CVC Strategic Opportunities acquires 24.99% of Sonae MC

CVC Capital Partners Strategic Opportunities has acquired 24.99% of the Portuguese company Sonae MC for €528 million. Cuatrecasas partners Mariana Norton and Javier Martí-Fluxá led the advisory team for CVC in this transaction, including lawyers João von Funcke, Miguel Lencastre Monteiro, Pedro Marques Bom, Pedro Vidal Matos, Rebeca Rodríguez Martínez, Manuel Requicha Ferreira, Margarida Leal Oliveira and Sandra Lima de Silveira.

This agreement, whose closure is scheduled for mid-August, establishes a strategic association with one of Portugal’s major economic groups and a top-level investor, which shares Sonae MC’s vision and supports its growth plan, enabling Sonae to maintain its position of control.

The association is aligned with the active management strategy of Sonae’s portfolio, aimed at achieving an optimal shareholder structure for each of its businesses, and obtaining partners of great experience and added value.