Charles-Henri Laevens
Clifford ChanceOverseen by litigator Albert Moro and led on a day-to-day basis by senior associate Charles-Henri Laevens, Clifford Chance provides 'excellent legal guidance' across a range of IT and IP matters to financial services and asset management clients, in particular. The team retains a significant flow of work for investment funds on data protection compliance, and working closely with the firm's regulatory offering is also adept at handling work at the intersection of IP and financial services.
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Testimonials
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- 'The team is very knowledgeable and provides excellent legal guidance.'
- 'Charles-Henri Laevens is very professional and responsive.'
Key clients
- Prodigy Finance Limited
- North Atlantic Treaty Organisation ("NATO")
- Mercer
- DWS
- Empira Investment Solutions S.A.
- Lux-Airport
- Teylor AG
- ING-DiBa AG
- TotalEnergies
Work highlights
- Advised the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) on a multijurisdictional fund project and the launch of the NATO Innovation Fund, the world's first-ever multi-sovereign venture capital fund. The team conducted the data protection review of the documentation to ensure compliance of the various data flows with the applicable data protection requirements.
- Advises DWS in structuring, setting up and launching European Direct Lending Fund II, DWS' second direct lending fund to lend to European corporate borrowers in private markets.
- Assisted a state-owned entity which is in notably responsible for the management and the development of the infrastructures of the Luxembourg airport with the data protection aspects of the project, as well as negotiating the agreements with the IT service providers.
Lawyers
Leading associates
Leading associates with regular involvement in their team's key work, and recognition from peers or clients as being ones to watch.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Albert Moro, Steve Jacoby