Overview
Claire is a partner in the Luxembourg investment funds group, where she advises leading global and European asset managers and financial sponsors on the structuring, establishment and lifecycle management of Luxembourg investment funds and related investment platforms.
Her practice spans both regulated and unregulated fund structures, with strong track record across private credit, private equity, real estate and infrastructure. She regularly advises on fund platform design, co-investment structures and managed account solutions, and brings particular depth to matters involving UCITS, UCIs and ELTIFs.
She advises clients on product structuring, governance, regulatory developments and distribution-related matters that shape how products are brought to market and evolve over time.
Claire's ability to bridge private markets expertise and retail fund regulation places her at the forefront of a market increasingly defined by the convergence of alternative and traditional investment strategies.
Experience
- EQT Group on BPEA Private Equity Fund IX, the largest-ever Asia Pacific-dedicated private equity fund raised to date.
- Franklin Templeton on the second generation of its Turkish private equity fund.
- Partners Group on their alternative funds range including their PE, debt, infra and secondary funds including the structuring and setting-up of several of their ELTIFs in various asset classes and in different legal forms, including the first two European retail ELTIFs.
- Carlyle on the Carlyle European Tactical Private Credit ELTIF (ETAC), a semi-liquid European private credit strategy for private wealth investors.
- LaSalle Investment Management on a number of real estate funds and their SFDR implementation project.
- CVC: advising on the restructuring of their securitisation structure into a RAIF following a European credit investment strategy.
- Nextblock: advising on the structuring and set-up of the first crypto fund management by an authorised AIFM in Luxembourg.
- Aberdeen Investments on the establishment of several of their real estate funds and ongoing advice on their fund of real estate funds structures.
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