Hogan Lovells advises Calibre Scientific on acquisition of Brazilian distributor of laboratory consumables and scientific equipment Carvalhaes

São Paulo, 11 January 2023 – Hogan Lovells advised Calibre Scientific, a diversified global provider of life science reagents, tools, instruments, and other consumables to the lab research, diagnostics, industrial, and biopharmaceutical communities, in the acquisition of Carvalhaes (the “Company”), a Brazilian distributor of laboratory consumables and scientific equipment, which closed on 20 December 2022. Carvalhaes, Calibre Scientific’s first acquisition in Latin America further expands Calibre Scientific’s global distribution platform. With this acquisition, Calibre Scientific adds one of the largest independent distributors of laboratory consumables and equipment in Brazil to its growing portfolio.