In one of the most important deals of the year which consisted of the acquisition of a 32.41% shareholding position, corresponding to 33.07% of the votes in Mota-Engil by China Communications Construction Co., Ltd. ("CCCC") - one of the largest construction groups worldwide (top 5) -, the law firms Vieira de Almeida and Morais Leitão were the legal advisors of CCCC and MGP, respectively.
Vieira de Almeida's multidisciplinary team (M&A and Capital Markets) was coordinated by partners Jorge Bleck, Helena Vaz Pinto and José Pedro Fazenda Martins, assisted by lawyers Isa Rodrigues and Maria Carolina Centeno. Morais Leitão's team was coordinated by partner Carlos Osório de Castro from the Corporate, Mergers & Acquisitions team, and included partners Eduardo Paulino and Paulo Rendeiro and trainee Pedro Charters.
The acquisition of the stake in Mota-Engil corresponds to a mixed transaction of purchase of shares and subscription of new shares in the context of the share capital increase of Mota-Engil. As a result of this CCCC became one of the reference shareholders of Mota Engil, holder of a 32.41% stake.
In the context of the Public Subscription Offer the banks Caixa - Banco de Investimento, S.A. and Haitong Bank, S.A., also relied on Vieira de Almeida's advisory services, this time in the Banking and Finance area, coordinated by partner Hugo Moredo dos Santos and assisted by the team of lawyers: Maria Carrilho, Soraia Ussene, José Miguel Carracho, Beatriz Francisco da Costa and David Palma. The respective prospectus was one of the first to benefit from the recently approved EU Recovery regime.