Arendt & Medernach

Investment Management ; Private Equity ＆ Real Estate

Claude Niedner is a Partner in the Investment Management practice of Arendt, with a particular focus on regulatory advisory work concerning UCITS, alternative investment funds and investment fund management companies. Claude is recognised as a leading lawyer in the investment fund area in Luxembourg and has been recommended by legal directories including Chambers Global, IFLR 1000 and Legal 500.

Claude joined Arendt in 1993 and served in a variety of leadership roles at Arendt, including Co-Chair from 2020 to 2026. Claude also serves as the chairman of the board of directors of Arendt Investor Services S.A., the corporate and investor services arm of Arendt.

Claude is a regular speaker at international conferences on topics related to investment funds.

He has also been a lecturer in Financial Law at the Université Robert Schuman de Strasbourg (France).

Prior to joining Arendt & Medernach, Claude worked in the capital markets department of a major Luxembourg bank.

English, French, German, Luxembourgish.

He has been a member of the Luxembourg Bar since 1993.

Claude is Chairman of the Regulation Advisory Board and Chairman of the Alternative Investments Committee at the Association of the Luxembourg Fund Industry (ALFI). He is also a member of the Alternative Investment Funds working group at the level of the Haut Comité de la Place Financière (HCPF), where he is involved in many different initiatives for the development of Luxembourg’s alternative investment fund sector.

Claude holds a master's degree in Law from the Université Robert Schuman de Strasbourg (France) as well as a master's degree in Business Administration from the Hautes Etudes Commerciales (HEC), Paris (France).