About

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Our Private Equity team is part of our International Corporate Group and advises high‑growth companies as well as private equity and venture capital investors. We work with angel investors, funds, corporate investors, incubators and accelerators, supporting them throughout the full investment cycle.

We cover the main areas of private equity transactions, including leveraged buyouts, minority investments, shareholder agreements, management incentives, C‑level agreements, growth and refinancing operations, portfolio support and dual‑track exits with our ECM team.

As financial investors increasingly focus on digital business models, our strong sector expertise provides significant value. We offer end‑to‑end assistance from fund formation to exit, including buy‑side and sell‑side support, financing strategies and due diligence for complex transactions.

Recognised internationally for our work with companies shaping the digital economy, we support clients across acquisitions, joint ventures, secondary buyouts and IPOs. We combine deep industry insight with a practical approach to help clients navigate regulatory frameworks and market complexities efficiently.

We enhance company value through strategic advice, corporate structuring and compliance, drawing on our experience with high‑tech, asset‑light models. Our long‑standing relationships with leading private equity firms ensure pragmatic, commercially focused guidance tailored to each client’s objectives.

Chambers Review

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Private Equity: Venture Capital - Spain

5
Band 5

What the Team is Known For

Bird & Bird stands out for its expertise advising Spanish funds and real estate investors, amongst other clients, on a range of private equity transactions. The firm is also well positioned to handle matters that touch on multiple jurisdictions. It has additional notable experience negotiating investment agreements and the granting of convertible loans.

Work Highlights

  • Bird & Bird advised Duneglass Capital on a minority investment in Fecundis Lab.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Lourdes Ayala
4
Lourdes Ayala
4
Band 4

Lourdes Ayala is a well respected lawyer in the Spanish venture capital market. She assists a range of clientele on mandates relating to financing round series, displaying an integral expertise negotiating investment agreements.

Lourdes Ayala has excellent communication and mediation skills between parties, is very objective and creative with non-standard solutions.

Lourdes provided us with exceptional service, demonstrating her detailed knowledge of all the legal implications of transactions.

Santiago Lardíes
5
Santiago Lardíes
5
Band 5

Santiago Lardiés aids both national and international private equity investors and offers particular expertise in corporate and M&A matters. He assists clients active in the real estate and infrastructure sectors and is adept at handling add-on acquisitions of businesses, joint ventures and reinvestment of shareholders.

Santiago Lardíes has a lot of problem-solving capacity and flexibility to adjust to the client's needs in environments of pressure and urgency.

Santiago is very good because he fit in very well with the legal and business team, but also with our needs. He grasped the part of understanding the client's needs very well from the beginning.

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Spain

Private Equity

Santiago Lardíes
5
Santiago Lardíes
5
Band 5
Private Equity: Venture Capital

Lourdes Ayala
4
Lourdes Ayala
4
Band 4

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