Corporate/Commercial: Minas Gerais

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Provided by Freitas Ferraz Advogados

Freitas Ferraz is widely known in Minas Gerais for successfully handling corporate and M&A matters, representing prominent domestic and foreign clients. 

The department has advised on many of the most relevant deals in the region, and has been particularly active in the energy, mining, technology, banking and financial services, private security and surveillance, and real estate sectors.

The team undertakes the full range of corporate matters, involving mergers & acquisitions, corporate and equity restructuring, corporate litigation and commercial contracts. It is a one-stop shop for corporate advisory work delivered by a team of experts working on continuous collaboration, combining the firm's Minas Gerais and São Paulo operations.

Some recent public transactions:

• Shareholders of Avenue Code (a leading Canadian software consultancy group): cross-border transaction involving Compass.UOL;

• Afya Participações (a wholly-owned subsidiary of Afya Limited – Nasdaq: AFYA): series of M&A transactions;

• Noverde (a technology start-up providing financial services to thousands of Brazilians through a 100% digital credit platform): sale of 100% of its shares to Dotz;

• Several energy clients: development, construction and operation of solar power plants focused on distributed generation nationwide;

• Horizonte Minerals: negotiation of a funding package of USD 633 million.