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MCDONALD’S

Deal: Arcos Dorados B.V. acquires the business and assets of McDonald’s Corporation’s Latin American Operations.

Date completed: August, 2007

Value: over US $700 million

Description:
Arcos Dorados B.V. acquired in Costa Rica both the business and assets of McDonald’s Corporation’s Latin American operations, valued at over US $700 million.

Arias & Muñoz role:
Arias & Muñoz represented Arcos Dorados B.V. in Costa Rica in acquiring both the business and assets of McDonald’s Corporation’s Latin American operations, valued at over US $700 million.
These assets include approximately 1,600 existing restaurants located throughout 18 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean. The transaction resulted in the execution of a 20-year franchise agreement with McDonald's Latin America, LLC.

Importance:
These assets include approximately 1,600 existing restaurants located throughout 18 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean. On a local level it involves a security vehicle which accommodates a diversity of interests through a single, cost efficient document.

Arias & Muñoz Team working on the deal:

Costa Rica
Partners: Vicente Lines, Manuel Enrique Lizano
Associates: Leonora Granados