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AVENUE JOHN F. KENNEDY 35
L-1855 LUXEMBOURG
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Martin Mager
Work Department
Investment Funds
Position
Martin is a partner in the Luxembourg Investment Funds Group.
He has specialised experience with regard to the structuring, establishment and ongoing advice of alternative investment funds (sponsor practice) as well as advising institutional investors with regard to investments in international fund structures (investor practice).
Martin advises in a wide range of asset classes including private equity, real estate, infrastructure, green energy, debt, venture capital and impact. His work includes all types of investment fund structures including segregated managed accounts and investment-type securitisation structures. Finally, he advises on all fund-related ESG matters.
His advice covers the legal, regulatory and tax aspects both from a Luxembourg and German perspective.
Career
Martin is a member of different working groups of the Luxembourg fund industry association (“ALFI”). He lectures and publishes on a regular basis in commentaries and legal journals. Furthermore, he is a lecturer for tax and accounting law at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg.
Education
Martin studied law at Bucerius Law School (Hamburg) and the University of Michigan Law School (Ann Arbor). He is admitted to the Luxembourg and the German Bar. He worked for Linklaters Munich from 2011 to 2018 (including a secondment to New York) and joined the Luxembourg office of Linklaters in 2019.
Lawyer Rankings
Luxembourg > Investment funds
(Next Generation Partners)With ‘strong bench strength from the partners down to junior associates’, Linklaters has the the critical mass to handle a tremendous volume and range of work for many of the highest-profile international fund managers, particularly within the alternative asset space. Here the team excels in advising on complex cross-border matters and is noted for its cohesion ‘and excellent ability to work well with other offices in the network’, including London. Team head Silke Bernard is ‘very well plugged in to many of the key industry forums and bodies’, ensuring she is abreast of market trends, including as these relate to the growing importance of ELTIFs. Of counsel Hermann Beythan is ‘very well connected’ and is a ‘reassuring presence’ across a wide range of matters, including the structuring of RAIFs and funds of funds, as well as the creation of AIFMs and other regulatory issues. Other key members of the team include the ‘thoughtful and commercial’ Claire Prospert, as well as the ‘highly technical’ counsel Adrien Timmermans, who along with Martin Mager spearheads the team’s investor-side work.
Lawyer Rankings
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- Banking, finance and capital markets
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- Dispute resolution
- Investment funds
- Private equity
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