PRACTICE AREAS
The LARGEST investment funds legal practice in Spain, with a GLOBAL network
Investment Funds
Fund Structuring
Structuring private funds and investment vehicles in Spain, Luxembourg, Delaware, United Kingdom and other relevant jurisdictions.
We have experience in many different types of assets and strategies: private equity, real estate, debt, infrastructure, secondaries, venture capital, renewable energies, natural resources, fund of funds and hedge funds.
We offer fully integrated regulatory and tax advice combined with close relationships with other leading investment funds law firms.
We have a commercially driven approach to fund structuring and can leverage on our diverse experience in acting for investors.
Advice to fund sponsors, managers and executives
We act for sponsors and executives in setting-up management/advisory structures, structuring their investments and co-investment schemes and defining their internal arrangements and incentives.
Primary Investments
and co-investments
Our team has broad experience acting for investors with respect to primary investments and co-investments. We have participated in circa 1,000 investments since 2004 covering all types of strategies (buy-out, growth, venture, infrastructure, real estate, debt and special situations) and different geographic areas (Europe, North America, Latin America, Asia and Africa).
With one of the most experienced fund teams of Spain, we provide best-in-class, bespoke legal advice to funds of funds, institutional investors, family offices, financial entities and public institutions when making such investments.
We provide commercial guidance on terms and conditions and market best practices, review commercial and legal materials and conduct negotiations with fund sponsors.
Secondaries
We advise international investors and GPs on secondaries transactions and GP restructurings in many different jurisdictions. We have acted in more than 200 secondary deals, advising on both sell and buy side transactions.
We advise fund of funds, family offices, institutional investors and financial entities and are completely familiarized with their needs and concerns when representing them in such transactions. We also have close relationships with intermediaries and take a pro-active approach to secondary transactions.
We offer a fully integrated tax advice with experience in secondaries combined with access to US tax matters experts.
Regulatory
Our regulatory experts work hand in hand with the rest of our team in fund structuring, primary investments, co-investments and secondary mandates.
We regularly advise fund managers, advisers and intermediaries on regulatory issues and compliance, namely fund distribution and how the application of AIFMD and MiFID can shape fund marketing.
We have advised institutional investors (banks, insurance companies and pension funds) and are completely familiarized with their regulatory needs and concerns when representing them in alternative investments.
Tax
We offer specialized tax advice to fund managers and advisers and executive team members in relation to the set-up of fund structures and their investments and divestments.
Our tax team also regularly advises investors with respect to the taxation implications of primary investments, co-investments and secondaries transactions.
We have close relationships with international leading tax practitioners specialized in alternative investments.