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SubscribeCuatrecasas advised Qualitas Equity Funds, SGEIC, S.A. on consolidating its activity in Portugal, as an asset management company under the freedom to provide services. This includes raising approximately €40 million euros from national investors throughout 2026.
The operation consisted of regulatory entry into the Portuguese market as an asset manager using the European crossborder management passport established in the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive, and establishing three Portuguese venture capital funds—a Portuguese feeder fund and two funds of funds. It was a crossborder operation between Portugal and Spain and involved coordinating the European regime on management companies of alternative investment funds with the Portuguese regime on venture capital funds.
Qualitas Equity Funds is a management company that is part of US private equity specialist Ridgepost Capital, headquartered in Madrid. Founded in 2015, the company has more than €1.400 million in assets under management.
The Cuatrecasas team that advised Qualitas Equity Funds was led by Financial Sector and Fund Formation Corporate lawyer Paulo Costa Martins. It also included Natacha Branco, from the same practice areas, who was responsible for the regulatory structuring; Finance lawyer Catarina Mira Lança; and tax lawyer Gonçalo Bastos Lopes.
Paulo Costa Martins stressed: “As the operation involved multiple locations, it required very careful coordination of the Europe framework for alternative investment fund management companies and the specifics of the Portuguese regime on venture capital funds. The solution enabled Qualitas to carry out and consolidate its activity in Portugal using an efficient crossborder model, while at the same time ensuring alignment with the applicable regulatory requirements and the expectations of the Portuguese market.”
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