Lobo de Rizzo Advogados has helped Brazil’s largest medical education group Afya acquire non-profit educational institution UniRedentor for 225 million reais (US$55 million).
UniRedentor enlisted Lefosse Advogados for the deal, which was signed on 1 November and is subject to antitrust approval.
The acquisition means Afya will now provide 112 more medical school places to students.
UniRedentor offers on-campus, undergraduate courses and graduation programmes in medicine in the state of Rio de Janeiro.
Counsel to Afya
Lobo de Rizzo Advogados
Partner Paula Magalhães and associates Guilherme Menegassi, Luis Felipe Eustaquio, Victor Porfirio, Isabela Reis and Tiago Chateaubriand
Counsel to UniRedentor
Lefosse Advogados
Partners Mauricio Paschoal, Felipe Gibson, Zeca Berardo and Gustavo Paes, and associates Kamille Florido and Victor Brum
Source: Latin Lawyer