Pérez-Llorca, Funds | Chambers Europe Profile

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Pérez-Llorca’s Private Equity team adapts its work to the needs of each transaction and client in order to cover all angles, add value to our advice and offer our clients complete solutions. Our advice includes:

Pre-investment stage: our team advises our clients from the pre-investment stage and the submission of the first non-binding offers, up to the negotiation and signing of the documents required to close the transaction
Post-investment stage: we also accompany our clients in the stages following the investment. We advise them on the day-to-day management of their investments, restructuring their portfolios, refinancings and add-on acquisitions
Exit and disinvestment stage: likewise, the team advises on the exit and disinvestment phase, including direct sales, competitive sales processes, listings and other forms of disinvestment

Pérez-Llorca has been one of the pioneers in advising Venture Capital funds and start-ups. Our team covers the following types of Venture Capital transactions:

The founders on the preparation of the company for the investment rounds and search for investors
Ongoing legal advice on general matters
Fund formation and management matters
Corporate advice on the legal documents of the investment rounds
Venture Debt
E-commerce
Growth investment rounds
Exits: corporate process
Data protection (in particular GDPR)
IP matters
Labour advice and related matters
Tax advice on the company, founders and investors, specially focused on the exit.
Re-domestication processes.

Chambers Review

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Private Equity: Venture Capital - Spain

Band 2

What the Team is Known For

Pérez-Llorca benefits from an extensive domestic footprint and assists national and international funds that are active in Spanish private equity and venture capital transactions, often with a cross-border dimension. The law firm acts on mid-cap acquisitions on behalf of important Spanish asset management companies. Additionally, it handles portfolio management mandates, including post-acquisition mergers. The group is also noted as a strong choice for entrepreneurs looking to raise capital and scale up, regularly acting on all series fund-raisings. It also assists venture capital funds with their early-stage and growth capital investments. The team further advises on the structuring of partial exits, in which selling funds maintains a minority stake in portfolio companies following secondary sale processes.

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Work Highlights

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Pérez-Llorca advised Taiga Mistral on its joint venture with Renewable Power Capital Group for the development of onshore wind projects in Poland. The transaction value was EUR2 billion.

Strengths

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"They are very impressive both technically and legally. We really enjoy their commercial approach to deals."

Private Equity: Venture Capital respondent
Europe

"They are very impressive both technically and legally. We really enjoy their commercial approach to deals."

Private Equity: Venture Capital respondent
Europe

Notable Practitioners

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Pedro Fernández

Band 1

Pedro Fernández is a leading venture capital lawyer, garnering praise for his advice both to foreign and domestic investors on equity transactions involving Spanish startups. He regularly advises founders on early-stage and growth investments as well as on any subsequent corporate matters affecting target companies.

"Pedro is always available. He suggests alternatives and provides solutions, which is very helpful."

"Pedro finds avenues and really understands transactions."

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Pablo González Mosqueira

Band 3

Pablo González Mosqueira has demonstrable experience in high-value transactions including buyouts and minority private equity deals. He also handles portfolio management exercises carried out by international investment firms.

"He is a bright individual and is very positive. He knows knows how to control the balance in the room. The confidence we have in Pablo is unique."

"He is extremely clear and very commercial."

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