Investment Bank in Brazil
Recent Transactions
Recent Advisory transactions include:
2011
Tenaris – Financial advisor and tender offer agent to Tenaris in its cash tender offer to acquire the minority interest of Confab ($775 million)
Carrefour – Exclusive financial advisor to Carrefour in the sale of a 49% stake in its financial services and insurance business in Brazil to Itau-Unibanco ($661 million)
H J Heinz – Exclusive financial advisor to H.J. Heinz on its acquisition of Quero Alimentos
Zurich – Exclusive financial advisor to Zurich on its acquisition of 51% of Banco Santander’s Latam insurance operations for $2.1bn and 25-year bank distribution agreement ($2.1 billion)
Usiminas – Exclusive financial advisor to Usiminas in the private sale of its remaining stake in Ternium ($250 million)
2010
Abril – Exclusive financial advisor to Abril Educação in the acquisition of Anglo
Marfrig – Exclusive advisor to Marfrig Alimentos on its announced acquisition of Keystone Foods for $1.26 billion
Apax Partners – Financial advisor to Apax Partners on its acquisition of a controlling stake in Tivit ($996mm)
Principal Financial Group – Exclusive financial advisor to Principal Financial Group on the renewal of its strategic partnership with Banco do Brasil
Gafisa – Rendered a valuation report to Gafisa in connection with the acquisition of a 20% stake in Alphaville Urbanismo
Braskem – Financial advisor on Braskem's acquisition of Sunoco’s polypropylene business ($350 million)
Shell – Exclusive financial advisor to Shell on the formation of a Brazilian joint venture with Cosan S.A. (US$12 billion)
2009
Equatorial Energia – Financial advisor to Equatorial Energia S.A. on the sale of its 25% stake in Rio Minas e Energia, the controlling shareholder of Light, to Companhia Energética de Minas Gerais (US$450 million)
The Hartford Financial Services Group – Exclusive financial advisor to The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. on the sale of its 50% stake in Icatu Hartford Seguros to Icatu Holding
Principal Financial Group – Exclusive financial advisor to Principal Financial Group (“PFG”) on the announced reorganization of its pensions joint venture with Banco do Brasil (“BB”)
TELESP – Financial advisor on Telesp's tender offer to acquire GVT Holding (US$3.76 million)
JBS – Financial advisor on JBS's association with Bertin (US$15.2 billion)
Sonae – Exclusive financial advisor to Sonae Indústria on the sale of its wholly-owned subsidiary Tafisa Brasil to Placas do Paraná (US$288 million)
Porto Seguro – Exclusive financial advisor to Porto Seguro on its auto and home insurance strategic alliance with Itaú Unibanco (US$942 million)
Marítima Seguros – Exclusive financial advisor to Marítima Seguros S.A. on Sompo Japan’s announced investment in the company (US$165 million)
Klabin Segall – Exclusive financial advisor to Klabin Segall on its announced partnership with Veremonte and Agra (US$376 million)
Kraft Foods – Exclusive financial advisor to Kraft on the sale of its liquid fruit juice business in Brazil
2008
Banco Nossa Caixa – Financial advisor to Banco Nossa Caixa in connection with the announced acquisition of a controlling stake by Banco do Brasil (US$3.2 billion)
RBS Participações – Rendered a valuation report to RBS Comunicaçoes in connection with its announced sale of a 12.64% stake to Gávea Investimentos
Tiger Brasil Participações – Exclusive financial advisor to Tiger Brasil on the announced sale of a 35% stake in both Catho Online and Manager Online to Australia’s Seek and Consolidated Press Holdings (US$68 million)
Arainvest – Financial advisor to Safra on the announced agreement with Votorantim to merge their respective controlling stakes in Aracruz and VCP and form a 50/50 controlling block of both companies (US$7.3 billion)
Magnesita – Exclusive financial advisor and lead financing arranger to Magnesita Refratários S.A. in the acquisition of LWB Refractories (US$943 million)
Arainvest – Financial advisor to Arapar's sale of its 28% voting stake in Aracruz to VCP (US$1.7 billion)
TOTVS – Exclusive financial advisor to Totvs and provided a fairness opinion to its Board of Directors in its announced combination with Datasul (US$440 million)
Exxon Mobil – Exclusive financial advisor to ExxonMobil Corporation on the sale of its Brazilian downstream affiliate, Esso Brasileira, to Cosan Ltd. (US$989 million)
BMF – Financial advisor and provided a fairness opinion to the Board of Directors of Bolsa de Mercadorias & Futuros on its merger with Bovespa Holding resulting in a combined entity value of US$17.3 billion
Votorantim Metais – Exclusive financial advisor to Votorantim Metais in the launching of a tender offer to acquire up to 26.12% of the shares outstanding of Compania Minera Milpo (US$422.3 million)
JBS – Financial advisor to JBS on its acquisition of Smithfield Food’s beef processing division and associated feedlots (US$565 million)
JBS – Financial advisor to JBS on its acquisition of National Beef Packing Company (US$970 million)