Gabriela Sella

Experiences

Gabriela has more than 10 years’ experience and specializes in mergers and acquisitions, corporate law, company restructuring, foreign investments in Brazil and Brazilian investments abroad, as well as having extensive experience in contracts and regulatory issues related to these transactions. In recent years, she has been involved in several transactions in a wide range of sectors.

Track Record

– Sale to Adubos Real (a subsidiary of the Japanese group Marubeni) of Yoshida&Hirata Agronegócios, a traditional player specializing in agricultural inputs and solutions based in the state of São Paulo.

– She advised Barentz International, a global life sciences group, on the acquisition of Volp Indústria e Comércio, a Brazilian company with a leading presence in the personal care products distribution sector.

– Advised Agro Amazônia (a distribution company of the Sumitomo Corporation Group) on the acquisition of Nativa Agronegócios, a company with a prominent presence in the agricultural inputs and fertilizers distribution business, with a focus on the state of Minas Gerais.

– Transaction involving the acquisition and financing, for US$ 1.485 billion, by Avient Corporation, a leading provider of specialized and sustainable materials solutions, of

-Koninklijke DSM, a protective materials company, leader in the specialized engineering materials sector, created on the basis of the invention of Dyneema®️, the world’s strongest fiber.

-Advised O Mecânico, the leading provider of educational content and services in the tools and parts sector, on the sale of the company to Loja do Mecânico (the billionaire retailer invested in by eB Capital).

– Advising on the structuring of an investment and fiber optic joint venture between Americanet and GRUPO Celérix.

– Advised Vitalforce, one of the most important players in the biological fertilizer industry, on the sale of the company to Grupo Lwart (a world reference company and Brazilian leader in the collection and re-refining of used lubricating oil and post-consumer waste management).

– Advised one of the main global distributors of life science ingredients on the acquisition of a Brazilian company with a strong presence in the flavors and ingredients sector.

Academic background

– Saint Paul Business School, Specialization in Finance
– Mackenzie Presbyterian University, Bachelor of Laws

Activities

– Mergers and Acquisitions
– Corporate Law
– Company restructuring
– Foreign investments in Brazil
– Brazilian investments abroad
– Contracts
– Capital Markets

National and international recognition

– Análise Advocacia
– Chambers Brazil – Corporate & M&A
– Leaders League – Corporate & M&A
– The Legal 500 – Corporate & M&A
– WWL – Who’s Who Legal Brazil