Our investment funds capabilities in Luxembourg

Luxembourg Investment Funds industry 

A global powerhouse built on expertise, innovation and unparalleled choice 

As Europe’s leading investment fund centre and the world’s largest cross border fund distribution platform, Luxembourg plays a critical role in the financial services sector. Recognised for both its great economic and political stability and as a permanent innovator and forerunner in its field, the Grand Duchy enjoys a consistent AAA credit rating in addition to GDP growth that regularly outstrips the European average. Luxembourg is a driving force in setting the highest industry standards and in offering the most progressive regulatory regimes in the investment funds sphere.

Linklaters Luxembourg Investment Funds practice 

A well-established international team with a highly successful track record

Our investment funds practice is at the edge of innovative fund solutions and has been over decades the trusted advisor of many leading global and European investment managers. The trust clients put in our team is built not only upon the calibre and commitment of our lawyers, but on an exceptional scope of expertise and depth of knowledge. Our lawyers truly understand our clients’ business and needs, and they offer clients commercial and pragmatic solutions to the most complex problems in an ever changing and often challenging regulatory environment. Our team is deeply integrated with our global funds team with hubs in London, New York, Frankfurt, Paris, Tokyo and Hong Kong and can deliver the full breadth of a truly integrated global funds practice. Proactive and innovative with a deep global funds knowhow, Linklaters Luxembourg is recognised as one of the leaders in both the UCITS market and in the alternative funds sphere. 

• We have 40 funds lawyers with different nationalities, languages and cultural backgrounds which can meet literally every client’s expectations
• We have consistently been ranked Tier 1 by Legal 500 for the past 10 years
• We hold key roles in all important Luxembourg consultative and advisory industry committees and bodies and are very active in various Luxembourg and European industry working groups 

“Drawing upon 'excellent legal know how', combined with a 'consideration of economic and practical issues’, Linklaters is a popular choice among investment banks, asset managers and global custodians to advise them on their most sophisticated fund set-ups and servicing. As well as "real world" market experience doing deals - and the ability to leverage know-how from offices in other key global fund jurisdictions- clients, in both the regulated and unregulated funds space, benefit from the team's engagement with the regulator and involvement with many working groups/industry bodies. Consequently, it is at the forefront of developments in the market, including as it relates to ESG considerations, as well as on the use of European Long-Term Investment Funds (ELTIF) in the retail space, allowing investors to put money into companies and projects that need long-term capital.” Legal 500 EMEA 2023, Investment Funds, Luxembourg