Tapada Das Mercês Veterinary Hospital joins ONEVET (UNAVETS Group)

The Tapada das Mercês Veterinary Hospital, located in the Greater Lisbon area, has joined ONEVET (UNAVETS Group), reinforcing the Group's presence in the South region of Portugal.

Headed by Hugo and Paula Oliveira for ~18 years, the Tapada Veterinary Hospital is very reputable and has a team of 24 professionals, including 11 veterinarians, 13 nurses and veterinary assistants. It is a practice focused on its team’s professional and clinical development. The clinical specialties are diversified, with special emphasis on the areas of surgery, orthopedics, neurosurgery, minimally invasive surgery, endoscopy, reproduction, insemination, semen freezing, neonatology, internal medicine and odontology.

Hugo and Paula Oliveira, founders of the Hospital, comment, "Tapada Veterinary Hospital, founded 18 years ago, has a proven track record for continuous and sustainable growth, based on our determination to guarantee a high-quality service to patients and guardians which has been recognized, which challenges us and makes us responsible to be better every day. It is a challenge that we embrace because of the passion with which we live veterinary medicine. It is in this context that, facing the new challenges in veterinary medicine, we embrace the OneVet (and broader UNAVETS Group) as an opportunity to develop technologically and professionally the team of the Tapada Veterinary Hospital in order to raise the excellence of services to pets. And with OneVet our passion remains."

Guilherme Assis, Executive Director of ONEVET, says, "Tapada Veterinary Hospital represents an excellent reinforcement of the clinical specialties of the Onevet (UNAVETS Group) not only in the Greater Lisbon region, but also at a national level. We have high expectations regarding the potential for collaboration between our units and the integration of Hospital Veterinário da Tapada will certainly make a huge contribution to the continued creation of value in the Onevet/Unavets Group."

The ONEVET group has also recently launched a training platform called OneAcademy by UNAVETS, which will further reinforce theoretical and clinical training via a mentorship model across specialties and general practice. This has been made possible by the clusters of practices in the same region and the platform looks forward to including Hugo and Paula Oliveira and the team at the Hospital to the vet family model that has been created over the last several years.

ABOUT UNAVETS

UNAVETS Group has a leadership position in the veterinary healthcare market in Iberia (Spain and Portugal), developing in 2.5 years a group which offers shared services and commercial/development support to its more than 72 practices and over 650 team members. The group includes referral/specialist centres, 24-hour hospitals, first opinion clinics, and local veterinary offices, thus ensuring a convenient and complete service.

Plans are in place to continue the Group’s growth strategy in Iberia and other European geographies, while developing new lines of service, innovating with digital engagement internally and with its customers, and promoting veterinary healthcare training and scientific development within the clinical team. For more information, please visit www.unavets.com.

ABOUT OAKTREE CAPITAL

UNAVETS was funded in December 2019 by Oaktree, a leader among global investment managers specializing in alternative investments, with $164 billion in assets under management as of March 31, 2022. The firm emphasizes an opportunistic, value-oriented and risk-controlled approach to investments in credit, private equity, real assets and listed equities. The firm has over 1,000 employees and offices in 20 cities worldwide. For additional information, please visit Oaktree’s website at http://www.oaktreecapital.com/.

ABOUT INTER-RISCO

ONEVET was founded in 2012 by Inter-Risco, SCR, S.A., one of the leading private equity players in the Portuguese market. Over the last 20 years, Inter-Risco has developed a strong brand and an enviable network throughout the fragmented small and medium enterprise (SME) segment in Portugal, investing more than €200 million in more than 100 Iberian companies.