M&A Deal Summary

Ser Educacional Acquires Laureate Education - Brazilian Operations

On September 13, 2020, Ser Educacional acquired education company Laureate Education - Brazilian Operations from Laureate for 724M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Ser Educacional’s 1st transaction in the Education sector.
  • This is Ser Educacional’s largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Ser Educacional’s 1st transaction in Brazil.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2020-09-13
Target Laureate Education - Brazilian Operations
Sector Education
Buyer(s) Ser Educacional
Sellers(s) Laureate
Deal Type Divestiture
Deal Value 724M USD

Target

Laureate Education - Brazilian Operations

Brazil
Laureate Education, Inc.'s Brazilian Operations operates 11 higher education institutions in Brazil - Business School São Paulo (BSP), CEDEPE Business School, Centro Universitário dos Guararapes (UniFG), Centro Universitário FADERGS, Centro Universitário FMU | FIAM-FAAM, Centro Universitário IBMR, Centro Universitário Ritter dos Reis (UniRitter), Faculdade Internacional da Paraíba (FPB), Universidade Anhembi Morumbi (UAM), Universidade Potiguar (UnP), and Universidade Salvador (UNIFACS).

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Ser Educacional

Recife, Brazil
Category Company
Founded 1993
Sector Education
Revenue 1.8B BRL (2023)
DESCRIPTION

Ser Educacional is a secondary educational institution offering working adults a wide array of undergraduate and graduate programs, such as business, law, psychology, engineering, and health sciences in the Northeast region of Brazil. Ser Educacional was founded in 1993 and is based in Recife, Brazil.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector (Education) 1 of 1
Type (Divestiture) 1 of 1
Country (Brazil) 1 of 1
Year (2020) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 1

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Laureate

Miami, Florida, United States
Category Company
Founded 1998
Sector Education
Employees28
Revenue 1.5B USD (2023)
DESCRIPTION

Laureate is a provider of higher education. The company’s network of 60 accredited campus-based and online universities offers undergraduate and graduate degree programs to more than 740,000 students across 29 countries. Laureate offers more than 130 career-focused, undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral degree programs in fields including architecture, art, business, culinary arts, design, education, engineering, health sciences, hospitality, information technology, law, and medicine. Laureate was founded in 1998 and is based in Baltimore, Maryland.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 10 of 11
Sector (Education) 9 of 10
Type (Divestiture) 9 of 10
Country (Brazil) 1 of 1
Year (2020) 3 of 3
Size (of disclosed) 3 of 4
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2020-09-11 Walden University

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Walden University is an online healthcare education provider. Walden University is based in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Sell $1.5B
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-05-28 Laureate Education - Higher Education Institutions

Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Laureate's Higher Education Institutions in Brazil provide accessible, high-quality undergraduate, graduate, and specialized degree programs.

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