Xavier Comaills

Practice Areas

Xavier Comaills specialises in the formation and fundraising of private equity investment funds and in particular concerning French and European funds' managers.

He has extensive experience in primary fundraising and is also leader on secondary transactions including sale of portfolio interests but also GP-led secondary transactions. Xavier also advises institutional limited partners with respect to their investments in private equity and real estate funds. Xavier is also an expert on carried interest structuring.

Career

ESLSCA 1993

Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (DEA in business law) 1997

Admitted as an avocat in Paris 1998

Participated in the creation of SJ Berwin 2001

Joined Ashurst as a Partner 2008

Joined Clifford Chance as a Partner 2013