TozziniFreire advises investors on investment round in Trela
TozziniFreire Advogados Softbank Latin America (SBLA Holdings II DE LLC) and others
TozziniFreire advised investors in the Series A Investment Round of US$25 million in Trela (Zapt Tecnologia Ltda.), a pandemic-born start-up that organizes collective purchases among neighbors through WhatsApp groups.
The round was led by SoftBank, with participation from other funds, including Kaszek and General Catalyst.
TozziniFreire Advogados provided legal advice to Softbank Latin America (SBLA Holdings II DE LLC) and others and included partners João Busin (pictured left) and Beatriz Seixas (pictured right), associates Victor Françoso, Luis Felipe Bueno Sima and Bárbara Correa de Queiroz.
Morrison & Foerster LLP acted as Softbank’s U.S. attorney with partners Juan Delgado and Axel Miranda.
Melo Campos Advogados acted as Brazilian counsel to Trela and included partner Julia Barcellos Molinari, senior associate Winnie Simões, and associate Lorena Viotti.
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough acted as U.S. counsel to the Investors, with partner Leandro Molina.
The transaction also included in house counsel: Natalia Jorge and Guilherme Nazareth.
