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Elvinger Hoss Prussen Offices
2, PLACE WINSTON CHURCHILL
1340 LUXEMBOURG
Luxembourg
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Sophie Laguesse
Work Department
Investment funds
Position
Partner
Career
Sophie Laguesse’s principal field of activity is the structuring and formation of private equity, venture capital, real estate, infrastructure and debt funds under the form of regulated or non-regulated vehicles.
Sophie has been a member of the Management Board of the firm since September 2022.
Sophie has in-depth experience of advising on all aspects of these alternative investment funds including on the structuring and documentation of carried interest, segregated mandates and co-investment schemes.
Sophie also advises private equity firms and real estate funds on joint venture projects and corporate governance matters.
Member of the Luxembourg Bar since 1999.
Languages
English and French
Memberships
Member of the Private Equity & Venture Capital Funds Committee and of the Infrastructure Committee of ALFI (Association of the Luxembourg Fund Industry).
Co-head of the Legal & Regulatory Committee of the ILA (Institut Luxembourgeois des Administrateurs) from 2010 to 2016.
Education
Magister in Rechte from the Universität Trier (Germany).
Licence en droit from the Université de Liège (Belgium).
Personal
Co-founder of the non-profit association Les Enfants du Vietnam Luxembourg.
Lawyer Rankings
Luxembourg > Investment funds
(Leading partners)‘Well connected to the regulators’ and leveraging ‘a very broad knowledge of all fields of Luxembourgish fund law’, Elvinger Hoss Prussen is well-positioned to advise a fund manager-focused client base on the structuring, operational and regulatory advisory aspects associated with both retail and alternative investment funds. The tone is set by team head Jacques Elvinger
, who has ‘excellent insight and intel on market practice’ as a result of his many years’ fee-earning expertise, particularly in the UCITs market. Gast Juncker, who is ‘knowledgeable, humble and committed’, also excels at advising on the formation of UCITs and pursuant regulatory matters. Although he also handles some retail funds work, Jérôme Wigny is best-known for his alternatives expertise, with many high-profile fund sponsors appreciative of his ‘top notch know-how and technical expertise’. The ‘client oriented’ Joachim Cour is ‘very aware of market practice and has good industry knowledge’ across a range of alternative asset classes, including real estate and infrastructure. Sophie Laguesse is also recommended.
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