PwC Portugal advises IVC Evidensia in hospital acquisition

PwC Portugal has advised IVC Evidensia, a British-Swedish group specialising in veterinary care, on the acquisition of Hospital Veterinário Aristocão in Torres Vedras. This acquisition marks a milestone in the group’s expansion plan in Portugal, in which PwC has been involved.

As part of this transaction, PwC Portugal’s multidisciplinary team conducted financial, legal and labour due diligence, and assisted IVC Evidensia in preparing and negotiating all the legal documentation required to complete the deal.

PwC’s legal team was led by Luís Pedro Oliveira (partner in corporate/M&A, pictured) and included the collaboration of Andreia Prado da Silva, Yelyzaveta Lemeshko and Martim Alves Mimoso, lawyers from the same practice area. The Financial due diligence team was led by Ana Silva, with the support of Patrícia Jacinto, Carolina Vilarinho and Catarina Perestrelo; the labour team was led by the head of the labour law department, Levi França Machado, with the support of Carolina Bonina Cariano and João Sismeiro Pereira; and the real estate team was led by the head of the real estate department, Fernando Costal Carinhas, with the support of Maria Cabral Azevedo.