We advised Afya on an investment by SoftBank

Davis Polk advised Afya Limited in connection with a $150 million investment by SoftBank Latin America Fund through the purchase of Afya’s Series A perpetual convertible preferred shares.

Afya is a leading medical education group in Brazil based on number of medical school seats, delivering an end-to-end physician-centric ecosystem that serves and empowers students and physicians to transform their ambitions into rewarding lifelong experiences from the moment they join us as medical students through their medical residency preparation, graduation program, continuing medical education activities and offering digital products to help doctors enhance their healthcare services through their whole career.

The Davis Polk corporate team included partners Manuel Garciadiaz and Mark J. DiFiore. Members of the Davis Polk team are based in the São Paulo and New York offices.

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