Iris Dingemans
Simmons & SimmonsThe investment funds offering at Simmons & Simmons has strong capabilities advising its plethora of clients on their investments in a range of funds, often international in scope. It advises on the contractual and regulatory elements of funds. Green fund and climate fund work forms a large portion of the team’s workload, which often has cross-jurisdictional scope and is of significant value, a key example being its work advising &Green Fund on its new partnership with CAFI regarding a $50m investment into commercial operations in the Congo. The team also frequently handles matters involving reimbursable grants. Iris Dingemans is at the team’s helm with support from René van Eldonk.
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Key clients
- AfricInvest
- Lightrock
- Aegon Asset Management
- Abu Dhabi Investment Council
- Arcus Infrastructure Partners
- Atream SAS
- Avenue Capital
- AXA Investment Managers
- BlackRock
- BlueBay Asset Management
- BSG Asset Management
- Cambridge Associates
- Carican Group
- Columbia Threadneedle Investments
- DIF Capital Partners
- Goldman Sachs Asset Management
- Green Fund
- Van Lanschot Kempen Investment Management
- Insight Investment
- Legal & General Investment Management
- NBIM/Norges Bank
- Nova Capital
- Medicxi Ventures
- PGIM
- Pinnacle Associates
- Redbird Capital Partners
- Robeco
- Sail Ventures
- Savills
- Schroders
- Stichting Pensioenfonds van ABN AMRO Bank N.V.
- Stichting Pensioenfonds Heineken
- TCX
- UBS Asset Management
Work highlights
- Advised Africinvest with the formation of the pan-African Transform Health Fund; this investment fund had a first closing of $50m and will finance the scaling of proven, innovative models that improve access, affordability, resilience, and quality of healthcare in Africa.
- Advised Lightrock, the global impact investor that backs purpose-driven companies, with their new set-up in the Netherlands and their contemplated expansion into the complementary asset class of global small-cap equities
- Advised &Green Fund on its new partnership with The Central African Forest Initiative (CAFI) to invest over $50m into commercial operations in the Congo basin.
Lawyers
Next Generation Partners
Junior partners with significant recognition from clients and peers in the market and key roles on multiple matters.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Iris Dingemans, René van Eldonk