Maria Bofill Email & Phone Number

Porto Alegre, Rs, Br

Porto Alegre

Porto Alegre Area, Brazil

Leads the Corporate team of the Porto Alegre office. Solid experience in M&A, corporate restructurings, complex agreements, corporate governance, foreign investment, private equity, and venture capital. Recently, highly involved with startups, innovation, and corporate venturing matters. Relevant cases include the representation of: - Vonpar, in the sale to Coca-Cola Femsa (BRL 3.6 billion), awarded the Deal of Year of all Americas in Consumer Products in 2017 by the International Tax Review;- Puras, in the sale to Sodexo (BRL 1.2 billion); - Lojas Renner, in the incorporation and organization of Realize Financial Solutions;- Fras-Le, in the acquisition of Fanacif (Uruguay), Armental e Farloc (Argentina); - Copobras, in the acquisition of Sealed Air Embalagens; - Vonpar, in the acquisition of Neugebauer; - Vonpar and Coca-Cola, in the acquisition of Fonte Ijuí to form joint venture in mineral water (Crystal); - Vonpar, in the acquisition of Mu-Mu ; - Frinal, in the sale to BS Bios; - Copobras, in the acquisition of Braspack;- CRP Companhia de Participações in the investment in Librelato e several others; - Stahl, in the acquisition of BASF's leather division; - Stahl, in the acquisition of Clariant's leather division; - Banrisul, in the acquisition of equity interest in Bem Promotora; - Banrisul, in the formation of an insurance company (Rio Grande Seguros) in joint venture with Icatu Seguros;- The Braun Corporation, in the acquisition of Foca Controles de Acesso; - Vinci Park (now Indigo), in the acquisition of Moving Estacionamentos; - Paema Embalagens, in the sale to Smurfit Kappa; - Duratex, in the acquisition of Thermosystem;- Limeware, in the sale to Invensys (Schneider Electric).

Porto Alegre, Rio Grande Do Sul, Brasil

Porto Alegre, Rio Grande Do Sul, Brasil

Greater Los Angeles Area

Corporate, Mergers & AcquisitionsRepresented Fortune 500 and other companies in connection with a variety of corporate, securities, and M&A transactions, including public and private acquisitions and strategic investments, coordinating due diligences, drafting SEC filings, agreements, and ancillary documents, assisting clients in preparing disclosure schedules, coordinating closings, and coordinating the preparation of and filing NASDAQ listing application. Transactions include the representation of: - Activision, Inc. in connection with its $18.9 billion business combination with Vivendi Games to form Activision Blizzard, the world's largest independent online and console game publisher; - Gateway, Inc., the third largest PC company in the US, in connection with its $710 million acquisition by Acer Inc. via a tender offer; - Insight Enterprises Inc. in its $125 million acquisition of Calence LLC, a technology company; - Social Project, Inc. (formerly TagWorld, Inc.), a developer of Internet social networking tools for media publishers, in connection with its acquisition by Viacom International Inc.; and numerous others. Assisted Skype Technologies SA shareholders in connection with Skype’s acquisition by eBay Inc.

Porto Alegre Area, Brazil

Civil and commercial litigation

Porto Alegre Area, Brazil

Civil and commercial litigation

Porto Alegre Area, Brazil

Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil

Ll.M., Law

Activities and Societies: Editor, Berkeley Business Law JournalLLM thesis titled "Best Efforts: How hard must the Best Efforts promisor.

Ll.B., Law