Jean-François Alandry

Jean-François Alandry is the founder and Managing Partner of You are Capital, the independent corporate finance advisory firm recognised as Corporate Finance Advisory Firm of the Year in Spain at the 2024 Corporate INTL Global Awards. The award reflects the firm's rapid emergence as a leading adviser in the Spanish mid-market, offering companies, shareholders and investors specialist support on complex financial transactions.

Mr Alandry founded You are Capital in 2020, building on some three decades in the corporate finance industry, and the firm has since positioned itself as a leading independent Spanish mid-cap corporate finance advisory house. It has grown to encompass more than forty partners internationally and draws on collective experience spanning many years of transactional work. Under his leadership the firm has assembled a senior team of partners and specialists dedicated to executing deals for its clients, reflecting a model built around experienced advisers working closely with the businesses they serve.

The firm concentrates on four principal areas: mergers and acquisitions, private equity advisory, financial and strategic advisory, and structured financing. This coverage allows it to support clients across the range of situations a growing mid-market company encounters, from selling or acquiring a business and raising capital to shaping strategy and arranging financing. Its work is organised around a set of sector specialisms, including technology, healthcare and life sciences, environment and renewable energy, business-to-business services, consumer brands and retail, leisure and experiences, industry, and media, giving deal teams a grounding in the dynamics of the markets in which their clients operate.

You are Capital's standing in the Spanish market has been reflected in independent league tables, where it has featured prominently among advisers on small and mid-cap transactions in Spain. The firm frames its approach around putting people first and making corporate finance transparent, accessible and trustworthy, a client-centred philosophy intended to distinguish it within a sector often perceived as opaque. For entrepreneurs, family businesses and investors, that combination of senior attention, sector knowledge and independence is central to its appeal.

Recognition as Corporate Finance Advisory Firm of the Year in Spain places You are Capital among the advisers and financiers the Corporate INTL Global Awards are designed to celebrate. Led by Mr Alandry, the firm continues to advise on mergers and acquisitions, private equity, financing and strategic mandates across the Spanish mid-market, pairing decades of transactional experience with a distinctly client-focused way of working.