The Private Investment Funds team advised BGO on the fundraising and final close of the firm’s Europe IV Value Add Strategy, the fourth in the series of value-add and opportunistic investments focused on Europe, which has raised €1.98 billion in aggregate capital, including €1.46 billion for the fund and €520 million in co-investment capital.

Fund IV represents the largest European capital raise to date for BGO, exceeding its predecessor funds which Goodwin also advised on.

BGO is a leading, global real estate investment management advisor, real estate lending advisor, and a globally-recognized provider of real estate services. BGO serves the interests of more than 750 institutional clients with approximately $83 billion USD of assets under management (as of June 30, 2024). BGO has offices in 27 cities across thirteen countries with deep, local knowledge, experience, and extensive networks in the regions where we invest, provide real estate lending solutions, and manage real estate assets on behalf of our clients.

The Goodwin team was led by Ed Hall and Bhargavi Mudakavi and included Niresh Sri Rajkumar (Funds); David Irvine and Sumiyya Ghauri (UK Tax); Alexandrine Armstrong-Cerfontaine, Oana Millich, Florian Brandelong (Luxembourg Funds); Karen Turk and John Stern (US Tax); Charles-Henri de Gouvion Saint Cyr (French Tax), Glynn Barwick (Regulatory); Paul Lyons, Renata Stephens and Nadim Islam (Finance).