto de Ensino e Pesquisa (summa cum laude).

Mr. Moreira is a partner and joined Sinchro Partners in 2019, with more than 10 years of experience in M&A and Restructuring transactions.

Prior to Sinchro Partners, Mr. Moreira worked for more than 6 years at Rothschild, being directly involved in local and cross-border transactions and restructuring processes in numerous sectors, including Financial Institutions, Infrastructure, Real Estate, Agribusiness, Media, Retail, among others.

Mr. Moreira holds a bachelor’s degree in Economics from Insper Instituto de Ensino e Pesquisa.