{"id":47676,"date":"2025-03-24T13:36:04","date_gmt":"2025-03-24T13:36:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/developments\/?post_type=press_releases&#038;p=47676"},"modified":"2025-03-24T13:36:04","modified_gmt":"2025-03-24T13:36:04","slug":"jpab-advises-atena-equity-partners-on-its-acquisition-of-a-qualified-stake-in-nacionalgest","status":"publish","type":"press_releases","link":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/developments\/press-releases\/jpab-advises-atena-equity-partners-on-its-acquisition-of-a-qualified-stake-in-nacionalgest\/","title":{"rendered":"JPAB advises Atena Equity Partners on its acquisition of a qualified stake in NacionalGest."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>JPAB &#8211; Jos\u00e9 Pedro Aguiar-Branco Advogados provided legal advice to Atena Equity Partners on its entry into the share capital of NacionalGest, one of the 15 largest insurance brokers in Portugal.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Atena Equity Partners is a Portuguese private equity firm that has invested in strategic sectors such as industry, business services and health.<\/p>\n<p>Founded in 2001, NacionalGest currently has more than 130 employees, a network of 35 shops and more than 200 agents throughout the country. In the 2024 financial year, the company recorded 7.5 million euros in commissions and managed a portfolio of 80 million euros in insurance premiums.<\/p>\n<p>The JPAB team advising on the Transaction and Legal &amp; Tax Due Diligence was led by Ramiro Matos (Of Counsel for Corporate and M&amp;A) and included Maria Jo\u00e3o Dias, Marisa Raz\u00e3o and Miguel da Silva Diogo (Corporate and M&amp;A). As part of the Due Diligence, the legal team also included Lu\u00edsa Campos Ferreira and Ricardo Code\u00e7o (Tax), Joana Carneiro and Constan\u00e7a Pimenta (Labour) and Isabel Arantes (Intellectual Property).<\/p>\n<p>With this operation, JPAB reaffirms its position as a leading private equity and M&amp;A law firm, advising institutional investors and national and international companies on strategic transactions with a high impact on the Portuguese market.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-47676","press_releases","type-press_releases","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/developments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/47676","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/developments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/developments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/press_releases"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/developments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}