Machado Meyer and Pinheiro Guimarães in the negotiation of GPA’s sale to Assaí
Machado Meyer Advogados advised Companhia Brasileira de Distribuição (GPA), Pinheiro Guimarães Advogados advised Sendas Distribuidora S.A. (Assaí)
Machado Meyer Advogados advised Companhia Brasileira de Distribuição (GPA) in the negotiation to sell 71 stores located in several states of Brazil to Sendas Distribuidora S.A. (Assaí), which was represented by Pinheiro Guimarães.
The transaction includes the transfer of certain stores operating as Extra Hiper that will be operated as Assaí. The transaction also includes the sale of certain properties and the transfer of lease agreements.
Closing of the transaction is subject to compliance with certain conditions precedent.
Machado Meyer acted as legal counsel to GPA and was led by partners Eliana Chimenti (pictured top left), Guilherme Malouf (pictured top right), and partners Alessandra de Souza Pinto, Andre Luiz Menon Augusto, Fernando Tonanni and Rodrigo Seizo Takano. The lawyers Paulo Henrique Carvalho Pinto, Murilo Caldeira Germiniani, Enrico Lemas Benedet, Cesar Ozolins Manzione, and Antonio Augusto Colucci Miranda were also part of the team.
Sendas Distribuidora S.A. was represented by the Pinheiro Guimarães Advogados law firm and counted with the partners Rodrigo Marcílio (pictured bottom left), Maria Amélia L. Senra (pictured bottom centre) and Ana Carolina Cassins Galdino (pictured bottom left), and associate Conrado Davoli.
Souza, Mello e Torres Advogados advised the controlling shareholder (Casino) with a team formed by partner Fabricio A. Cardim de Almeida and associates Lucas Bueno and Mayara Ogea.
