Compart, a leading Brazilian trade marketing firm, has sold 100% of its shares to GPS, a publicly traded company providing corporate and facilities services.

São Paulo – Corporate Finance International (‘CFI’) is pleased to announce that it served as the exclusive financial advisor to Compart in its sale to GPS Group.

The GPS group provides Security, Facilities, Logistics, Engineering, Industrial, Food and Infrastructure services for corporate clients. GPS is a listed company operating nationwide in Brazil with over 100,000 employees and more than 2,700 customers.

Compart is one of the leading trade marketing companies in Brazil, providing Marketing, Merchandising, Events, Casting and Outsourcing services with a high level of aggregated Business Intelligence and Technology. The Company has a consolidated operation in the Southeast of Brazil with more than EUR 30M of turnover and over 2,000 employees.

The transaction consolidates GPS as a reference in the trade marketing sector, especially considering all the business intelligence and technology present in Compart’s solutions. The operation will allow the expansion of the value proposition to customers through new service offerings.

CFI Brazil orchestrated the discussions between GPS and Compart during a process that ultimately resulted in the successful sale to GPS. Mr. Vladimir de Lima, shareholder and CEO of Compart, added: “CFI Brazil was a great partner in evaluating and coordinating this operation. The team handled the transaction very professionally and were always highly oriented to find the best solutions from the beginning to the end. I recommend CFI Brazil to all companies evaluating any type of M&A transaction.”

This transaction closed in February 2023.