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Private equity: Fund formation
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- Georges Pinkham SJ Berwin
SJ Berwin retains a dominant market position through a strong team including Georges Pinkham, Benjamin Aller, Nathalie Duguay, Arnaud David and tax expert Sylvie Vansteenkiste. The team advises all types of investment funds.
Ashurst LLP is ‘excellent, knowledgeable and dedicated’ with ‘an unparalleled lead in the field of distressed fund formation’. Led by Xavier Comaills, an ‘exceptional advisor who listens, proposes and delivers’, and Catherine Charpentier for the tax aspects, the practice receives instructions from investment funds (Qualium I, Capenergie II, Mezzanis 3).
Morgan Lewis’ ‘very responsive’ practice is headed by Ann Baker, who ‘understands US and French fund formation offering rules’, with Patrice Lefèvre-Péaron working on the tax side. The four-lawyer team advises private equity, venture-capital and distressed asset funds as well as funds of funds.
Proskauer’s practice in Paris extends across a range of expertise (LBO, retail, venture, infrastructure funds and funds of funds) and benefits from the firm’s global reach to handle a large number of instructions. However, it has been a significant period of change recently, with former practice co-head Olivier Dumas joining Dechert in 2010, and subsequent practice leader Daniel Schmidt departing in March 2011. Caroline Chabrerie now heads the practice.