MEXICO CITY (June 7, 2018) – Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP advised Grupo Vitalmex, S.A. de C.V. (“Vitalmex”) in Australis Partners’ acquisition of a minority stake in Vitalmex. The strategy will provide committed capital to fund Vitalmex’s growth in the Mexican market and throughout Latin America, seeking to capitalize on increasing demand for health care services. Scotiabank served as financial advisor to Vitalmex.
Vitalmex is a leading provider of health care services to third-parties in Mexico. The company’s activities span a wide range of services, including integrated surgical support, inventory management, medical equipment outsourcing and maintenance, as well as the supply and sale of instruments, materials and disposables to over 200 hospitals in Mexico. Vitalmex leverages the use of its proprietary database and mobile application to service public and private medical institutions across Latin America.
Vitalmex also designs, manufactures and distributes medical instruments, materials and disposables from its own production and design facilities based in Mexico and Germany.
The Greenberg Traurig team advising Vitalmex was led by Víctor Manuel Frías Garcés, a shareholder in the firm’s Mexico City Corporate and Antitrust & Competition Practices. Additional team members from the Mexico City office included associates Rocío Olea Salgado, Humberto Molina and law clerk Daniel Pimentel.
About Greenberg Traurig: Greenberg Traurig, LLP (GT) has more than 2,000 attorneys in 38 offices in the United States, Latin America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East. GT has been recognized for its philanthropic giving, was named the largest firm in the U.S. by Law360 in 2017, and is among the Top 20 on the 2017 Am Law Global 100. Web: www.gtlaw.com Twitter: @GT_Law.
Vitalmex is a leading provider of health care services to third-parties in Mexico. The company’s activities span a wide range of services, including integrated surgical support, inventory management, medical equipment outsourcing and maintenance, as well as the supply and sale of instruments, materials and disposables to over 200 hospitals in Mexico. Vitalmex leverages the use of its proprietary database and mobile application to service public and private medical institutions across Latin America.
Vitalmex also designs, manufactures and distributes medical instruments, materials and disposables from its own production and design facilities based in Mexico and Germany.
The Greenberg Traurig team advising Vitalmex was led by Víctor Manuel Frías Garcés, a shareholder in the firm’s Mexico City Corporate and Antitrust & Competition Practices. Additional team members from the Mexico City office included associates Rocío Olea Salgado, Humberto Molina and law clerk Daniel Pimentel.
About Greenberg Traurig: Greenberg Traurig, LLP (GT) has more than 2,000 attorneys in 38 offices in the United States, Latin America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East. GT has been recognized for its philanthropic giving, was named the largest firm in the U.S. by Law360 in 2017, and is among the Top 20 on the 2017 Am Law Global 100. Web: www.gtlaw.com Twitter: @GT_Law.