Expertise
María de Orueta is a Counsel in the funds team. She advises on the structuring and establishment of domestic and international investment funds (private equity, venture capital, infrastructure, debt funds, funds of funds), the creation of investment management companies, and secondary transactions.
Some of her clients include Magnum Industrial Partners, Asterion Industrial Partners, Omega Capital, All Iron Ventures, GED Capital, and Alantra.
- Experience
- Advice to GED Capital on the structuring of GED VI and GED Infra.
- Advice to Asterion Industrial Partners on the structuring of its funds Asterion Industrial Infra Fund I and Asterion Industrial Infra Fund II.
- Advice to Bestinver on the launch of its first infrastructure fund.
- Advice to Magnum Industrial Partners on the structuring of Magnum III fund.
- Structuring and closing of Alantra’s private equity funds, including PEF III.
- Advice to GPF Capital on the structuring and close of GPF Capital II and GPF Capital III.
- Advice to Orienta Capital on the launch of its fund Hostel Experiences Europe FCR.
- Advice to Samaipata, a European fund specialised in investments in seed-stage platforms and marketplaces in Europe, on the launch of its second fund, Samaipata II Capital FCR.
- Advising All Iron Ventures on the structuring and closing of its venture fund All Iron Ventures I and its first fund of funds.
- Advice to Portobello Capital on the structuring of the secondary fund for the direct secondary transaction of its Fund II portfolio.
- Continuous legal advice on all the issues related with the private equity matters of Altamar’s funds of funds.
- Continuous legal advice on all the issues related with the private equity matters of Omega Capital’s funds of funds.
- Advice to Miura Partners on the structuring of its private equity fund IV, its first impact fund and the secondary fund to support the Proclinic Group
- Advice to Nexxus capital on the structuring of its private equity fund II and its OFG continuation fund
- Continuous legal advice to MCH on all the issues related with the private equity matters
- Advice to Qualitas on the closing of its energy fund Q-V
- Advice to JB Capital on the co-investment alongside Bain Capital for the acquisition of the Spain´s ITP
- Advice on the private equity and venture capital activities of the government supported Fond-ICO program, including the investments made by its fund of funds Fond-ICO Global.
- Languages
- English (full professional skills)
- Spanish (native)
- French (native)
- Recognition
- Up and Coming- Fund Formation (2023 and 2024)- Chambers and Partners
- Rising Star- Private Equity (2023) – Legal 500
- Team of the Year Private Equity- 40 under 40 (2022 and 2023)- Iberian Lawyer
- Ones to Watch (2022 and 2023)- Best Lawyers
- Education
- Double degree in Law and Business (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid- Spain).
- Exchange Program (2013-2014) (Université des Études Internationales de Shanghai- China)
- Exchange Program (2011-2012) (University of Sussex- UK)
- Professional Membership
- Madrid Bar Association (from 2014)
- Women in the Legal World (from 2019)- (15) WLW | Women in a Legal World: Resumen | LinkedIn
