Expertise

Valerio serves as a Managing Associate within the asset management group based in Dubai and provides guidance to global asset managers regarding the structuring, formation, and ongoing management of private investment funds that pursue a diverse array of strategies, such as buyout, credit, infrastructure, hedge, and venture.

Valerio offers advice to both sponsors and significant institutional investors on a comprehensive range of issues within the investment funds sector, including fund formations, primary investments, continuation funds, and co-investments across a wide spectrum of asset classes.

Previously, Valerio was part of the investment funds practice at a US law firm in London, and before that, he acquired experience with Luxembourg fund structures while working at an independent law firm in Luxembourg. 

Experience
Representative Sponsor Experience
  • Advised Incus Capital regarding Incus European Credit Fund IV, with a fund size of EUR 650 million.
  • Advised a U.S. private equity asset manager on the establishment of its inaugural private equity fund in Europe.
  • Advised a U.S. private real estate investment firm on the creation of its targeted EUR 1.3 billion European sale and leaseback fund.
  • Advised a New Zealand fund manager on the development of its master and feeder infrastructure fund structure.*
  • Advised a UK fund manager on the establishment of its fourth targeted EUR 600 million real estate debt fund.*
Representative Investor Experience
  • Advised Partners Group as an anchor investor representing its clients, alongside Brookfield Asset Management, in a new EUR 550 million continuation fund raised by Lanza Capital (formerly known as Firmum Capital) aimed at acquiring and managing car parks in Spain.
  • Advised Partners Group on numerous primaries, secondaries, and co-investments across various sectors, including private equity, real estate, and infrastructure.
  • Advised a large Asian sovereign wealth fund on its global investment programme, which includes primaries and co-investments.
Transactions Experience
  • Advised Incus Capital in respect of Incus European Credit Fund V, with a fund size of EUR 800 million.*
  • Advised Incus Capital in respect of Incus European Credit Fund IV, with a fund size of EUR 650 million.*
  • Advised Incus Capital in respect of its Article 9 SFDR fund, Incus European Credit Renewables Fund II, with a fund size of EUR 500 million.*
  • Advised Wellington Management in respect of the formation of its first private equity fund in Europe.*
  • Advised Wellington Management on the formation of its first private equity climate fund (Article 8 SFDR) in Europe.*
  • Advised Partners Group on the formation of multiple commingled and co-investment vehicles.*
  • Advised Partners Group as an anchor investor acting on behalf of its clients, alongside Brookfield Asset Management, in a new EUR 550 million continuation fund raised by Lanza Capital (formerly known as Firmum Capital) focused on acquiring and operating car parks in Spain.*
  • Advised Partners Group on multiple primaries and co-investments across various sectors, including private equity, real estate, and infrastructure.*
  • Advised a large Asian sovereign wealth fund on its global programme of investments, including primaries and co-investments.*
  • Advised PIMCO on the formation of a separately managed account for a Nordic investor. *
  • Advised a leading Italian asset manager, Aksia, on the formation of its sixth private equity flagship fund in Europe.*
  • Advised LCN Capital on the formation of its third European sale and leaseback fund, with a fund size of EUR 1.35 billion.*
  • Advised LaSalle on the establishment of its first real estate special situations fund.*
  • Advised a leading French asset manager on the formation of a reserved alternative investment fund in Luxembourg with umbrella compartments for the US, EU, and Feeder investors.*

*Prior to joining Addleshaw Goddard

Education
  • Liuc Carlo Cattaneo University, 2015
  • The George Washington University, 2016
Languages
  • Spanish (Professional)
  • Portuguese (Portugal) (Spoken)
  • English (Professional)
  • French (Spoken)
  • Italian (Spoken)