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SOPHIA CAPITAL TEAM
DIEGO ALVAREZ DEMALDE
MANAGING PARTNER
More than 50 M&A, debt and equity transactions.
Former Investment Banker at Credit Suisse and UBS.
Former Consultant at Booz Allen Hamilton.
Over a decade of transactions and strategic engagements in Wall Street with focus on Emerging Markets.
Columbia Business School MBA Graduate.
Industrial Engineer from the University of Buenos Aires.
NEWS AND PUBLICATIONS
THE SALE OF SOCOTHERM
SOPHIA CAPITAL ANNOUNCES THE SALE OF SOCOTHERM GROUP TO SHAWCOR
October 26th, 2012
Sophia Capital has concluded the execution of a share purchase agreement to sell its 60% stake in Socotherm to ShawCor Canada Holdings Limited (“ShawCor”) for an amount of approximately CAD135 million. With this transaction, ShawCor will now beneficially own 100% of the capital stock of Fineglade Ltd., which is the holding and controlling company of the Socotherm Group.
Sources related to Sophia Capital commented: "We are very pleased with this transaction. We acquired Socotherm out of pre-bankruptcy protection proceedings and, after a financial and operational turnaround, its current management team achieved impressive results by placing Socotherm as the leading flow assurance company in the world. Today, as part of the largest coating company globally, Socotherm is uniquely positioned to strengthen its leadership and focus on developing new coating technologies that will become the new standards in flow assurance."
Sophia Capital is an investment group dedicated to Private Equity and Asset Management with focus on the oil services industry. Socotherm is a global leader in pipe coating for the oil and gas sector, with operations in Italy, USA, West Africa, and Latin America including Argentina, Brazil, and Venezuela.