{"id":3809,"date":"2021-08-04T10:34:12","date_gmt":"2021-08-04T13:34:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cascione.com.br\/?page_id=3809"},"modified":"2022-06-20T13:54:24","modified_gmt":"2022-06-20T16:54:24","slug":"gbf","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.cascione.com.br\/en\/gbf\/","title":{"rendered":"Guilherme Bertolini"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">PRACTICE AREAS<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Competition\/Antitrust; M&amp;A<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">EDUCATION<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>LL.B., Law School of the University of S\u00e3o Paulo.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">CARRER<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Guilherme focuses his practice on mergers and acquisitions, involving the negotiation of stock purchase agreements, as well as investment and shareholders&#8217; agreements, and the creation of corporate structures.<\/p>\n<p>He also works with corporate reorganizations, for either corporate groups or in situations involving wealth and succession planning. His experience extends to the regulation of publicly-traded companies and corporate law in general.<\/p>\n<p>Guilherme also advises clients on antitrust merger control matters, and has experience on complex merger control issues and in representing clients before the Brazilian Antitrust Authority.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>MAIN CLIENTS:<\/strong><\/span> Swiss Re, IG4 Capital, IMES, Chiesi.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>WORK EXAMPLE:<\/strong><\/span> Together with Cascione\u2019s Antitrust Team, Guilherme has advised clients in complex cases, among which we highlight:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Transactions involving the client IG4 Capital (pioneer in private equity in Latin America) in three different occasions: (i) IG4\u2019s acquisition of shares in Novo Metropolitano from Andrade Gutierrez, (ii) IG4\u2019s acquisition of hospital Zona Norte; and (iii) IG4\u2019S acquisition of CLI;<\/li>\n<li>Represented Instituto Mantenedor de Ensino Superior da Bahia\u2019s (IMES) approx.<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> BRL 1 bi<\/span> divestment of Instituto de Ensino em Sa\u00fade to Mubadala Investment Company PJSC, Abu Dhabi&#8217;s sovereign fund;<\/li>\n<li>Advising <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Chiesi Farmac\u00eautica, an experienced Italian pharmaceutical company, on its partnership with OM Pharma on the distribution of a medicine for respiratory infections \u2013 a particularly time-critical deal, considering the relevance of guaranteeing the continuous supply of such product, which could be used to treat Covid-19 related symptoms in Brazil, which involved exchange of commercially sensitive information, a Brazilian antitrust hot topic issue. [HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL \u2013 NOT TO BE PUBLISHED].<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Advising Swiss Re on its acquisition for approx. BRL 286 million of a 30%-shareholding of the Brazilian leader insurance services provider, Tempo Assist, from its controlling group, the Carlyle Group. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">This transaction comprehended 4 relevant markets and a strategy on the market definition to avoid triggering CADE\u00b4s full form; [HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL \u2013 NOT TO BE PUBLISHED]<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Advising Abril on its acquisition by Cavalry. The transaction was challenged by Abril\u2019s competitors and clients, but the antitrust team developed a very successful strategy to quickly prevent the competitors from being admitted as third parties and, therefore, not be qualified to present an appeal against the initial approval. The transaction was unconditionally cleared by CADE and represented a major step for the restructure of Grupo Abril.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As regards his works on the Cascione\u2019s M&amp;A Practice area, Guilherme has worked in high-level cases, among which we highlight:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Assistance in the sale of Swiss Re\u2019s stake in Sul America Seguros, a leading company in the health insurance market in Brazil. Operation Value: USD 334 million;<\/li>\n<li>Advising the Abril on the sale of 100% of Abril Group, including Veja, Exame and Quatro Rodas magazines, as well as the entire logistics delivery arm (including magazine and newspaper deliveries and general delivery services) to Legion Investimentos;<\/li>\n<li>Advising IG4 Capital in (i) the purchase of minority shareholders of Hospital Novo Metropolitano; and (ii) in the purchase of Hospital Zona Norte.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>PUBLICATIONS:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Co-authored the paper \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mondaq.com\/brazil\/maprivate-equity\/543326\/ma-and-distressed-companies-the-out-of-court-reorganization-alternative\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">M&amp;A and Distressed Companies: The Out-of-Court Reorganization Alternative<\/a>\u201d, published in October, 2017.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PRACTICE AREAS Competition\/Antitrust; M&amp;A &nbsp; EDUCATION LL.B., Law School of the University of S\u00e3o Paulo. &nbsp; CARRER Guilherme focuses his practice on mergers and acquisitions, involving the negotiation of stock purchase agreements, as well as investment and shareholders&#8217; agreements, and the creation of corporate structures. 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