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João Santos

Over the last 30 years, João has worked on more than 120 M&A transactions in several sectors of activity and conducted several business valuations and company restructurings. He’s the Founder and Managing Partner of CFI Portugal and the person in charge for attracting the majority of new business. Before CFI he worked as an investment banker in international banks as well as Managing Director and CEO of different industrial companies.

Sector focus

Latest Transactions

Alimentos, Bebidas e Agronegócios
has acquired
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Confeitaria Torres, a Portuguese company supplying pastry products and producing fresh and quick-frozen pastry products, has been acquired by Europastry, a Spanish family business.
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Software e Serviços de TI
sold a minority stake to

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Advantage Smollan has acquired 33% of the shares in Selsoft, a software company dedicated to the development of sales technology tools for optimizing sales processes
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Software e Serviços de TI
has been acquired by

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ASM Assembly Singapore acquired Portuguese Critical Manufacturing, leading software developer and publisher of state-of-the art manufacturing execution systems (MES).
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Serviços
the Portuguese subsidiary of
acquired the remaining 40% of the shares in

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Instalblue, the Portuguese subsidiary of Spanish Grupo Assista, a facility managament services company, acquires Desentop, a plumbing and drain cleaning specialist
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Serviços
GI 10 Investimentos e Gestão and Optimal Investments
sold their shares in
to
a company held by B2Holding
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GI Capital Solutions, a Portugese company specialized in Distressed Assets areas and Real Estate Assets management, sold 100% of their shares to the Spanish company Verifica, held by the Norwegian group B2Holding
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Energia, meio ambiente & recursos naturais
has sold a majority stake to
the Portuguese subsidiary of

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Instalblue, the Portuguese subsidiary of Grupo Assista, acquired 95,6% of the shares in Eco-Partner, an enterprise waste collection and management company
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Energia, meio ambiente & recursos naturais
has raised capital from
as well as from InnoEnergy and Portugal Ventures
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Hcapital acquired a significant stake in Eneida.io, a Energy IoT Platform for the optimization of Low-Voltage Networks, through a capital increase also subscribed by InnoEnergy and Portugal Ventures
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Consumidor, Marcas e Varejo
has acquired
from

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Looping Group, backed by Ergon Capital and Bpifrance, acquired 100% of RTA shares, a waterpark owned by Mota-Engil
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Alimentos, Bebidas e Agronegócios
has acquired
Transaction details
Confeitaria Torres, a Portuguese company supplying pastry products and producing fresh and quick-frozen pastry products, has been acquired by Europastry, a Spanish family business.
Read more
Software e Serviços de TI
sold a minority stake to

Transaction details
Advantage Smollan has acquired 33% of the shares in Selsoft, a software company dedicated to the development of sales technology tools for optimizing sales processes
Read more
Software e Serviços de TI
has been acquired by

Transaction details
ASM Assembly Singapore acquired Portuguese Critical Manufacturing, leading software developer and publisher of state-of-the art manufacturing execution systems (MES).
Read more
Serviços
the Portuguese subsidiary of
acquired the remaining 40% of the shares in

Transaction details
Instalblue, the Portuguese subsidiary of Spanish Grupo Assista, a facility managament services company, acquires Desentop, a plumbing and drain cleaning specialist
Read more
Serviços
GI 10 Investimentos e Gestão and Optimal Investments
sold their shares in
to
a company held by B2Holding
Transaction details
GI Capital Solutions, a Portugese company specialized in Distressed Assets areas and Real Estate Assets management, sold 100% of their shares to the Spanish company Verifica, held by the Norwegian group B2Holding
Read more
Energia, meio ambiente & recursos naturais
has sold a majority stake to
the Portuguese subsidiary of

Transaction details
Instalblue, the Portuguese subsidiary of Grupo Assista, acquired 95,6% of the shares in Eco-Partner, an enterprise waste collection and management company
Read more
Energia, meio ambiente & recursos naturais
has raised capital from
as well as from InnoEnergy and Portugal Ventures
Transaction details
Hcapital acquired a significant stake in Eneida.io, a Energy IoT Platform for the optimization of Low-Voltage Networks, through a capital increase also subscribed by InnoEnergy and Portugal Ventures
Read more
Consumidor, Marcas e Varejo
has acquired
from

Transaction details
Looping Group, backed by Ergon Capital and Bpifrance, acquired 100% of RTA shares, a waterpark owned by Mota-Engil
Read more

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