Mergers and Acquisitions

The second half of 2023 will be dominated by mergers and acquisitions in Portugal with a moderate optimism for Portugal’s economy and foreign direct investment. According to consultations made by [...]

The bank Banif Brasil is to be sold off at the end of this month for the symbolic price of 1 Brazilian real (18 cents) to Banco Master. The buyer has affirmed that it is interested in beginning [...]

The daughter of the man who would be King of Portugal if the country were not a Republic, Dom Duarte, is to marry a lawyer from the prestigious law firm Uría Menéndez – Proença de Carvalho. [...]

Mergers and acquisitions in Portugal for the first six months of the year involving Portuguese companies tumbled 24% to 249 like-for-like on 2021. The value of these mergers and acquisitions fell [...]

It now seems almost certain that the Spanish bank Abanca will strengthen its position in Portugal by purchasing EuroBic. There is said to be an agreement between Angolan shareholders which hold a [...]

There are six in the running to buy the private healthcare group Lusíadas including Luz Saúde. The other groups in the running are Viamed, Quirónsalud, Vithas and HM Hospitales. Lusíadas is [...]

The US entrepreneur John Textor says he is no longer interested in becoming a major shareholder in Benfica football club, but now is interested in investing in FC Porto. The millionaire [...]

The Brazilian cryptocurrency company 2TM has bought the Portuguese platform Criptoloja. The Brazilian company has declined to divulge the acquisition price or the terms of the transaction, but [...]

The Portuguese cork giant Corticeira Amorim has acquired 50% of the Italian Turin-based company Saci for €49 million. Saci’s main production product are wirehoods which are used on bottles of [...]

Portugal’s public development bank, Banco de Fomento, could provide a €140 million credit line to help fill a €230 million black hole in the accounts of Portuguese nationalised electrical and [...]