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.

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

A trajectory measured in decades.
Conviction measured in deals.

Approximate figures consolidated across the partners’ trajectory.

40+

years in financial markets

20+

years in the sports industry

structured transactions

$1,8B

in assets under mandate

investor origin countries

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

40+ years in financial markets.
20+ years in football.

A rare combination — and the reason investors choose us.

Chairman

Gustavo Magalhães

Economist with specialization in derivatives from FIA (New York) and 45+ years in financial markets. Executive Director of major financial institutions, leading commodities, open market and management of domestic and international funds.

Co-Founder & 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.

Co-Founder

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 & Head of Legal

Pedro Lopes

Law degree from PUC-Rio, post-graduate in Civil and Procedural Law, Master in Business Law from UERJ. Former partner at prestigious firms. WWL National Leader for Brazil (2022/2023) and "Valuable Practice" in Restructuring & Insolvency by Leaders League (2025).

— Partners and clients