A&O Shearman has a ‘deep understanding of the Luxembourg funds market and regulatory environment’, ensuring it is a popular choice among fund managers for the structuring of alternative investment strategies as well as a growing flow of retail work, in addition to ongoing compliance issues. The firm also has strong ties with a number of development finance institutions (DFIs) which it advises on the establishment of their own funds, as well as in the context as investors in other funds. Yannick Arbaut has an ’efficient, pragmatic and solutions-oriented approach’, which he deploys to good effect on the establishment of regulated and unregulated funds, as well as advising institutional investors on due diligence associated with becoming limited partners (LPs). In addition, Arbaut is noted for his work in the impact investing space, and is leading the development of the practice’s German and Swiss client base. The ‘brilliant’ Jean-Christian Six has ’intimate knowledge of alternative investment structures’, particularly as these relate to investments in real estate, private debt, private equity and infrastructure, where he is ‘able to deliver on complex cross-jurisdictional matters’. Miao Wang, who ’brings an important human element to even the most complex transactions’, co-heads the team alongside Arbaut and Six.
Testimonials
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‘Their deep understanding of the Luxembourg funds market and regulatory environment, combined with their exceptional analytical skills and profound knowledge of commercial structures, enabled my firm to achieve successful fund launches and complex fund structuring solutions, both quickly and efficiently.’
'The practice demonstrates a deep bench and equally deep knowledge of all things relevant for Luxembourg investment funds.'
Work highlights
- Advising a leading European asset manager on the structuring, establishment and approval of an ELTIF fund investing in commercial real estate loans, being the second vintage of a senior mortgage fund.
- Advised an asset management firm on the establishment of a Luxembourg-domiciled multi-compartment innovative infrastructure debt fund.