Catarina Freitas

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Catarina Freitas represents public and private companies on domestic and cross-border M&A, joint venture, and private equity transactions, as well as in the negotiation of commercial agreements. She has experience in a broad range of industries, including energy, digital infrastructure, pharmaceuticals, aviation, and hospitality.

Catarina has broad experience in both energy transition and traditional energy sectors. Her practice encompasses a wide range of matters involving solar, wind, battery storage, and other renewable energy projects, as well as biofuels and specialty chemicals, and traditional midstream and downstream oil and gas operations.

Prior to joining Jones Day, Catarina was an associate in the corporate practice at a leading full-service Brazilian law firm where she advised Brazilian, European, Asian, and U.S. companies in M&A, structuring investments in Brazil and in general corporate matters.

Catarina is committed to Jones Day's diversity efforts and pro bono service, representing clients in immigration and divorce matters. In 2022, she won her first asylum case for a Venezuelan client. During law school she also worked as an intern at the Florence Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project in Florence, Arizona.

担当案件

  • SER Capital Partners sells Perfect Power to FIC PartnersJones Day advised SER Capital Partners in the sale of Perfect Power LLC, a developer, owner, and operator of the Jaguar Energy Center, a grid-interconnected battery energy storage and solar platform with up to 1.15 GW of planned capacity across approximately 4,500 acres, to an affiliate of FIC Partners Management, LP, an investment firm with a focus on critical infrastructure assets across the energy and power use value chains.
  • Sanofi sells generic business Medley to EMSJones Day is advising Sanofi in the sale of Medley, one of Brazil's leading generics brands, to EMS.
  • Nutrien sells 50% interest in Argentina's ProfertilJones Day advised Nutrien Ltd. in the sale of its 50% interest in Argentina-based nitrogen producer Profertil S.A. to Adecoagro S.A. and Asociacion de Cooperativas Argentinas Coop Ltda for approximately US$600 million.
  • MPLX sells Uinta and Green River basin gathering and processing assets for $1 billionJones Day advised MPLX LP (NYSE: MPLX) and certain of its affiliates in the $1 billion sale of Uinta and Green River basin gathering and processing assets to a subsidiary of Harvest Midstream, a privately held midstream service provider.
  • NerdWallet completes several strategic M&A and investment transactionsJones Day has advised NerdWallet, Inc. (Nasdaq: NRDS), a platform that provides financial guidance to consumers and small- and mid-sized businesses, in connection with several strategic M&A and equity investment transactions.
  • Sherwin-Williams acquires BASF's Brazilian architectural paints businessJones Day advised The Sherwin-Williams Company (NYSE: SHW) in its acquisition of BASF's Brazilian architectural paints business ("Suvinil") for $1.15 billion in an all-cash transaction.
  • Sanofi to separate its consumer healthcare business, OpellaJones Day acted as securities law counsel in the separation of Opella, Sanofi's consumer healthcare business, and the sale of a 50% controlling stake to CD&R.
  • Bose acquires McIntoshJones Day advised Bose Corporation in the acquisition of McIntosh Group, the parent company of high-performance and luxury audio brands that include McIntosh and Sonus faber.
  • Red Arbor, with the support of Vitruvian Partners, acquires the employment sites Catho and OCCJones Day advised Red Arbor Holding, S.L. in the acquisition by Vitruvian of a minority stake in Red Arbor and the concurrent acquisition by Red Arbor of OCC Mexico and Catho from SEEK Limited.
  • WEG acquires industrial electric motors and generators business from Regal Rexnord CorporationJones Day advised WEG S.A. in the $400 million acquisition of the industrial electric motors and generators business of Regal Rexnord Corporation.
  • Sanofi sells Dermacyd and Lactacyd brands to EMS S.A.Jones Day advised Sanofi in the sale of 11 Dermacyd line products in Brazil and 13 Lactacyd line products in Mexico, Peru, and Argentina to EMS S.A.
  • TotalEnergies completes PIPE investment in NextDecade Corporation and investment in $18.5 billion Rio Grande LNG ProjectJones Day represented TotalEnergies in connection with its PIPE investment in NextDecade Corporation and investment in the Rio Grande LNG (RGLNG) Project, a planned natural gas liquefaction project in South Texas.
  • Twilio sells ValueFirst to TanlaJones Day advised Twilio Inc. in the sale of ValueFirst Digital Media Private Limited to Tanla Platforms Limited, a company based in India with shares listed on BSE Limited and the National Stock Exchange of India.
  • ABS sells technical inspection service line to ApaveJones Day advised ABS Group of Companies, Inc. in the sale by one of its subsidiaries, ABSG Consulting, Inc., of its technical inspection service line to Apave Group, an international inspection group.
  • CoLift, Traxys Management and Optiver acquire Traxys GroupJones Day represented CoLift LLC, which sponsored the management buy-out of the Traxys Group, a leading global physical trader and merchant in metals and natural resources, together with Optiver, a global market maker and an investor group active in mining and natural resources led by Regent Mercantile Holdings Limited and The LOM Financial Group.
  • TotalEnergies' affiliate Cray Valley sells three product lines to Pacific Avenue Capital PartnersJones Day is advising Total Energies on its sale of three product lines to Pacific Avenue Capital Partners (Wingtack®, PolyBD® and Dymalink®) developed by Cray Valley, its resin production and sales affiliate.
  • Agencias Universales S.A. (AGUNSA) acquires 75% of the Carver Maritime Manatee port terminal operator in FloridaJones Day advised Agencias Universales S.A. (AGUNSA) in the acquisition of a 75% equity interest in Carver Maritime Manatee, a terminal operator at SeaPort Manatee, a deep water seaport located at the entrance to Tampa Bay in northern Manatee County, Florida.
  • Ansys acquires leading particle dynamics simulation software RockyJones Day advised Ansys, Inc. in the acquisition of Engineering Simulation and Scientific Software Rocky DEM, S.L., a leading provider of particular dynamics simulation software with developers in Brazil, Spain, and the United States.
  • UPL sells stake in Advanta Enterprises to KKRJones Day advised UPL Limited in its $300 million sale of a 13.33% stake in its subsidiary, Advanta Enterprises Limited, to KKR.
  • Nutrien acquires Casa do AduboJones Day advised Nutrien Ltd. in the acquisition of Brazilian company Casa do Adubo S.A.
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