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Machado Meyer and Lefosse dock cross-border port bid
Dutch port operator APM Terminals has hired Machado Meyer Advogados to acquire port assets from Brazilian shipbuilder Estaleiro Atlântico Sul (EAS), following a 455 million reais (US$89 million) bid.
13 September 2022
Demarest and Lefosse land airport privatisations
Demarest Advogados and Lefosse have helped two different bidders win concessions to operate Brazilian airports.
01 September 2022
Canadian fertiliser company snaps up Brazilian agribusiness
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP in São Paulo and Lefosse in São Paulo have helped Brazilian agribusiness Casa do Adubo sell its operations to Canadian fertiliser maker Nutrien.
31 August 2022
CADE approves Ultrapar pharma divestment with remedies
Lefosse has helped Brazil’s Pague Menos acquire fellow pharmacy chain Extrafarma from local conglomerate Ultrapar for 737 million reais (US$143 million), a deal in which antitrust watchdog CADE has requested the target to sell certain assets.
30 August 2022
Votorantim and Temasek launch investment platform in Brazil
Four offices of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP and Stocche Forbes in São Paulo have helped Brazilian investor Votorantim partner with state-owned Singaporean counterpart Temasek to launch a new investment platform, which is set to bring US$700 million worth of equity investment to Brazil.
26 August 2022
Lefosse advises on major airport privatisation
Lefosse has helped Spanish company AENA win the rights to operate São Paulo’s Congonhas airport along with 10 other Brazilian airports following a 2.45 billion reais (US$478 million) bid.
23 August 2022
Vinci buys special situations investor in Brazil
Lefosse has helped Brazilian private equity group Vinci Partners acquire SPS Capital, a local independent asset management group focused on special situations.
18 August 2022
Brazilian renewables company gets equity investment
Brazilian investment fund Augment has enlisted Pinheiro Guimarães in São Paulo to make a 459 million reais (US$85 million) equity investment in local renewable energy company Origo.
12 August 2022
Lefosse incorporates compliance boutique
Brazilian Elite firm Lefosse has strengthened its compliance, investigations and white-collar crime practice by hiring a former BMA Advogados partner to lead the group.
10 August 2022
Brazilian pulp arbitration award survives hacking allegations
A Brazilian court has upheld an International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) award in an acrimonious dispute over the multibillion-dollar sale of a pulp producer, dismissing allegations the procedure was tainted by a cyberattack and a conflict of interests and awarding US$114 million in legal fees to the winning side.
08 August 2022
