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Merger control
Case reference
Ccent/2025/44 - Astral Stork / Sanfil
Acquiring
Astral Stork, Unipessoal Lda.
Description
A wholly owned holding company specifically established by MCH Private Equity Investments, a Spanish private equity investment company that focuses its investment strategy on companies in the Innovation and Technology, Food and Agribusiness, and Health, Wellness and Lifestyle sectors. In Portugal, MCH controls the Brasmar Group, which operates in the seafood food sector and is dedicated to the processing, distribution and sale of frozen fish and seafood, as well as the distribution of frozen prepared fish and meat dishes; the Active Hearing Group, which is active in the purchase, sale and provision of technical assistance services for hearing aids and their accessories, and operates the “Audição Activa” brand; and the Logalty Group, which provides digital identification services, certificate issuance, electronic contracting and communication, and GRC (Governance, Risk & Conformity) solutions, controlling DigitalSign.
Acquiring
BBT – Consultoria e Investimento, S.A.
Description
Company that provides consultancy services in the areas of management, support and corporate restructuring, acquisitions, mergers, business organization and management of financial and real estate investments.
Acquired
Sanfil - Global Health Company, S.A.
Description
Company whose main activity consists of providing services in the area of ??medicine, consultancy and business management in the health sector, managing a set of hospitals and private imaging and dialysis clinics in the Central region of Portugal.
Sector
Activity (NACE)
Applicable legislation
Notification thresholds
Type of merger
Cooperation with sector regulators
  • ERS - Health Regulatory Entity
Status
Closed
Type of Investigation
Phase 1
AdC’s decision
Non-opposition
Case description

The concentration transaction consists of the acquisition, by Astral Stork, Unipessoal Lda. (“Astral Stork”), a vehicle company wholly owned and specially constituted by MCH Private Equity Investments, S.G.E.I.C., S.A. (“MCH”), of joint control, with BBT – Consultoria e Investimento, S.A (“BBT”), over Sanfil – Global Health Company, S.A. (“Sanfil”).
Timeline
2025-07-16
AdC adopted a non-opposition decision in concentration operation 44/2025 - Astral Stork / Sanfil.
2025-06-18
Astral Stork and BBT notify the acquisition of joint control over Sanfil.
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