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Dario Valoncini advises fund managers and investors across a range of alternative asset classes. He focuses his practice on secondaries, GP stakes and complex LP matters, including portfolio sales, stapled offerings, fund restructurings and GP-led transactions. Dario also advises on the structuring, formation, offering and ongoing operation of private investment funds.
Dario was previously in the London investment funds practice of another U.S. law firm and practiced at leading international law firms in Toronto and Milan.
Experience
Funds, Secondaries & GP Stakes
- Blue Earth Capital AG on a GP-led secondary process to acquire shares in Moniepoint, Inc., Africa’s first unicorn in the banking industry*
- Committed Advisors on its acquisition of a large portfolio of fund interests from Peugeot Invest, the Peugeot family office, for €227 million*
- An Asian real estate alternative investment manager on the establishment of a $46 million Cayman-domiciled continuation vehicle, enabling the transfer of real estate assets in Macau and Thailand. The transaction involved reinvestment by the sponsor and attracted additional investors*
- An Asian sovereign wealth fund on the sale of a portfolio of fund interests totaling close to US$1 billion across four leading US private equity sponsors
- Partners Group, acting on behalf of its clients, on its investment in Sterling Pharma Solutions
- Partners Group in a large number of secondaries transactions including GP-led solutions, fund restructurings, portfolio sales and other liquidity solutions
- A sovereign wealth fund as lead investor on its commitment in an infrastructure focused continuation fund.
- A real assets focused investment firm in its capacity as general partner in LP led secondaries transactions*
- A Middle-Eastern sovereign wealth fund on its investment in a secondaries focused fund*
- A pension fund on its acquisition of interests in an infrastructure debt fund*
- An insurance company on its GP stake investment in a leading direct commercial real estate bridge lender*
- A London-based private investment company on its GP stake investment in the management company of a California based venture capital firm*
- Blue Earth Capital AG, the specialist global impact investor, on its acquisition through its investment vehicles of partial interest in three funds across Africa and Asia from British International Investment (BII), the UK’s Development Finance Institution (DFI) and impact investor
- A Dutch pension fund in the divestiture of a private equity portfolio valued at around $2 billion, successfully navigating negotiations with multiple secondary buyers
- AlpInvest in a secondary purchase of a portfolios of interest from a Swedish pension fund and negotiated staple primary commitment as part of the same transaction
- A sovereign investor in multiple co-investment transactions spanning diverse asset classes
- A Swiss global impact investment co in a multi-asset continuation fund established by a venture capital firm focused on alternative energy, mobility, and sustainability
- A sovereign investor in a secondary purchase of two portfolios of interests from a large Swiss investment manager
- A sovereign investor in a secondary purchase of a portfolio of interest from a UK pension fund
- Committed Advisors in its purchase of a portfolio of fund interests from an independent Swiss wealth and asset manager
- Committed Advisors in its purchase of a portfolio of fund interests from a US pension fund
- An American wealth management and investment firm in negotiating a co-investment agreement whereby client had lead-investor role
*Completed outside of Ropes & Gray
Credentials
Disclaimer
Ropes & Gray International LLP is a limited liability partnership registered in Delaware, United States of America and is a recognised body regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (with registered number 521000).