Investment Funds
Global Guide 2024 : Luxembourg
Band 1
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Clifford Chance offers high-quality multidisciplinary advice to global financial institutions and asset management companies. Its lawyers assist with the setting up, structuring and management of investment platforms. It represents ETFs, SICAVs, AIFs and specialised investment funds. It additionally offers regulatory and licensing advice. The global law firm is a popular choice for international investors, and the Luxembourg team works closely with the firm's offices in other jurisdictions to handle cross-border mandates.
Work Highlights
- Clifford Chance advised Octopus Energy on the setting up of three new unregulated funds.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"The Clifford Chance team is able to mobilise a lot of expertise within the firm to handle any issue we may have."
"The Clifford Chance team demonstrated significant experience in what we needed to achieve. This was often at a very granular level of detail."
"We always feel we are in a mutually commercially aware relationship."
"The Clifford Chance team is able to mobilise a lot of expertise within the firm to handle any issue we may have."
"The Clifford Chance team demonstrated significant experience in what we needed to achieve. This was often at a very granular level of detail."
"We always feel we are in a mutually commercially aware relationship."
Notable Practitioners
Emmanuel-Frédéric Henrion advises international clients on the full life-cycle of high-value investment funds, from creation to closing. He also assists with regulatory issues.
"Emmanuel-Frédéric Henrion is always a great business partner in all of our work together."
Kristof Meynaerts is well placed to act on fund regulatory issues and he also advises private equity investors on fund creation mandates.
"Kristof Meynaerts is a smart guy and a very creative thinker."
Paul Van den Abeele advises on a wide range of fund set-up mandates, often acting for real estate and private equity funds, as well as assisting with transactions of fund platforms that require regulator approval, such as SIF conversions.
"Paul Van den Abeele is very knowledgeable about this area of the law and is business-minded, which is incredibly important."