The 'very proactive and client-oriented' team at GSK Stockmann has established a strong reputation advising international clients, including fund managers and promoters, on fund structuring and pursuant operational/regulatory advice, particularly in the alternative fund space. Leveraging the firm's resources on the ground in Luxembourg and across its German offices, the team excels in advising on matters with a German nexus, with team head Marcus Peter regularly advising German clients on the cross-border structuring of investment funds. 'Highly skilled in Luxembourg funds law', Corinna Schumacher is also a key member of the team and provides 'highly focused and efficient advice' to stakeholders, including on some complex structures and supervisory issues in the cross-border arena.
Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
- 'The very proactive and client-oriented team has good knowledge of the law and excellent business acumen.'
- 'Marcus Peter provides a true partnership approach and works hand in glove with us as his client to help us deliver the fund launch or secure the finalisation of the contract.'
- 'Corinna Schumacher: provides highly focused and efficient advice and is very responsive.'
- 'I work with Corinna Schumacher on cross-border investment fund structuring for German and international clients. Corinna is a great partner to work with, extremely responsive, dedicated to the client and highly skilled in Luxembourg funds law.'
Key clients
- Princeville Capital Group
- SEB AB (Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken)
- Universal-Investment-Luxembourg S.A.
- VP Fund Solutions (Luxembourg) SA
- Hauck & Aufhäuser Fund Services SA
- LRI Invest S.A.
Work highlights
- Advising SEB AB (Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken) on the structuring and establishment of a $212m Luxembourg reserved alternative investment fund acting as feeder vehicle to the Irish master fund engaging in directly originated lending (and related activities) to corporate entities, typically on a private and non-public basis and investing in debt and credit instruments
- Advising Universal-Investment-Luxembourg S.A. (biggest third party AIFM in Luxembourg) to implement the latest SFDR amendments and regulatory updates across all investment funds.
- Advising VP Fund Solutions (Luxembourg) SA on the set-up of two new sub-funds (article 6 and article 8 SFDR products) for the UCITS SICAV Global Investors and the following merger of two sub-funds (Multirange and Multipartner) managed by Carne Global Fund Managers (Luxembourg) into the new sub-funds of Global Investors.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Dr. Marcus Peter