Investment funds

Loyens & Loeff

The ‘outstanding’ team at Loyens & Loeff has well-established capabilities to advise its substantial portfolio of clients on the broad range of cases. It handles the formation, structure, documentation and running of high-value funds, including dual funds, from SFDRs and related ESG elements to infrastructure funds. The team is helmed by investment management expert Joep Ottervanger. Key team members include Marco de Lignie who specialises in the handling of tax elements of domestic and international funds and Vilmar Feenstra, whose capabilities include supporting private equity and venture capital fund managers with issues. Investment management specialist and ’pleasure to work with’ Michäel Maters is a name to note, as is financial supervision specialist Roderik Boogaard.

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Testimonials

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‘The investment funds team at Loyens & Loeff is very knowledgeable and experienced and our go-to for advice on fund structuring and fundraisings.'
'The team includes lawyers, tax advisors and notaries and therefore can provide complete and pragmatic advice on all aspects of the investment fund lifecycle. The integrated approach, experience of the partner group and the size of the team is rather unique in the market.'
‘Michäel Maters is a pleasure to work with, he is very engaged and has a thorough understanding of the legal and regulatory field, the market, and our position and preferences.'
'We like to work with Mike Rib, who is very knowledgeable and easy to communicate with so can make notarial steps very comprehensible.’
‘A pragmatic team with fun people that are all top of their domain for Dutch fund structuring. They can adhere well to short timelines. Use of technology has been a great productivity boost in the onboarding of new investors through their own proprietary subscription tool.’
‘Joep Ottervanger and Marco de Lignie have been very strong partners for us. Always open to think creatively to solve certain issues.’
‘A friendly, knowledgeable and highly professional team.’
‘The entire team is outstanding but Joep Ottervanger, Thijs Lemaire, Sebastiaan Verkerk and Konstantina Antoniou deserve special mention.’

Key clients

AlpInvest
Bencis
Forbion
BioGeneration Ventures
GEM Benelux
Main Capital Partners
Parcom Capital
Pride Capital Partners
Rivean Capital
SET Ventures
Waterland Private Equity Investments
APG Asset Management
DIF Capital Partners
Egeria
Gilde Healthcare
Ice Lake
Marktlink Capital
Mentha Capital
Nimbus
Torqx Capital Partners
WMP

Work highlights

Advised the client on its €6.8bn latest infrastructure funds with final closes.
Advised Main Capital Partners in the formation of two new funds with combined capital commitments of €2.44bn.
Acted as lead legal, tax and regulatory counsel to Parcom in connection with the formation of its seventh fund.

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