Baar · Switzerland
Magalhaes Partners.
Counsel across markets.
Strategic advisory by introduction, taken in the principal’s personal capacity.
- 40 years of executive and board leadership
- 07 markets known first-hand
- 05 lines of advisory practice
Magalhaes Partners brings four decades of executive and board leadership across industries and markets, to a small number of advisory mandates each year, taken in confidence and conducted personally by the principal.
Practice
Five lines of work.
One method.
Each engagement is bounded by scope, deliverable, and timeframe. Each is held in confidence throughout.
All five practices- 01 Strategic Advisory Structured plans and corporate growth strategies, tailored to the ambitions of each organisation.
- 02 Corporate Governance Board composition, risk and compliance, internal control, and the institutional architecture that turns intent into accountable practice.
- 03 International Representation Acting as principal-level representative for organisations entering new markets, where local presence and institutional relationships are decisive.
- 04 Board Advisory Crisis management, strategic decision-making, performance assessment, and the counsel that supports boards through transformation.
- 05 Special Projects High-impact projects of national or international scale: innovation, government and institutional initiatives, public-private partnerships, sector missions.
From the principal
“What I bring to a mandate is not a methodology but a standard: the standard by which I choose what I own, with whom I work, and the institutions in which I participate.”
Carlos Magalhães
Process
How an engagement begins.
By introduction. In confidence. Carried personally by the principal, not delegated.
The firm’s approach in full- 01
Introduction
A written note describing the situation, the desired outcome, and the proposed timeframe.
- 02
Conversation
A private call or meeting to confirm fit and scope. Reply within two working days.
- 03
Engagement
A short letter of engagement with defined scope, deliverable, and fee. Senior-level work throughout.