Business · Companies · 6 hrs ago
Kitchens partner transferred two properties to holding company before court restructuring
Kitchens co-owner Heliane Gouvea and her husband transferred two apartments to a holding company they had set up.
The properties were valued at R$4.26 million in the documents, and are no longer directly registered to the couple.
The transfers took place while Kitchens, a high-end furniture maker in São Paulo, was already facing financial trouble.
A São Paulo court accepted Kitchens’ restructuring request, which covers R$299.9 million in debt, but the company’s recovery plan has not yet been put into effect.
Asset transfers by owners of companies in financial difficulty can be challenged by creditors, though the transfer alone does not establish wrongdoing.
The court process will require a credible recovery plan, and the owners’ personal assets may become relevant if the company later goes bankrupt and an owner is held responsible.
A partner in Kitchens and her husband transferred two properties to a holding company before the furniture maker entered court-supervised restructuring.
The apartments were declared to be worth a total of R$4.26 million.
The couple created Digo Holding Patrimonial Ltda in November 2025, when Kitchens was already in financial crisis.
They signed the property transfer in March 2026, and Heliane da Silva Disessa Gouvea left the holding company the following month.
A São Paulo court accepted Kitchens’ restructuring request on November 3, with R$299.9 million in debts covered by the process.
- Who
- Kitchens partner Heliane da Silva Disessa Gouvea and her husband, Carlos Eduardo Disessa Gouvea.
- What
- They transferred two apartments to Digo Holding Patrimonial Ltda, a holding company they had created.
- When
- The couple created the holding in November 2025 and signed the transfer in March 2026.
- Where
- The properties are in São Paulo.
- Why
- The sources do not state the couple’s reason for the transfer.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
The couple created Digo Holding Patrimonial Ltda.
Heliane and Carlos Eduardo signed the change transferring the two properties to Digo.
Heliane left the holding company, which then belonged only to Carlos Eduardo.
A São Paulo court accepted Kitchens’ request for judicial restructuring.
- Properties transferred
- Two apartments
- Declared value
- R$4.26 million combined
- Holding company
- Digo Holding Patrimonial Ltda
- Holding created
- November 24, 2025
- Kitchens debts in restructuring
- R$299.9 million
What people are saying
In practice, it constitutes an activity of asset shielding, and creditors may challenge it if the company eventually goes bankrupt, the partner is held responsible for the bankruptcy, and her assets are held liable for the debts.
It is a snapshot of the assets before the restructuring process unfolds and, if it leads to bankruptcy and the businessperson is held responsible for it, those assets may be used to answer for the debts.