Funds, Private Equity & Venture Capital Transactions

The Firm' s legal team has extensive in-depth experience in structuring private equity funds and has been involved in a multitude of complicated deals from across the world and has built a solid reputation for this expertise. The Firm can handle all legal and regulatory aspects of setting-up regulated private equity funds and feeder funds in Cyprus, such as Alternative Investment Funds and their Managers (AIFs, RAIFs, AIFMs), and obtaining the regulatory approvals, negotiation with investors and other third parties such as underwriters and promoters. Through the Firm's secretarial company our clients may be offer complete corporate maintenance and administration services of such funds. The Firm's legal team has pioneered in the introduction and use of the limited liability partnership for regulated private funds in Cyprus. Some of its clients in this area are key players in their field and include banks and financial groups with several billions under management. Some of the deals our lawyers have assisted on, include:

• The set–up and running of a Euro 50mil private equity limited partnership fund investing in New Europe
• The set-up of a Euro 150mil private equity limited partnership fund investing in New Europe
• The set-up of a Euro 250 Mil venture capital limited partnership fund investing in the Balkans
• The set-up of a specialised real estate variable capital company fund investing in Greece
• The listing in AIM of securities of a feeder entity of a Cyprus fund
• Venture capital financing
• Shareholders agreements and corporate governance issues