UNAVETS’ most recent acquisition is Hospital Veterinary San Bernardo, located in the Valencia region. This new incorporation is the second center for the group in Levante. The San Bernardo veterinary hospital has been offering for 25 years the most essential services, ranging from general health and wellbeing of pets to trauma surgeries. Given its longstanding history in the region and quality of the team, it is positioned as a reference hospital in the area.
Junko Sheehan, the CEO of UNAVETS, comments, “We are delighted to collaborate and partner with Jose Martinez and Alexandra Mizzati and their team of 20 clinical professionals at Hospital San Bernardo. The excellence of the team reiterates our continued focus on practicing quality veterinary medicine and working with teams committed to that cause.
The hospital’s facilities are distributed over two floors with consultation rooms, feline and canine, a radiology room and ultrasound CT service, laboratory, pre-operating room and two operating rooms; The center also has a large post-surgery recovery and hospitalization area with separate boxes for infectious cats, dogs and animals.
The hospital also offers a large space for a specialized shop and hairdresser.
UNAVETS has a total of 34 veterinary centers, 15 in Spain and 19 in Portugal, continuing its rapid expansion, approaching approximately 50 centres by summer of 2021. Currently, UNAVETS has over 345 professionals in Spain and Portugal, 315 veterinarians and clinical support staff, who are supported by more than 30 members of the finance, marketing, operations, IT and human resources team that provide shared business services to support the clinical directors and their teams.
UNAVETS was financed in December 2019 with funds managed by Oaktree Capital Management L.P. (“Oaktree”). Oaktree is a leader among global investment managers specializing in alternative investments, with $140 billion in assets under management as of September 30, 2020. The European Strategic Directorate and Oaktree manages more than €4.5 billion in assets under management.
