Nextplay Capital

Fueling the game. Elevating investments.

M&A · Structured Credit · Club Ownership

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RJ · Brasil 22° · S 43°

Nextplay Holdings · Established 2024 Investment Banking · Sports Capital Edition 2026

The playbook

Every transaction is a studied play. As on the pitch, every piece matters.

01 Setup

We map the field .

Asset analysis, regulatory context and value-creation vectors. Before moving capital, we understand where it earns most.

02 The move

We design the play .

Bespoke financial, legal and sporting structuring. Each deal has its own geometry — we don’t run templates.

03 Next play

Capital that unlocks value.

Closing is the start. Ownership, governance, commercial model: we stay in the game until the asset unlocks its full thesis.

Playbook

— The playbook

Every transaction is a studied play. As on the pitch, every piece matters.

01Setup

We map the field.

Asset analysis, regulatory context and value-creation vectors. Before moving capital, we understand where it earns most.

02The move

We design the play.

Bespoke financial, legal and sporting structuring. Each deal has its own geometry — we don’t run templates.

03Next play

Capital that unlocks value.

Closing is the start. Ownership, governance, commercial model: we stay in the game until the asset unlocks its full thesis.

Playbook

— Manifesto

01
Our thesis

Brazilian football needs patient, sophisticated capital that understands the game.

Nextplay was founded to be the bridge between global institutional investors and the world’s most passionate sports ecosystem. We operate with the rigor of an investment bank and the instincts of people who grew up inside the sport — because one without the other destroys value.

“Capital without understanding sport is amateur. Sport without understanding capital is unsustainable.”

— Pedro Weber, CEO

— By the numbers

Twenty years in the game.
Conviction in every deal.

Approximate figures consolidated across the partners’ trajectory.

20+

years in the sports industry

structured transactions

$500M

in assets under mandate

A · M&A B · Crédito C · Ownership

— Areas of activity

Three fronts, one thesis:
unlocking value in sport.

M&A

Mergers, acquisitions and strategic partnerships

We advise and execute operations across the global football market, connecting qualified investors to clubs, SAFs and relevant sporting assets.

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Structured Credit

Bespoke financing solutions

We design debt structures that support growth, infrastructure modernization and operations — aligned with the underlying asset’s revenue generation.

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Ownership & Management

Club acquisition and management

We acquire, manage and develop football clubs, elevating sporting performance, commercial value and sustainability through hands-on leadership.

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— Team

20+ years in football.

A rare combination — and the reason investors choose us.

Founding Partner & CEO

Pedro Weber

10 years in financial markets as partner at MSW (M&A). Founding partner of Grupo Lifepro and former CEO of Azure Jay Holding. Structured Hipe S.A. and led the América de Natal SAF acquisition. Executive certificate from CBF Academy.

Founding Partner & CCO

Alexandre Magalhães

BBA from Florida International University. 8+ years across private equity, debt capital markets, consulting and corporate finance. Structured BRL 100M+ in DCM operations, financing 10+ MW of power generation and 30,000+ m² of logistics infrastructure.

Partner & Senior Advisor

Harry Steinberg

British barrister (King’s Counsel) with international sports law practice. Deeply connected to Brazilian football, he handles FA Rule K arbitrations, concussion cases and cross-border disputes involving clubs, federations and athletes from the UK to South America. Listed by Chambers & Partners.

Associate

Felipe Martins

Executive with experience in corporate finance, controllership, treasury and investor relations in regulated environments. Since February 2026, he leads the executive management of Paraná Clube SAF — combining corporate vision, governance and hands-on operation in professional football.

— Partners and clients

We work with those who move the market.

Every mandate is delivered alongside a curated network of law firms, auditors and specialized advisors. No random outsourcing — every transaction has named, market-recognized leads with legal armor in place.