São Paulo, Brazil – Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, represented Méliuz, an innovative Brazilian online marketplace and fintech, and certain selling shareholders in their $227 million follow-on offering of shares listed on the B3 stock exchange. BTG Pactual, Itau BBA, Morgan Stanley, and UBS BBs acted as placement agents for the transaction in Brazil and abroad. The follow-on offering priced shares at BRL57 per share. The company expects to use the proceeds from the primary offering for acquisitions, expansion plans and general corporate purposes.

Partner David Flechner led the Paul Hastings team, which also included associates Filipe Lima, Thomas Ayres, and Jonathan Cardenas, with support from partner David Makso, and associate Rob Wilson.

Paul Hastings previously represented Meliuz in its $103 million IPO in November 2020.

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