Adrian Mawlabaux

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I am a corporate lawyer specialising in private fund formation and investment transactions.

My practice focuses on advising sponsors on the structuring and formation of bespoke private funds, investment holding structures and carried interest arrangements, helping clients navigate the complex tax and regulatory landscape to create structures that align with their investment goals. I also represent institutional and private investors making investments into private funds, negotiating fund documents, structuring co-investment opportunities, and advising on side letter arrangements.

My work spans all major private equity strategies, with a particular focus on venture capital, private credit, and real estate. I also have extensive experience advising on private capital investments into professional sports, particularly European professional football, having represented investors on club acquisitions and disposals, loans to English Premier League, Football League and La Liga clubs, and funders on numerous player transfer receivables financing transactions in Europe and South America.

My clients include institutional investors, first-time and solo fund managers, and family offices, working closely with them to support their objectives. Operating cross-border, I advise on vehicles domiciled in Jersey, Guernsey, Delaware, the Cayman Islands, the Republic of Ireland and Luxembourg.

My practice also encompasses a broad range of corporate and debt finance transactions, including private mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, restructurings, and general corporate advisory. In debt finance, I act for issuers, investors, and servicers on structuring, servicing, and listing single or multi-tranche debt programmes, securitisations, and Eurobond listings.

Beyond my legal practice, I am a UEFA licensed football coach and serve as a trustee of the Tottenham Tribute Trust, a charity created through a joint initiative with Tottenham Hotspur Football Club to assist those connected with the club who have fallen on difficult times.

Contact Adrian

Advising the sponsor on the formation and financing arrangements of a private €300m specialist debt fund which provides financing to professional football clubs.
Advising Gareth Bale on his (then) world record transfer from Tottenham Hotspur to Real Madrid and related image rights arrangements in 2013 and on his loan move back to Tottenham Hotspur in 2020.
Advising on the securitisation of a €150m portfolio of football player transfer receivables.
Advising the majority shareholders on their disposal of the multi-award winning Hotel Saint Barth Isle de France in St Barths to LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton.
Advising a consortium on the investor funding arrangements and corporate acquisition of the five star Le Toiny hotel in St Barths from a US based real estate investment fund.

Our sector experience spans a wide range of sports including motor racing, where we have advised teams and drivers in Formula 1, A1 GP, World Rally, Cart, Indy Car and Moto GP, and cricket, football, golf and cycling. We have supported clients on a range of a matters including: intellectual property, sponsorship, broadcasting & web rights, fundraising, events, and regulatory issues.

Sports & esports