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Brazilian counsel in global billion-dollar aviation M&A
Multiple Latham & Watkins LLP offices and Lefosse in São Paulo have helped Singapore Airport Terminal Services (SATS) buy UK-based cargo handling company Worldwide Flight Services (WFS), including its assets in Brazil, for €1.2 billion (US$1.1 billion).
25 October 2022
Oaktree strikes up real estate investment with Brazil’s BlueMacaw
Demarest Advogados has helped US investor Oaktree Capital Management partner with Brazilian counterpart BlueMacaw to set up a real estate investment fund worth 235 million reais (US$45 million).
21 October 2022
Cosan acquires minority stake in Vale
Brazilian firm Pinheiro Neto Advogados has helped energy company Cosan acquire a minority stake in mining giant Vale, a deal worth some 21 billion reais (US$4 billion).
19 October 2022
Lefosse nabs partners from Cescon Barrieu in triple hire
Lefosse has added firepower to its restructuring and insolvency practice by hiring three partners, two of whom come from fellow Elite firm Cescon, Barrieu, Flesch & Barreto Advogados.
18 October 2022
Disputes firm LDCM hires from Lefosse
LDCM Advogados has strengthened its litigation and arbitration offering by hiring a partner from Elite firm Lefosse.
14 October 2022
Arco snaps up Brazilian education start-up
Brazilian education group Arco has hired two Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP offices and Mattos Filho in São Paulo to acquire the remaining stake in local start-up isaac.
11 October 2022
Lefosse stars in Petrobras offering
Lefosse has acted as deal counsel in Petrobras’ first issuance of commercial notes, without collateral or personal guarantee, worth 3 billion reais (US$560 million).
06 October 2022
Sweden’s Assa Abloy in Brazilian biometrics buy
Two offices of both Hogan Lovells LLP and Lefosse have helped a Brazilian subsidiary of Swedish access solutions company Assa Abloy acquire electronics developer Control iD.
30 September 2022
Mitsui invests in Brazilian vet group
Japanese trader Mitsui has enlisted Pinheiro Neto Advogados to acquire a minority stake in Brazilian veterinary products manufacturer Ouro Fino Saúde Animal from Brazilian development bank BNDES and local private equity fund Opportunity.
30 September 2022
Brazilian firms steer US$97 million Mercado Livre offering
Machado Meyer Advogados has helped Mercado Envios, the shipping arm of Brazilian e-commerce company Mercado Livre, issue 500 million reais (US$97 million) worth of real estate receivables certificates.
27 September 2022
