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