GA_P advises IVC Evidensia on the acquisition of ANIMED – Gondomar Veterinary Hospital

Gómez-Acebo & Pombo advised IVC Evidencia, world leader in veterinary care, on the acquisition of ANIMED – Hospital Veterinário de Gondomar, consolidating its presence in the northern region of Portugal.

The British-Swedish veterinary group, present in Portugal since 2021, continues to expand across the country and currently has 30 veterinary care centres in mainland Portugal and in the Madeira Island. The Gómez-Acebo & Pombo team has been advising the group on this expansion project in Portugal.

ANIMED is the second veterinary hospital to be acquired by IVC Evidensia in Porto, followed by Hospital Veterinário da Póvoa in Póvoa de Varzim, which joined the group in 2022.

The team leading the transaction was composed of Mafalda Barreto, head of the Corporate and M&A, and lawyers Leonor Rocha and João Bento Cardoso.

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