VINSIXSA

Financial Engineering and Transaction Structuring

Independent Swiss finance brokerage and corporate advisory company, specialised in corporate real estate. Based in Geneva, active in France, Spain and the United Kingdom since 2020.

2020Founded
GenevaHead office
3 244 M€Volume handled — Group
+ 100 M€Assets under advice (AUM)
5Countries
The Company

The Group's Financial Engineering Centre

VINSIX SA is a Swiss company limited by shares, entered in the Geneva Commercial Register, where it has its registered office.

Within Groupe VINSIX, Geneva concentrates financial engineering: design of financing structures, modelling, debt arrangements and balance-sheet work. Transactions are architected there before being carried, depending on the jurisdiction, by the competent entity of the Group.

The founder

Leadership and Governance

Cyril P. Abensour

Cyril P. Abensour

Founder and Managing Partner of Groupe VINSIX

A law graduate of Université Paris X Nanterre. For four years he ran a SIIC — a listed real estate investment company — admitted to the Paris Stock Exchange, until its acquisition by a pan-European property fund.

He has worked with the listed property regime since its creation in 2003 and today advises the vehicles that fall under it from one country to the next: SIIC in France, SOCIMI in Spain, OPCI and REITs elsewhere.

He founded VINSIX in France in 2019, then established the Group's parent entity in Geneva before opening London, developing the Spanish market and initiating the Latin American axis. Building a presence on each market in turn is what allows him to put the same asset to a French, Swiss or British lender and to know, before sending it, which one will say yes.

The Group's French entity is registered with the ORIAS and has been accredited since 2019 with one of France's leading insurance and banking groups. He leads the Group's transactions in French, English and Spanish.

The Group's team

Cyril P. Abensour

Founder and Managing Partner

Asunción

Rodolfo Tunesi

Director

Geneva

Arthur Gabiano

Head of compliance

Geneva

Csaba Kallo

Back office and accounting

London

Georgi Petrov

Group logistics

Group-wide

Jenny Enriquez-Marquez

Group front office and Paraguay back office

Asunción

Gloria Sosa

LATAM desk

Asunción

Samuel Abensour

Chairman, VINSIX France

Paris

A word from the founder

Growth is financed by debt, provided that debt is properly structured. Well-designed debt does two things at once: it funds development, and it protects the borrower when the cycle turns. That is the common thread running through every transaction we handle.

A file is not judged on a rate, but on its architecture. When a structure does not find its lender, it usually means it has not yet found its form: another instrument, a different security package, another jurisdiction. Finding that form is the heart of our work, and the part of it I prefer.

What a principal expects from his adviser is simple: that he knows the file better than anyone else around the table, that he can say no when the structure does not hold, and that he is still there three years after closing. That is the only promise this Group makes, and it is kept transaction by transaction.

We are a deliberately compact house. Everyone knows the files; no one hides behind a department. That is what allows us to answer quickly, and to answer well.

Cyril P. Abensour, founder and Managing Partner

Governance and team

Alongside the founder, the Group's governance includes a director registered with the Geneva Commercial Register. The Group has around ten staff of its own across its locations, handling client coordination, reception, back office and the administrative follow-up of files. It also draws on some thirty indirect contributors — corporate lawyers, real estate valuers, banking correspondents and arrangers — mobilised file by file according to the jurisdiction and asset class concerned.

Practices

The Statutory Purpose Filed with the Commercial Register

Finance brokerage

Origination, structuring and placement of financings for real estate operators, sponsors and institutional investors.

Insurance brokerage

Arrangement of the insurance solutions attached to the financing transactions conducted by the Group.

Crowdfunding advisory

Support to project sponsors on the use of crowdfunding and on the structuring of the corresponding files.

Corporate advisory

Financial engineering, debt structuring, balance-sheet transactions and support to management on financing decisions.

Our philosophy

Growth Is Financed by Debt — Provided the Debt Is Properly Structured

That is the common thread running through every transaction. Properly structured debt does two things at once: it finances growth, and it protects the borrower when the cycle turns. The Group applies the same discipline whatever the country, the asset class and the amount.

01

Independence

The Group is tied to no lending institution. That independence allows it to select, file by file, the structure and the counterparty best suited to the transaction and to its horizon. Where the file warrants it, it subscribes itself, out of its own funds, to the bond issue it has arranged — whatever the size of the ticket.

02

Creativity and solutions

Every transaction calls for its own architecture. The Group knows the credit criteria of the institutions it approaches and works with each of them on the structure that fits its risk policy. A file does not reach closing because it was shown everywhere, but because it was shown to the right desk, in the right form.

03

File discipline

A complete, documented and consistent file from the first presentation. That is what separates a transaction financed in weeks from one that returns to committee for further information.

04

Structure before amount

Structure takes precedence over amount: maturity, amortisation, security and covenants must leave the borrower the headroom it needs for the whole life of the facility.

05

Confidentiality

All mandates are executed under non-disclosure agreement. No client, counterparty or asset name is disclosed without prior written consent.

06

Continuity

The relationship does not end at closing: refinancing, equity release, arbitrage and disposals are handled in continuity with the initial financing.

Status and registrations

Choosing the right financing starts with choosing the right adviser

Switzerland — registration

  • Legal formSwiss company limited by shares
  • Geneva Commercial RegisterCHE-446.152.987
  • Statutory purposeFinance brokerage, insurance brokerage, crowdfunding advisory and corporate advisory
  • FINMA authorisationNone. VINSIX SA is not a credit institution and does not accept deposits from the public.

Regulated services

  • Competent entityVINSIX Credit Partners (France), ORIAS N° 19002936 as an IOBSP, supervised by the ACPR
  • Insurance and guaranteesProfessional indemnity insurance and financial guarantee — Zurich Insurance

Professional certifications

  • AMF professional certificationIssued by the Société Française des Analystes Financiers under the AMF general regulation. It attests the knowledge required for the key functions carried out within an investment services provider: trading and clearing of financial instruments, post-trade operations, financial analysis and compliance for investment services.
  • ScopeThis certification attests the level of knowledge of the teams. It is not an authorisation: no entity of the Group carries out those regulated functions.

VINSIX SA is an advisory and brokerage company. It carries out no banking activity on its own account. The full regulatory status of each Group entity is set out in the disclaimer below.

Selected transactions

Transactions Structured Across Several Jurisdictions

Financing structuring

Financing structuring

Asset class
Retail and offices
Floor area
4,027 sq m lettable
Location
Canton of Vaud
Amount
CHF 1.3m rental income
Financing structuring

Financing structuring

Asset class
Offices
Floor area
16,985 sq m
Location
Sophia Antipolis
Valuation
€33m
Financing structuring

Financing structuring

Asset class
Offices
Floor area
5,701 sq m
Location
Sophia Antipolis
Valuation
€26m
Financing structuring

Financing structuring

Asset class
Street-level retail
Floor area
390 sq m sales area
Location
Paris 16th
Valuation
€13m
Financing structuring

Financing structuring

Asset class
Offices
Floor area
7,373 sq m GFA
Location
Orléans metropolitan area
Valuation
€14m
Financing structuring

Financing structuring

Asset class
Offices and light industrial
Floor area
3,829 sq m
Location
Mandelieu
Valuation
€9m

All mandates are conducted under non-disclosure agreement. Transaction details are disclosed only with the prior written consent of the client. Photographs are for illustration only and do not depict the assets concerned.

Group track record 100Transactions3 244 M€Volume handled314 696 m²Floor area10Countries

The Group's Portfolio, Transaction by Transaction

Prime offices, five-star hospitality, luxury residential, retail galleries and development programmes: the Group's portfolio can be browsed transaction by transaction, with asset class, floor area and valuation.

Explore the portfolio
International presence

Five Locations, a Global Reach

The Group is established in France, Switzerland, Spain, the United Kingdom and South America. Its reach extends well beyond those locations: we handle transactions wherever the file justifies it, drawing on the European Union, the Swiss financial centre, the City of London and the Mercosur area on a single transaction where required.

Paris

Paris

VINSIX Credit Partners

49, rue de Ponthieu
75008 Paris
Email: contact@groupevinsix.ch
Web: vinsix.fr
Geneva

Geneva

VINSIX SA

Bd Georges-Favon 43
1204 Geneva
Email: contact@groupevinsix.ch
Web: vinsix.ch
Málaga

Málaga

VINSIX España

C. Notario Luis Oliver 6
29601 Málaga
Email: contact@groupevinsix.ch
Web: vinsix.es
London

London

VINSIX Advisory LLP

20 Wenlock Road
London N1 7GU
Email: contact@groupevinsix.ch
Web: vinsixadvisory.com
Asunción

Asunción

LATAM Desk

World Trade Center
Asunción, Paraguay
Email: contact@groupevinsix.ch
Web: vinsixadvisory.com
Contact

Let's Discuss Your Transaction

Describe your project in a few lines: asset type, location, amount sought and timetable. We revert within two business days.

Legal and regulatory disclaimer

This website is published by Groupe VINSIX and is directed exclusively at professional investors, real estate operators and eligible counterparties. Nothing on this website constitutes investment advice, an offer of securities to the public, a solicitation to invest or a financial promotion. Groupe VINSIX is not a banking group: no entity of the Group is a credit institution and no entity accepts deposits from the public. « Groupe VINSIX » is the collective name of the entities listed below: it is not a legal person and does not contract in its own name. The addresses shown on this website reflect the presence of Groupe VINSIX and do not constitute regulated establishments; the regulatory status of each entity is set out below.

France — VINSIX Credit Partners SAS. VINSIX Credit Partners SAS, a French société par actions simplifiée registered with the Paris Trade and Companies Register under N° 849 330 980, registered office at 49 rue de Ponthieu, 75008 Paris. Registered with the ORIAS under N° 19002936 (www.orias.fr) as an intermédiaire en opérations de banque et en services de paiement (IOBSP) — the French credit and payment services intermediary status — and as a courtier en opérations d'assurance, IAS level 1. Its activity is subject to the supervision of the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution (ACPR), 4 place de Budapest, CS 92459, 75436 Paris Cedex 09. Member of La Compagnie des CGP, a French professional association. The AMF professional certification provided for by article 313-7-3 of the AMF General Regulation, certificate N° C4, was issued by the Société Française des Analystes Financiers (SFAF), 135 bd Haussmann, 75008 Paris, and is held by the company's president; it covers the key functions of financial analyst, salesperson, portfolio manager, financial instruments trader, financial instruments clearer, head of clearing, head of post-trade operations, compliance officer for investment services (RCSI) and compliance and internal control officer (RCCI). The AMF certification for conseiller en investissement participatif (CIP) was obtained by examination on 4 May 2020 and certified by the AMF on 28 May 2020.

Switzerland — VINSIX SA. VINSIX SA, a Swiss company limited by shares entered in the Geneva Commercial Register on 8 June 2020 under enterprise identification number CHE-446.152.987, registered office at Boulevard Georges-Favon 43, 1204 Geneva. Its statutory purpose as filed with the Commercial Register is: finance brokerage, insurance brokerage, crowdfunding advisory and corporate advisory. VINSIX SA is not a credit institution within the meaning of the Swiss Federal Banking Act, does not accept deposits from the public and holds no authorisation from the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA). Regulated services governed by French law are provided by VINSIX Credit Partners. For its Spanish operations, VINSIX SA holds Spanish tax identification number (NIF) N0085970B, under AEAT administration 29069 Málaga.

Luxembourg, Germany and Italy — freedom to provide services. On the basis of its ORIAS registration N° 19002936, VINSIX Credit Partners carries out its IOBSP activity under the freedom to provide services regime in Luxembourg, under the supervision of the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF), www.cssf.lu; in Germany, under the supervision of the Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht (BaFin), www.bafin.de; and in Italy, under the supervision of the Banca d'Italia and the Organismo Agenti e Mediatori (OAM), www.bancaditalia.it. In each of these countries it acts as a credit and payment services intermediary only: it is not a credit institution and accepts no deposits.

Spain — freedom to provide services. In Spain, VINSIX Credit Partners carries out its IOBSP activity under the freedom to provide services regime (libre prestación de servicios), on the basis of its ORIAS registration N° 19002936, under the supervision of the Banco de España, www.bde.es. The Group's Spanish address is C. Notario Luis Oliver 6, 29601 Málaga. For Spanish tax purposes, VINSIX SA holds Spanish tax identification number (NIF) N0085970B, under AEAT administration 29069 Málaga; this is a tax registration and does not in itself constitute a financial licence. No separate Spanish licence is held; VINSIX is not a credit institution and does not accept deposits from the public.

United Kingdom — VINSIX Advisory LLP. VINSIX Advisory LLP, a limited liability partnership incorporated in England and Wales under number OC459693, registered office at 20 Wenlock Road, London N1 7GU. Registered as a data controller with the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) under reference ZC241173. VINSIX Advisory LLP is not authorised or regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. Its website and communications are directed exclusively at professional clients and eligible counterparties as defined under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, and do not constitute a financial promotion within the meaning of section 21 of that Act.

Latin America — Asunción desk. The Asunción office, located at the World Trade Center, Asunción, Paraguay, is a representative desk operated from VINSIX Advisory LLP, London. It holds no local licence and carries out no regulated activity in Paraguay. It acts as the Group's point of entry for Latin American transactions, which are executed by the competent entity of the Group.

Contact form and personal data. Data submitted through the contact form on this website is transmitted to Groupe VINSIX and used solely to handle the enquiry. It is not used for any other purpose, is not sold and is not transferred to any third party other than the technical providers hosting this website. It is retained for the time needed to handle the enquiry and, at most, three years from the last contact. Data subjects may exercise their rights of access, rectification, erasure, restriction, objection and portability by writing to the address given in the privacy policy.

Scope of services. The services described on this website are reserved for professional investors, real estate operators and eligible counterparties. No entity of the Group is a credit institution, takes deposits or other repayable funds from the public, holds client funds, or provides any investment service within the meaning of article L.321-1 of the French Monetary and Financial Code.

Working method. The principles set out under 'Our philosophy' describe the Group's working method. They constitute neither a contractual undertaking, nor a guarantee of outcome, nor an investment policy within the meaning of the regulations applicable to collective management.

Offices and photographs. The addresses shown on this website reflect the presence of Groupe VINSIX and do not constitute regulated establishments; the regulatory status of each entity is set out above. All photographs on this website, including those shown alongside the transactions, are non-contractual illustrative images: they depict neither the Group's offices nor the assets concerned by the transactions presented.

Presentation of transactions. Transactions shown on this website are transactions of Groupe VINSIX taken as a whole. Where a country, a city or a region is indicated, it refers to the location of the underlying asset and not to the entity that originated, conducted, executed or invoiced the mandate: a transaction relating to a French asset may be led from Switzerland, and conversely. Nothing on this website constitutes an allocation of revenue, profit or activity to any entity or to any jurisdiction, nor evidence of a permanent establishment or of the exercise of any activity in a given country. The transactions shown are a non-exhaustive sample, presented for the sole purpose of illustrating the Group's experience; they constitute neither an offer, nor a solicitation, nor investment advice. Each entity of the Group is taxed and supervised solely under the law of its own place of establishment.

Own-account subscriptions. The Group may subscribe, on its own account, to all or part of a bond issue it has arranged. Such a subscription is an acquisition of financial instruments for the subscriber's own account; it is not a credit transaction within the meaning of article L.511-5 of the French Monetary and Financial Code, and it is carried out with the Group's own funds only. No entity of the Group carries out banking credit operations on a habitual basis, is a credit institution, or takes deposits or repayable funds from the public.

Key figures. The figures shown on this website are consolidated at Groupe VINSIX level, cumulative since the inception of the Group, expressed in asset value and rounded. They reflect past activity and constitute neither an indication of performance, nor a guarantee, nor an undertaking.

Assets under advice. The financings arranged by the Group are frequently accompanied by placements ancillary to the credit. Those assets are deposited with depositary banks among the market's leading institutions, with which the Group maintains partnerships, and remain held by the client in the client's own name. Any figure for assets under advice shown on this website is the aggregate of those client-held balances; it is not an asset, a deposit or a cash position of Groupe VINSIX. No entity of the Group holds, receives or has access to client funds, provides custody, gives investment advice within the meaning of article L.321-1 of the French Monetary and Financial Code, or carries out portfolio management on behalf of third parties.

Insurance, risk and data. Professional indemnity and financial guarantee insurance for France and Europe is provided by Zurich Insurance, policy N° 7400026950. Financing and investment transactions carry a risk of capital loss. Past performance is not indicative of future results. All mandates are executed under non-disclosure agreement; transaction details are disclosed only with the prior written consent of the client. Personal data collected through this website is processed in accordance with the GDPR, the Swiss Federal Act on Data Protection and the UK GDPR.

Legal notice

Website publisher

VINSIX SA, a Swiss company limited by shares entered in the Geneva Commercial Register under enterprise identification number CHE-446.152.987, registered office at Boulevard Georges-Favon 43, 1204 Geneva, Switzerland.

Contact: contact@groupevinsix.ch

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C.P. Abensour. This website is directed exclusively at professional investors, real estate operators and eligible counterparties.

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Regulatory status

VINSIX SA is not a bank within the meaning of the Swiss Federal Banking Act, accepts no deposits from the public and holds no authorisation from the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA). Its statutory purpose is finance brokerage, insurance brokerage, crowdfunding advisory and corporate advisory. Services governed by French law are provided by VINSIX Credit Partners.

Intellectual property

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Liability

Information published on this website is provided for general information purposes. It constitutes neither advice, nor an offer, nor a solicitation. Amounts and floor areas shown in the selected transactions are drawn from valuation reports or financing files and are stated as at the date of those documents. The publisher gives no warranty as to the completeness or continued accuracy of the content. The detailed regulatory status of each Group entity is set out in the legal and regulatory disclaimer available from the footer.

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Data controller

VINSIX SA, a Swiss company limited by shares entered in the Geneva Commercial Register under enterprise identification number CHE-446.152.987, registered office at Boulevard Georges-Favon 43, 1204 Geneva, Switzerland.

Contact: contact@groupevinsix.ch

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