Ms Cécile Rechstein > Chevalier & Sciales > Luxembourg, Luxembourg > Lawyer Profile
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GRAND-RUE 36-38
1660 LUXEMBOURG
Luxembourg
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Ms Cécile Rechstein
Work Department
Investment Management | Corporate | Private Wealth Management
Position
Cécile is a partner at Chevalier & Sciales.
Career
Cécile Rechstein is a partner at Chevalier & Sciales since January 2019. After a double degree in French and Anglo-American Law, she specialises in international commercial law at the Sorbonne University.
Her professional experience covers the entire investment management value chain from a legal, operational and regulatory perspective. Before joining Chevalier & Sciales in 2009, Cécile has been working within the corporate department in Luxembourg of a magic circle law firm which allowed her to build a strong corporate background which is an asset as a Luxembourg investment fund lawyer. Her business experience over the last 14 years covers areas such as structuring of investment funds, legal & compliance, assisting clients regarding corporate structuring or other areas of laws intertwined with the fund industry.
She has a profound knowledge of the Luxembourg regulatory regime and advises on a daily basis on corporate law, governance and regulatory compliance for retail and alternative regulated and unregulated funds with always a client-oriented vision.
Over the past years, she has been assisting clients with the creation or migration of their funds to Luxembourg, reorganisation of legal structures (including liquidations and migrations from offshore to Luxembourg), changing of service providers following the entry into force of the AIFM law and the need in the fund industry to appoint an authorized AIFM above a certain threshold as well as more recently with AML_CFT organization.
Languages
French, English
Memberships
She is admitted to the bar of Luxembourg as ‘Avocate à la Cour’.
Education
CY Cergy Paris University, Paris XV, Maitrîse en droit international et en droit anglo américain. University of Paris I, Panthéon Sorbonne, Master II professionnel en droit du commerce international
Lawyer Rankings
Luxembourg > Investment funds
Investment management work is a core area of focus for boutique independent law firm Chevalier & Sciales, with work spanning fund structuring and ongoing regulatory and standalone regulatory compliance, particularly in relation to ESG and AML matters. Founding partner Olivier Sciales, who co-heads the team alongside Cécile Rechstein, has a primary emphasis on structuring alternative investment funds including SIFs, RAIFs and unregulated special limited partnerships.