Ian Ferreira

Thoma Bravo on the close of its first European-focused fund at €1.8 billion

Nordic Capital on the close of its Evolution Fund II at €2 billion hard cap

GLP Capital Partners on the refinance of its EIP I logistics fund

General Catalyst on the raise of $8 billion in New Capital

Blue Owl Real Estate on the $3.4 billion joint venture with Crusoe Energy Systems LLC for the development of a 200 MW AI data center

Vitruvian Partners on the close of its €7.3 billion Vitruvian Investment Partnership V

Inflexion Private Equity on the £975 million close of Inflexion Enterprise Fund VI

Quinbrook on the close of Net Zero Power fund at $3 billion

J.P. Morgan Private Capital on the close of its $500 million inaugural biotechnology venture capital fund

Global Technical Realty on the acquisition financing of a London data center at more than £1 billion

Preservation Capital Partners on the formation and closing of Preservation Capital Partners Fund II

Cathay Life Insurance on the sale of limited partner interests in 21 private funds

Inflexion on the £1.8 billion close of Inflexion Partnership Capital Fund III

Trive Capital Partners on the recommended cash offer for Ten Entertainment Group

Park Square Capital on the strategic minority investment in its business by Bonaccord Capital Partners

IK Partners on the sale of a controlling interest in the firm to Wendel

Ares Management Corporation on the final closing of its Infrastructure Debt Fund V (IDF V) at $5 billion

Alvarez & Marsal on the formation of A&M Capital Europe, a European buyout fund targeting €400 million

AMP Capital Investors on the formation of:

• AMP Capital Infrastructure Debt Fund IV, a $6.2 billion infrastructure debt fund
• AMP Global Infrastructure II, a $3.4 infrastructure fund
• AMP Global Infrastructure, a $2.4 billion infrastructure fund

AXA Investment Managers on the U.K. tax structuring of direct lending real estate funds and similar products

Blackstone and Telereal Trillium on the £1.46 billion privatisation of Network Rail’s commercial estate

Blackstone on its acquisition of a portfolio of European logistics assets from Marathon (in partnership with Industrial Securities, part of MARCOL) for €492 million

The Carlyle Group on the formation of multiple funds, including:

• Carlyle Renewable and Sustainable Energy Fund, a $645 million global renewable energy fund
• Carlyle Japan Partners IV, a $2.3 billion fund focused on upper mid-market investment opportunities in Japan as well as large-cap investments on an opportunistic basis 
• Carlyle International Energy Partners II, a target $4 billion fund which will focus on global opportunistic investments in oil and gas outside of North America
• Carlyle Europe Realty Gallia, a co-investment vehicle created to acquire eight properties in France
• Carlye Europe Realty Italian Logistics, an investment vehicle formed to acquire real estate in Italy

Cathay Life Insurance on the sale of Sells LP interests in 17 infrastructure funds

CBC Group on the successful closing of its fifth healthcare fund, C-Bridge Healthcare Fund V 

Citigroup on the £115 million IPO on the London Stock Exchange of Hiro Metaverse Acquisitions I S.A., a special purpose acquisition company 

Crestview Partners on the formation of Crestview Partners Fund IV, a contrarian value-oriented middle market fund targeting $3.5 billion

CVC Credit Partners on its separately managed account with The Norinchukin Bank

EQT on the formation of multiple investment vehicles, including:

• EQT Mid-Market Credit Fund II, a €2.3 billion Europe credit fund
• EQT Public Value Fund, which invests in public value opportunities
• a co-investment vehicle to invest alongside its various funds

Falko Regional Aircraft Limited on the formation of Falko Fund II, an aircraft leasing fund

FSN Capital on the closing of its €1.8 billion FSN Capital VI

GHO Capital on the closing of GHO Capital III with available commitments in excess of €2 billion

GIC as LP counsel on its investments in multiple debt SMAs

Global Logistics Properties (GLP) on multiple matters, including on:

• the acquisition by Ares to create a global real estate alternative asset platform
• the acquisition of Goodman Group’s Central and Eastern Europe logistics real estate portfolio
• its acquisition of European logistics business IDI Gazeley from Brookfield Asset Management for approximately US$2.8 billion. Gazeley is one of the leading owners and operators of logistics facilities in Europe with a portfolio of over 3 million sq metres in the UK, Germany, France and the Netherlands

GLP on the formation of multiple funds, including:

• GLP Continental Europe Development Partners I, a €2 billion fund that targets logistics properties in Europe
• GLP Europe Income Partners, a €800 fund that invests in industrial and warehouse properties
• GLP Europe Development Partners I, a €1.1 billion opportunistic fund that invests in industrial properties in Western Europe

GPI Capital on the formation of GPI Capital I

Highland Europe on the formation of Highland Europe Technology Growth III, a €463 growth equity fund focused on technology companies in Europe

IK Investment Partners on:

• the closing of its €1.2 billion IK Small Cap III Fund
• the formation of its IK IX Fund, a €2.85 billion fund that makes control buyouts of growing and resilient middle market companies in the Nordics, the DACH region, France and the Benelux

Inflexion Private Equity on:

• the formation of its £2.5 billion Inflexion Buyout Fund VI  
• its re-investment in the British Engineering Services Group, a specialist in engineering testing, inspection and consultancy services 

I Squared Capital on the successful final closing of ISQ Global Infrastructure Fund III with total capital commitments of $15 billion 

JPMorgan on credit fund formation issues

Landmark Equity Partners on the formation of Landmark Equity Partners XVI, a $7 billion secondaries fund

Marwyn on the formation of Marwyn Value Investors II, a London-based buyout fund targeting £300 million

Nordic Capital on multiple matters, including on:

• the closing of its €1.2 billion Nordic Capital Evolution Fund
• the formation of Nordic Capital Fund X with aggregate capital commitments of €6.1 billion
• the transfer of its 2008 vintage fund’s (Nordic Capital Fund VII) remaining nine unlisted portfolio companies to a continuation vehicle in a €2.5 billion transaction

Oaktree Capital Management on:

• the formation of Oaktree Opportunities Fund XI, a $15.9 billion fund, known as the largest distressed debt fund ever raised in the market and Oaktree’s largest fund in history
• the successful final close of Oaktree Real Estate Opportunities Fund VIII, a $4.7 billion global real estate fund 

Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan as LP side counsel on its investments in European private equity funds

Partners Group in connection with its sale of a portfolio of private equity fund interests for approximately $996 million

Pollen Street Capital on its over £1 billion capital raise

Principal Real Estate on the formation of Principal European Core Fund, its new European real estate open-end fund

Summit Partners on:

• its sale of Viroclinics-DDL to Cerba Healthcare 
• the formation of Summit Partners Europe Growth Equity Fund III
• its sale of Independent Vetcare Limited (IVC) to EQT Partners
• its sale of Peak Well Systems to Schlumbeger
• its co-investment, alongside Bridgepoint SAS, in Calypso Technology, Inc.
• the formation of Summit Partners Europe Private Equity II
• the formation of Summit Partners Credit Fund III

TDR Capital on multiple matters, including on:

• restructuring its existing investment in Stonegate Pub Company into TDR Capital Stonegate, a €837 million fund that invests in traditional pubs and bars in the UK
• the formation of TDR Capital IV, a €3.5 billion fund that makes mid-market buyout investments across Europe

TPG on the formation of TPG Real Estate Partners III, L.P., a $3.5 billion value-added real estate fund focused on real estate operating companies

Vitruvian Partners on the establishment of Vitruvian Investment Partnership III, a €2.4 billion fund to invest in growth capital and mid-market investment opportunities in Europe

Waterland Private Equity Investments on the formation of its €2.5 billion Waterland Private Equity Fund VIII

World Quantum Growth Acquisition Corp., a FinTech focused special purpose acquisition company, in connection with its $200 million IPO

Weil Gotshal and Manges

• Associate, 2011–2015

Clifford Chance

• Associate, 2009–2011