Clifford Chance is pleased to announce the appointment of Ildefonso Alier, who will join as a partner in its Funds & Investment Management team in Madrid on 1 June. Ildefonso joins 32 partners across Clifford Chance’s offices in Spain, Luxembourg, the UK, France, Germany, Italy, Belgium and the Netherlands, who provide specialist advice to leading global and local fund managers in fund establishment, structuring and marketing as well as ongoing operational issues. Ildefonso joins Clifford Chance from King Wood Mallesons, where he was a partner in their Funds team since 2019.
With over 18 years of experience, Ildefonso Alier specialises in the establishment and structuring of domestic and international private funds, including private equity, venture capital, infrastructure and real estate funds, funds of funds and debt funds, as well as in setting up and advising fund managers. In addition, he has extensive experience advising fund managers in secondary transactions, restructuring mandates and co-investments, as well as advising and negotiating the entry of investors in such funds.
Ildefonso has worked with the most renowned domestic and international fund managers, having participated in the most complex and relevant fundraisings and secondary transactions in the Spanish market over the last ten years.
Ildefonso holds a law degree with specialisation in finance from the Universidad Complutense in Madrid.
Commenting on this appointment, Jaime Velázquez, Managing Partner at Clifford Chance in Spain, says, “Ildefonso’s excellent reputation, track record and international profile in fund structuring are a perfect fit for Clifford Chance’s international practice. We warmly welcome him to the partnership and to the firm.”
Javier Amantegui, Partner leading Clifford Chance private equity fund practice in Spain adds, “Clifford Chance has a strong multidisciplinary team focused on advising domestic and international financial investors, with an area specialising in fund establishment and structuring. Ildefonso will help maintain the firm’s leading position in the sector both in Spain as well as in Europe.”
Ildefonso Alier comments, “It is a great pleasure for me to accept this new professional challenge at Clifford Chance, one of the best Funds and Investment Management teams at a European level, present in the key jurisdictions for the fund managers and investment funds and involved in the leading high-profile transactions.”
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