Lefosse and V&E in US$5.2 billion Sinopec deal

Vinson & Elkins LLP and Machado, Meyer, Sendacz e Opice Advogados have advised Sinopec on a US$5.2 billion deal that will see the Chinese petroleum and chemical company take a 30 per cent stake in Portuguese Galp Energia’s Brazilian assets – its second multi-billion dollar acquisition from a European company in Brazil in little over a year.