Private equity: Fund formation

Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP

Client Satisfaction

The team at Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP is 'competent, pragmatic and close to its clients'. Its core areas of expertise including advising on the formation of and fundraising for general and sector-based small, mid, and large-cap funds, reorganisations, as well as the provision of advice on secondary transactions and regulatory matters. The team is co-directed by Nathalie Duguay, who is singled out for her 'exhaustive knowledge of the issues faced by management companies'. The 'technically excellent' Tiana Rambatomanga co-leads alongside her and frequently advises LPs on secondary transactions.

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Testimonials

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'Tiana heads up a team that is competent, pragmatic and close to its clients. Strong ESG ambitions.'
‘Tiana Rambatomanga and her team are impactful and innovative in the solutions they provide to clients. Tiana is very creative, which customers really appreciate.’
‘Very extensive knowledge of all facets of private equity and its latest trends (NAV facility, GP led transactions, etc.) with a good view of what the different market players are doing, which allows them to give relevant advice and to open original options.’
‘Nathalie Duguay is THE reference in Paris for fund training, and has an exhaustive knowledge of the issues faced by management companies. Tiana Rambatomanga is technically excellent.’

Key clients

21 Invest France
Abénex Capital
Access Capital Partners
Adagia Partners
Alpha Private Equity
Altaroc
Ambienta
Anaxago
Archipel
Astorg Partners
BlackFin Capital Partners
BNPP Agility Capital
Bpifrance
Demeter Partners
EDF Invest
Ekkio Capital
EM 8 Private Equity
Epopée Gestion
Five Arrows Managers
Hivest Capital Partners
Indigo Capital
Ledger
ODDO BHF
PAI Partners
Peqan
Peugeot Invest (FPP)
Power Corporation of Canada
Sagard Private Equity
Seven2 (former Apax Partners)
Sista Fund
SouthBridge Investments
Tikehau
UTI International Limited

Work highlights

Assisted Abénex with the structuring and fundraising of its sixth fund, Abénex VI with a total commitment of €600m.
Assisted Bpifrance with the structuring of its “Bpifrance Entreprises Avenir 1” (BEA 1) fund, enabling non-professional investors for the first time to invest under the same conditions, by taking equity stakes, mainly in unlisted French and European companies.
Assisted Epopée Gestion, an investment firm based in France, with the structuring and first closing of the Epopée Infra Climat I fund dedicated to low-carbon infrastructure in the French Atlantic region.

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