With a strong presence in all the major global fund centres, including London and Frankfurt, and also able to draw upon wide-ranging international know-how on best practices and market trends, Dechert Luxembourg is well-positioned to advise fund managers establishing conventional private equity and credit fund platforms in the country. Patrick Goebel and Jean-Louis Frognet co-head the team, with the latter spearheading the firm’s efforts on the transactional front.

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Key clients

  • Stepstone Group LLP and Swiss Capital (subsidiary of StepStone Group)
  • MTIP AG
  • Forty51 Advisors AG

Work highlights

  • Advised Stepstone Group and its subsidiary Swiss Capital on the establishment and closing of Luxembourg master/feed funds, Luxembourg parallel funds of a Cayman fund and several compartments of a lending platform.
  • Advised Forty51 Advisors AG on the establishment of its first venture capital fund in life sciences, under the form of a risk capital RAIF structured as a special limited partnership.
  • Advised MTIP AG on the formation of MTIP Fund II, SCSp, including drafting and negotiation of fund documents, side letters and legal opinions, amongst others, to on-board EIF.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Patrick Goebel, Jean-Louis Frognet

Other key lawyers

Matthias Kerbusch, Marc Seimetz, Laura Rossi, Arne Bolch, Christine Renner