MFE to acquire 32.9% stake in Portuguese media group Impresa

Pérez-Llorca, NautaDutilh and BonelliErede advised MFE–MediaForEurope, while PLMJ represented Impresa in the transaction. MFE–MediaForEurope, the holding company of the Italian Mediaset group, has entered into binding agreements with Portuguese media group Impresa and its controlling shareholder Impreger. Under those agreements Impresa will issue new shares and MFE will subscribe them, resulting in MFE acquiring a 32.9% ownership stake and the same proportion of voting rights in Impresa. Impresa is a Portuguese media group operating eight television channels and the newspaper Expresso, and is listed on the Lisbon Stock Exchange with a significant presence in Portuguese-speaking markets worldwide. Closing of the transaction is expected in the first quarter of 2026 and remains subject to customary conditions precedent, including confirmation by the competent Portuguese authority of MFE's exemption from the obligation to launch a takeover bid. Pérez-Llorca represented MFE–MediaForEurope with a team composed by: Manuel Cordeiro Ferreira, corporate/capital markets partner; Gonçalo Capela Godinho, corporate partner; Isa Rodrigues, corporate lawyer; Inês Dias Lopes, corporate/capital markets lawyer; Francisco Mendes Amaral, corporate lawyer; Rita Leandro Vasconcelos, EU/competition partner; and Adolfo Mesquita Nunes, public law partner. PLMJ represented Impresa with a team composed by: Diogo Perestrelo, co-head partner of Corporate M&A; André Figueiredo, head partner of Banking & Finance and Capital Markets; Manuel Sequeira; Guilherme Martins Pereira; Tiago Belinha (Corporate M&A); Raquel Azevedo, partner; Madalena Perestrelo de Oliveira, senior counsel; Teresa Proença Varão, associate (Banking & Finance); Martim Valente, senior counsel (Competition and EU Law); Pedro Lomba, partner; and Rita Costa Sousa, senior associate (TMT). NautaDutilh advised MFE–MediaForEurope on Dutch law matters. BonelliErede advised MFE–MediaForEurope on corporate and capital markets aspects.

MFE to acquire 32.9% stake in Portuguese media group Impresa

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