Real Estate Lawyer

AX Partners is one of Spain’s leading Real Estate Private Equity firms for private capital.

The firm is a Private Equity boutique delivering attractive returns through unique investments across distinct strategies and an efficient investment structure. Our model is centred on value creation by investing in high-quality real estate in prime locations, adding value and optimising returns in markets with high demand and limited supply through both equity and debt structures.

Our investment strategies include:

• Private Equity Real Estate: Core-Plus boutique hospitality assets and selected special opportunities, creating sustainable value through active management, quality execution and partnerships with leading operators.
• Private Credit Real Estate: senior and structured credit transactions backed by institutional-quality European real estate, designed to generate recurring income and protect capital through real collateral.

As AX Partners expands its international platform, we are looking for a Legal Counsel to join our Geneva office and support transactions across Switzerland, Luxembourg, Spain and other European markets.

This is a hands-on transactional position working directly with the Partners and investment team.

The Legal Counsel will participate in the complete lifecycle of our hotel equity and real estate credit investments—from initial structuring and due diligence to execution, asset management, refinancing and exit.

Responsabilities

• Support and coordinate the legal execution of pan-European real estate equity and private credit transactions.
• Review and negotiate term sheets, NDAs, SPAs, shareholders’ agreements, joint-venture agreements and other transaction documents.
• Review and negotiate loan agreements, guarantees, security documents, intercreditor arrangements, amendments and refinancing documentation.
• Coordinate legal due diligence, conditions precedent, transaction closings and post-closing obligations.
• Support the incorporation, governance and ongoing management of Luxembourg investment, holding and securitisation vehicles.
• Assist with hotel acquisitions and operating arrangements, including management, lease, franchise and operator agreements.
• Coordinate external counsel, notaries, lenders, corporate service providers and other advisers in different European jurisdictions.
• Prepare and maintain corporate approvals, board documentation, powers of attorney and transaction records.
• Support KYC, AML and corporate compliance processes associated with investments and investment vehicles.
• Provide practical legal support to the investment and asset-management teams throughout the life of each transaction.
• Help develop standard documentation and internal legal processes as the platform grows.

Candidates

• Qualified lawyer in Spain, Switzerland, Luxembourg or another European jurisdiction.
• Approximately 4–7 years of professional experience in a leading law firm, investment firm, bank, private credit platform or real estate company.
• Relevant experience in real estate transactions, M&A, banking and finance, private credit or Luxembourg investment structures.
• Exposure to cross-border transactions and the coordination of advisers across multiple jurisdictions.
• Commercial, pragmatic and execution-oriented, with the ability to identify the issues that matter to an investment decision.
• Strong drafting, negotiation, organisational and project-management skills.
• Comfortable working in an entrepreneurial, fast-moving and international environment.
• Fluent Spanish is mandatory.
• Full professional proficiency in English is also required.
• French would be an advantage but is not mandatory.
• Availability to work from Geneva hybrid with Spain prefered.

Offer

• A central role within a growing pan-European real estate investment platform.
• Direct exposure to the Partners, investment team and decision-making process.
• Hands-on involvement in both equity and private credit transactions.
• Experience across acquisitions, financing, investment structures and asset management.
• The opportunity to participate in institutional-quality hotel and real estate investments across Europe.
• A high level of responsibility and autonomy from the outset.
• Significant professional development as AX Partners expands its Geneva, Luxembourg and Spanish operations.