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Before this deal it operated institutions in Bahia, Goi\u00e1s and Minas Gerais.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Universidade Vila Velha (UVV) was founded in 1974 and is one of Brazil\u2019s leading private higher education institutions. With more than 15,000 students, it offers undergraduate, graduate, medical residency, master\u2019s and doctoral programmes, taught on campus, in hybrid format and by distance learning. UVV has a strong reputation for academic quality in medicine and health sciences. It holds 221 medical school seats.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>The outcome<\/h4>\n<p>Clariens Educa\u00e7\u00e3o has acquired UVV. The deal takes Clariens into Esp\u00edrito Santo for the first time and adds its first university to the portfolio. Clariens now runs a national higher education platform across four states: Bahia, Goi\u00e1s, Minas Gerais and Esp\u00edrito Santo. The UVV brand will stay in place, and Clariens plans to invest further and connect the university with the rest of its institutions.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Clairfield&#8217;s role<\/h4>\n<p>Clairfield&#8217;s partner in Brazil, \u00c0rtica, acted as exclusive financial advisor to Clariens Educa\u00e7\u00e3o. This is the third acquisition of Clariens that Clairfield has advised on in the last four years.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cUVV is a strong and respected brand in Esp\u00edrito Santo. We will preserve this legacy while expanding our capacity to invest and creating new opportunities for students, faculty, and researchers through greater integration with Clariens\u2019 other institutions, bringing the UVV name to audiences across Brazil.\u201d<\/em><br \/>\n\u2014 Thiago Say\u00e3o \/ Clariens Educa\u00e7\u00e3o CEO<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":75974,"template":"","country":[19,379],"office_involved":[368],"service":[4,9],"sector":[10],"transaction_format":[41,42],"class_list":["post-75944","transaction","type-transaction","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","country-brazil","country-united-arab-emirates","office_involved-brazil","service-mergers-acquisitions","service-private-equity","sector-business-services","transaction_format-case-studies","transaction_format-track-record"],"acf":{"intro_text":"Clariens Educa\u00e7\u00e3o, a premium-focused higher education platform, backed by Mubadala Capital, acquired Universidade Vila Velha.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;","image_mode":"simple","transaction_image":75957,"text_between_images":"","transaction_image_2":null,"transaction_text":"","similar_transactions":[70953,55054,67464,60422,23320,36430],"team":[1584,71024]},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - 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