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Stocche Forbes Advogados

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Benefitting from the firm's strong transactional arm, Stocche Forbes Advogados' antitrust group is often engaged by domestic and foreign clients - including private equity firms, sovereign funds and companies from the telecoms, energy and healthcare sectors, among others - in merger filings at CADE. Ana Paula Paschoalini is the main point of contact; she routinely advises on the antitrust aspects of M&A deals, merger reviews and on the development and review of compliance programmes.
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  • ‘Practice led by one of the sector's rising stars, it has been consolidating itself as a team of excellence in the area, with easy access to senior leadership and excellent cost-benefit.'

  • ‘Ana Paula Paschoalini - attentive, confident, creative, always seeks to guide solutions to the different problems presented. Our company takes great pleasure in working with her.'

  • ‘Stocche Forbes is an excellent competition firm, closely linked to the submission of acts of concentration in the energy sector, without discarding the service to other sectors of the economy, with great efficiency.'

Key clients

  • Geveran Trading Co. Limited
  • Highline do Brasil II Infraestrutura de Telecomunicações S.A
  • Mubadala Capital LLC
  • ATG Americas Trading Group S.A.
  • NFE Brazil Holdings LLC.
  • Itaú Unibanco S.A.
  • GIC (Ventures) Pte. Ltd.
  • Equatorial Energia Distribuição S.A.
  • Vibra Energia S.A.
  • Pátria Investimentos Ltda.

Work highlights

Advising Sea Tankers group on the filing with CADE of a non-controlling minority shareholding in DOF Group ASA.
Assisting GICV with the filing with CADE of a €2bn transaction involving the acquisition of a minority shareholding in Messer.
Acting for Aligned Energy in the filing with CADE of a $1.2bn transaction involving the acquisition of Odata Brasil S.A.

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Next generation partners

Junior partners with significant recognition from clients and peers in the market and key roles on multiple matters.

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Ana Paula Paschoalini