Operational and financial restructuring Vésper was a telecommunications company with operations in 17 states, 185 cities in Brazil, covering 130 million POPs. Vésper operated the largest wireless CDMA network in South America, covering 80 cities with more than 200,000 inhabitants. The company provided a wide range of telecommunications services for the corporate and consumer markets.…
Fund raising for a start-up GRUPO SEQUÓIA SOLUÇÕES LOGÍSTICA, was created in June 2010, by two experienced executives to provide integrated logistic solutions – fullfilment and distribution – mainly for e-commerce companies. COMPLETA LOGÍSTICA INTELIGENTE offers flexible fullfilment solutions – including receiving, warehousing, picking, packing and billing, – with service levels based on the specific…
Financial & Operational Restructuring and Sale of Control L.KAUFMANN conducted the financial & operational restructuring of Santelisa Vale, followed by sale of control of the company, acting as interim Chairman of the Board. In 2009, Santelisa Vale, the second largest producer of sugar & alcohol in Brazil, with 8 crushing plants and 18 million/tons year…
Strategic and Business Portfolio Restructuring Petropar (now EVORA) was a public company, with strong family control, active in petrochemicals, transformation of polymers (nonwovens, packaging, fibers and fabrics), fertilizers and some agricultural activities. Kaufmann joined Petropar in 1990, as the Senior member of the Office of the President, with a mission to: improve ROI by optimizing…
IPO and Consolidation In 2006 Medial was a conglomerate of healthcare businesses, including a healthcare plan with 1.5 million members, 11 hospitals, 50 clinics and a diagnostic chain. The role of L.Kaufmann was to take the company public and raise funds to support a consolidation strategy. Medial was the first company in the healthcare sector…
Strategic and Operational Restructuring, Acquisition & Integration In 2009 KROTON wan an educational company in Brazil, with two business segments: (a) a post-secondary business with 39 campuses and almost 90,000 students and (b) a K-12 learning system with 720 associate schools serving 265,000 children. L KAUFMANN was retained by the controlling shareholders of KROTON to…
Strategic, Operational and Financial Restructuring Aracruz Celulose S.A. was the world’s leading producer of bleached eucalyptus market pulp, and the first Brazilian company to be traded with ADRs Level III at the NYSE. Mr. Kaufmann joined Aracruz as CEO in 1993, at a time that the company was highly leveraged and pulp prices were at…
Strategic, operational and financial restructuring and sale El Tejar was a leading producer of agricultural commodities in several South American countries, focused on the production and trading of soybeans, corn, cotton, wheat, sunflower and chia. Created in 1987, the company received over US$ 1 billion in equity and US$ 750 million in debt to become…