João Santos
Partner, Managing Director
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João Santos
Partner, Managing DirectorProfile
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.
Our latest transactions
Software & IT Services
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has acquired
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Transaction details
Smart4 Engineering, a French IT company that leverages its multidisiplinary approach to digital engineering to enable clients in their data journeys, has acquired Closer Consulting, a Portuguese AI and Data Science company focused on the operational and BI demands of their clients
Software & IT Services
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has acquired a majority stake in
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Transaction details
Conclusion, a Benelux based IT service provider, has acquired a majority stake in Score Consulting, a Portuguese information systems consultancy with special expertise in SAP solutions
Paper, Plastics & Packaging
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sold their envelopes production unit to
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a subsidiary of
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Transaction details
Contisystems, created in 1967 as the first Portuguese company that produced forms, has sold its envelope production unit to Copidata, a subsidiary of Tompla group
Software & IT Services
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has been sold to
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Transaction details
IT SECTOR, an international expert in digital transformation for banks and credit unions, has been sold to ALTEN