Juan Luis Ramírez is a Founding Partner at Portobello Capital, the leading Mid-Market Private Equity manager in Iberia. Portobello Capital has capital committed and under management worth above Eur 2.8 billion. Portobello’s latest Fund IV had a size of Eur 750 million, Portobello is now raising Fund V for the buyout strategy.
He is Chairman and member of the Board of Directors of many portfolio Companies and has been Chairman of the Spanish Private Equity Association (ASCRI) until Jun 2018.
He was partner in Ibersuizas since 2000. Between 1989 and 2000 he was Investment Director and Head of the EBN Banco Investment Funds. He previously worked at Procter & Gamble.
Juan Luis is Bachelor in Business Administration from Universidad Pontificia de Comillas in Madrid (ICADE).
Raphaël Bloch is an investment funds partner in the Paris office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP.
Raphaël advises investment fund European sponsors on the establishment and operation of funds and separate accounts across the alternative asset spectrum including private equity, credit and real assets as well as on GP-led fund restructurings and other liquidity solutions transactions. Raphaël also has deep experience with the establishment of fund management companies, carried interest and co-investment schemes specific to France.
Aleksander Bakic is an investment funds partner in the London office of Kirkland & Ellis International LLP. Aleks co-leads the European Liquidity Solutions Team, which is ranked Band 1 in the 2024 edition of Chambers UK. He advises clients on the structuring and negotiation of a wide range of secondary transactions, from fund book deals to GP and LP-led restructurings of single assets or wider portfolios.
Aleks has particular experience in highly complex, cross-border transactions involving management spin-outs, stapled, syndicated and tendered deals, as well as deferred consideration. In addition, Aleks works with private equity funds and their investors on a wide range of investment funds matters. His experience spans across private equity, infrastructure and credit products, in established and developing markets.
Aleks is recognised as a leading lawyer by Chambers UK, The Legal 500 and IFLR1000.
