Lefosse and Pinheiro Neto in BRL 300 million investment agreement between Kinea and Cobasi
Lefosse Advogados and Pinheiro Neto Advogados acted on the investment agreement between Kinea Private Equity Investimentos S.A. and Cobasi Comércio de Produtos Básicos e Industrializados S.A.
Kinea and Cobasi entered into an investment agreement in order to establish the terms and conditions related to the primary investment to be made by Kinea in Cobasi in the total amount of BRL 300 million.
In exchange, Kinea will receive a minority stake in Cobasi. The closing of the transaction is still pending, pending the fulfillment of certain conditions precedent.
The transaction was structured to accelerate Cobasi’s expansion, which involves pursuing strategic M&A and preparing it for an IPO soon.
Lefosse Advogados acted as counsel to Kinea Private Equity Investimentos S.A. with partners Luiz Octavio Lopes (pictured left), Ricardo Bolan, Andrea Caliento and José Carlos Berardo; counsel Alessandra Cony; associates Rodrigo Cunha, Eduardo Moraes, Marcela Brasileiro, Fernanda Infantini, Douglas Fukuhara, Mariane Yamanaka, Ricardo Pisani, Marcela Pirola and Pedro Cini.
Representing Pinheiro Neto Advogados as Cobasi’s attorney were partner Joamir Müller Romiti Alves (pictured right) and associates Camila Otani Nishi and Otavio Bastos Moherdaui.
