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Federico Fruhbeck

Federico Fruhbeck

UK 2026

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Ranked in 2 practice areas

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About

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Practice Areas

Federico is Global Co-Chair of Gibson Dunn’s Projects and Infrastructure Practice Group and Co-Head of Private Equity in Europe. Federico’s practice focuses on cross-border M&A transactions across Europe and Latin America for private equity sponsor clients, with a particular focus in the infrastructure, ESG/climate and real assets and industrials sectors, including telecom (towers, fibre optic, data centres and broadcasting), utilities, transportation, water and wastewater (and EfW), renewable energy, education, healthcare and healthcare infrastructure (including pharma), shipping, industrials (including building materials, chemicals and petrochemicals), as well as technology (particularly cloud solutions, cybersecurity and technology services). Federico is also very active in the climate change space and represents many private equity sponsors in their investments in that sector.

Personal

Comillas Pontifical University - 2007 Licenciatura; Columbia University - 2010 Master of Laws (LL.M.)

Chambers Review

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Chambers Guide to the Legal Profession

Infrastructure - UK-wide

Band 3
Band 3

Individual Editorial

Federico Fruhbeck is an experienced lawyer who specialises in infrastructure M&A across a range of sectors, including telecoms, energy and water.

Private Equity: Buyouts: £500 million and above - UK-wide

Band 4
Band 4

Individual Editorial

Federico Fruhbeck is a well-established practitioner who is able to assist clients on complex private equity deals. He also has notable expertise advising on transactions in the infrastructure space.

Strengths

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  • Federico is very commercially oriented and invests effort in understanding our needs.

    InfrastructureChambers Guide to the Legal Profession
  • He is a true dealmaker, incredibly knowledgeable, and has an amazing ability to make sophisticated and challenging transactions simple.

    InfrastructureChambers Guide to the Legal Profession
  • Federico is an excellent lawyer. He is both sharp and knowledgeable.

    Private Equity: Buyouts: £500 million and aboveChambers Guide to the Legal Profession
  • Federico brings an outstanding level of legal knowledge, commercial awareness and the ability to creatively solve problems.

    Private Equity: Buyouts: £500 million and aboveChambers Guide to the Legal Profession
  • Federico is a delight to work with and always makes us feel as if we are his only client. He has an amazing grasp of the most complex legal issues.

    Private Equity: Buyouts: £500 million and aboveChambers Guide to the Legal Profession

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