20.05.2025

Practice Areas: Corporate and M&A

Type: Abreu News

Abreu Advogados advises Grupo Rodilla on the purchase of A Padaria Portuguesa

Abreu Advogados advised the Spanish Grupo Rodilla on the acquisition of 100 per cent of the A Padaria Portuguesa chain.

Abreu Advogados’ advice included Due Diligence, the negotiation of the sale and purchase agreement and the notification of the operation to the Competition Authority, which is currently underway.

The Abreu Advogados team that advised this company was led by partners Alexandra Courela and António Pina, with the support of a large multidisciplinary team made up of around 20 members:

  • Partners Gonçalo Malheiro, Inês Sequeira Mendes, Nuno Sapateiro, Patrícia Viana, Pedro Alves da Silva and Ricardo Henriques;
  • Professional Partners Ana Simões Ferreira, André Modesto Pinheiro, Joana Maldonado Reis, Madalena Bernardes Coelho, Patrícia Perestrelo, Sónia Gemas Donário;
  • Senior Associate Lawyers Bárbara Quintas Soares, Inês Cortez Elói and José Maria Alves Pereira;
  • Associates Benedita Marques Pombo and Manuel Santiago;
  • Trainee lawyer Margarida Calixto Kolmer.

The Spanish group Rodilla, with around 300 establishments, is part of the catering brands of the Damm brewery, a company in the food and drink sector with a presence in more than 130 countries.

Founded in 2010, A Padaria Portuguesa has 84 shops nationwide and two factories in Lisbon and Porto. The company was put up for sale at the end of 2024 by its main shareholders, Nuno Carvalho, executive chairman, and José Diogo Quintela.

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