Overview
Romain is a Managing Associate in the Luxembourg Investment Funds practice.
He advises fund sponsors and institutional investors on the structuring, formation and management of alternative investment funds across the full spectrum of asset classes, including private equity, venture capital, infrastructure, real estate and private credit. He also provides comprehensive guidance on compliance and regulatory matters.
For fund sponsors and managers, he covers the complete fund lifecycle from structuring and regulatory authorisation through to fundraising, the negotiation and drafting of fund documentation, and the governance and operational matters that arise throughout a fund's life. He also advises on establishing management companies and carried interest vehicles and supports sponsors on operational questions and their dealings with the relevant competent authorities.
For fund investors, Romain advises on the full investment process, from the review and structuring of investment frameworks through to the negotiation of fund documents and side letters. He ensures that clients' commercial and regulatory requirements are properly reflected in fund terms, and advises on fund governance, investor protections and the legal and regulatory considerations relevant to their commitments.
Romain is a member of the Linklaters Investment Funds team dedicated to the development and integration of artificial intelligence and technology solutions, with a particular focus on investor representation matters.
Experience
- Worldbank: advised on the structuring of the USD 125bn Tropical Forest Investment Fund providing funding to the Tropical Forest Forever Facility launched during COP 30, that seeks to secure the future of tropical forests via an innovative financing mechanism by mobilising public, philanthropic and private capital and reinvesting such funds in a diversified investment portfolio.
- A leading global impact investment manager: advised an impact investment manager on setting-up (i) a fund focusing on private equity investments that contributes to financial inclusion in emerging and frontier markets, (ii) a fund focusing on private equity investments that contributes to the resilience of poor and vulnerable households and MSMEs to weather events and natural catastrophes, and (iii) a fund providing debt financing to financial institutions and operating companies in emerging markets.
- One of the world's largest real estate investment management firms: advised on the establishment and launch of a global open-ended infrastructure fund focusing on energy transition, digital infrastructure and decarbonization opportunities targeting mid-market investments in OECD countries.
- IFM Investors: advised IFM Investors on the establishment and launch of a fund of one for the National Employment Savings Trust (NEST) to invest in infrastructure debt investments globally as part of Nest's strategic partnership with IFM Investors.
- Franklin Templeton: advised on the structuring, establishment and fundraising of Templeton Turkey Fund II, the second generation of its Turkish private equity fund with a target size of USD 300 million and their carried interest vehicle, including the successful negotiations with DFIs as anchor investors in the fund.
- A global asset manager: advised on the structuring and setting up of a co-investment vehicle investing alongside the flagship infrastructure fund for the purposes of acquiring a European pure-play recycling and waste-to-product company which was dual-listed on the London Stock Exchange and Euronext Amsterdam.
- An US asset and investment company: advised on the structuring, formation and closings of the fifth vintage of a loan opportunities fund, a direct lending fund for European investors to invest as part of the fifth vintage of a flagship fund.
- Barings: advised this global investment management firm on the set up of and closings of their flagship funds, including the Global and European private lending funds.
- A French multi-national insurance firm: advised on a large number of fund investments across a range of asset classes, with a particular focus on private equity and infrastructure investments as well as GP stake funds and co-investments, including review and due diligence of the relevant fund documents, negotiation of the side letter and support with the closing process.
- An Italian insurance company: advised on a large number of fund investments across a range of asset classes, with a particular focus on private debt, including review and due diligence of the relevant fund documents, negotiation of the side letter and support with the closing process.
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