Paul Van den Abeele

Practice Areas

Paul Van den Abeele co-heads the Investment Funds practice of Clifford Chance’s Luxembourg office. He specialises in international fund structuring, focusing on alternative strategies.

Paul advises financial institutions, investment firms and asset managers across Europe, the US and Asia in relation to legal and regulatory matters of the structuring, implementation, management and servicing of investment funds, with a particular emphasis on real estate, private equity, infrastructure and debt funds. Paul also has buy-side experience, advising institutional and sovereign investors with regard to fund reviews, as well as experience on cross-practice matters involving fund industry M&A transactions and leveraged finance.

Career

Joined Clifford Chance 2005

University of Leuven (KULeuven), Belgium (Master of Laws, Cum Laude) 2006

Admitted as an avocat in Brussels 2007

Principal Luxembourg desk, DLA Piper Brussels 2009

Consultant, Investor advisory firm Brussels 2010

University of Brussels (VUB), Belgium (Postgraduate degree in estate planning) 2011

Admitted as avocat in Luxembourg 2011

Rejoined Clifford Chance 2011

Partner since 2014