BRAVA advised Centro Saneamento e Serviços Avançados S.A. in the sale of a majority stake to ONET Brasil Participações Ltda. The transaction was completed in September 2017.

The expansion was a strategy of the French multinational in Brazil, increasing ONET’s portfolio of services, as they aim to become one of the main players in the Brazilian market.

As a result of the transaction, ONET holds 70% of the Company’s stake and the fellow shareholders remain with the other 30% with an option to sell the remnant of their shares within five years.

Founded in 1956 and headquartered in Barueri (SP), Centro Serviços provides services for the public and private sector in the fields of hospital cleaning, industrial and corporate cleaning, property maintenance services, landscaping, maintenance of green areas and urban pest control. The company is leader in hospital sanitization in Brazil, being responsible for cleaning more than 5,000 beds per day.

ONET was founded in 1860 and is headquartered in Marseille, France. The Company is a market leader in the cleaning, maintenance, engineering, technology, airport services, reception and security services areas.

BRAVA advised more than 70 shareholders of the Hospital e Maternidade Dr. Christóvão da Gama in the sale of a majority stake to the Leforte Group. The transaction was completed in June 2018.

The transaction represents Leforte’s largest acquisition to date, establishing itself in one of the most relevant regions of the Brazilian healthcare market, enhancing their strategy of becoming one of the largest hospital networks in the market.

As a result of the transaction, Leforte holds a controlling stake in the Company, with the selling shareholders maintaining a minority portion of its original holdings.

HMCG selling shareholders will have a put option and Leforte will have a call option regarding the remaining stake; both can be exercised after the transaction’s third anniversary.

BRAVA advised the company Sementes Selecta S.A. in the sale of a 90% stake to the South Korean group CJ CheilJedang. The transaction was announced in June 2017 and was completed in August 2017. Under the terms of the transaction, Selecta was valued at US$ 450 million.

CJ allows Selecta to accelerate the expansion of global distribution channels, especially in the Asian market. CJ also plans to expand the Company’s current production capacity of about 700,000 tons of soybeans per year. CJ benefits from the lean operational / administrative structure and Selecta’s results-driven culture to further expand its business profitability.

As a result of the operation, CJ now holds 90% of the Company, having acquired 30% of Selecta’s stake from its founding family and the other 60% from Corpesca S.A., a Chilean fishing company subsidiary to the Angelini Group, which acquired Selecta control in 2013. Additionally, Corpesca and CJ have the right to exercise the respective options of sale and purchase of the remaining 10% stake 2 years after the conclusion of the transaction.

Founded in 1984, Selecta is one of the main Brazilian producers of SPC and other soy derivatives, focused on the global animal feed market. With a strategic location for logistics origination and distribution, energy efficiency, a highly focused and experienced team and state-of-the-art industrial plant, Selecta has a unique position in the world market of SPC production.

Founded in 1953 as a producer for the Samsung group, CJ Corporation is among South Korea’s ten largest conglomerates, operating divisions in the food and foodservice, pharma and biotechnology, media and entertainment, homeshopping and logistics sectors. CJ CheilJedang is a subsidiary of CJ Corporation, both listed on the Seoul Stock Exchange, with market capitalization of $ 5 billion and $ 4 billion, respectively, at the time of completion of the transaction. In recent years, CJ has been adopting a globalization strategy, increasing its share of international revenues from 6% to 23%.

BRAVA advised the company Swell Importação e Comércio de Produtos de Iluminação S.A. (“Brilia”) in the sale of a minority stake to the private equity fund Cartesian Capital Group. The transaction was completed in August 2017.

The transaction helps Brilia to continue its accelerated growth trajectory by diversifying its customer base and benefiting from Cartesian’s global experience.

Founded in 2009 by Vinicius Marchini and Leandro Neves, Brilia is one of the leaders in the Brazilian LED lighting market, with products focused on design, efficiency and sustainability. The Company’s products were available at more than 5,000 points of sale in Brazil at the time of the transaction. Brilia offers complete solutions for the most varied residential and commercial LED lighting projects.

Cartesian is a New York-based global private equity fund founded in 2006. It has invested more than US$ 2.7 billion in more than 50 companies worldwide.

BRAVA advised Tópico Locações de Galpões e Equipamentos para Indústrias S.A. in the sale of a majority stake to Southern Cross Group (SCG), a private equity fund. The transaction was announced in December 2014 and completed in January 2015.

After the conclusion of the operation, the SCG fund became the owner of a 70% stake, as the founder of the Company reduced its share from 50% to 30% and the founding families of Nautika – a company that joined Tópico in 2014 – sold their full share of 50% and exited the business.

Tópico is the largest leasing company for temporary storage warehouses in Brazil, with approximately 1,500 thousand m2 of leased area. With a factory in Embu-Guaçú (SP), Tópico produces galvanized steel structure with PVC tarpaulin cover, and installs temporary warehouses on clients’ facilities. Among the Company’s nearly 600 active clients, there are several of the largest enterprises in the country, such as Vale and Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional.

SCG is one of the largest private equity funds focused on Latin America. With R$ 8 billion raised since its foundation in 1998, the group has offices in Brazil, Chile, Argentina, Colombia, Mexico, Uruguay and the United States.

BRAVA advised AD.Dialeto Advertising Agency S.A. in its sale to Accenture do Brasil Ltda. The transaction was completed in August 2015.

The acquisition complements Accenture Digital’s other acquisitions, strengthening Accenture’s digital retail and online retail marketing services in Brazil and Latin America. The access to new customer portfolios also represents an important source of synergies for both companies.

AD.Dialeto is one of the largest independent digital agencies in Brazil, with 110 employees and leadership in the digital marketing sector for Brazilian retailers. It offers end-to-end marketing services with strategy, planning, search, social media and mobility. The Company was elected the Best Digital Agency by the largest electronic retailers in Brazil on eAwards 2014.

Headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, Accenture is one of the largest global consulting firms focused on management, technology services and outsourcing. It has about 319 thousand employees in more than 120 countries. Listed on the NYSE, it had market capitalization of US$ 99 billion and revenue of US$ 41 billion at the time of the conclusion of the transaction.