Patricia Volhard > Debevoise & Plimpton LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile
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Patricia Volhard

Work Department
Investment Management Group
Position
Patricia Volhard is a partner in Debevoise’s Frankfurt and London offices and is a member of the firm’s Private Equity and Funds/Investment Management Groups. Her practice focuses on advising private funds, including on the full range of European regulatory issues, and structuring funds for EU insurance companies and pension funds..
Ms. Volhard is one of Europe’s leading private funds regulatory lawyers and has played a prominent role in the ongoing development of the area, in part through involvement in Invest Europe.
Memberships
Ms. Volhard the former Chair of Invest Europe’s Tax, Legal & Regulatory Committee, as well as the current chair of its Financial Services/Regulatory Working Group. She is also a member of the Board of the BVK, the German private equity association, and heads its Legal Committee.
Lawyer Rankings
Deutschland > Bank- und Finanzrecht > Investmentfonds
(Führende Namen)Debevoise & Plimpton LLPs Fondspraxis steht im regen Austausch mit den jeweiligen Kollegen in Luxemburg, Hongkong, London, New York und Washington D.C.; ein integrierter Ansatz, der sich auch in der Praxisgruppenleitung widerspiegelt: Patricia Volhard ist neben Frankfurt auch von London und Luxemburg aus tätig und beschäftigt sich am deutschen Standort schwerpunktmäßig mit deutschen und luxemburgischen Fondsstrukturen sowie mit sämtlichen aufsichtsrechtlichen und ESG-Themen. Betreut werden hierzu vornehmlich Fondsmanager, jedoch auch Investoren, mit einem Schwerpunkt auf den Segmenten Private Equity, Private Debt und Infrastruktur.
Germany > Banking and finance > Investment funds
(Leading individuals)Debevoise & Plimpton LLP‘s fund practice is in close contact with its colleagues in Luxembourg, Hong Kong, London, New York and Washington DC, resulting in an integrated approach that also mirrors practice head Patricia Volhard‘s activity: Volhard acts from the firm’s London and Luxembourg offices as well as from Frankfurt, where she focuses on German and Luxembourg fund structures as well as on the whole array of regulatory and ESG issues. With a focus on the private equity, private debt and infrastructure spheres, the group primarily advises fund managers, but also investors.
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Investment fund formation and management > Fund finance
- Dispute resolution > Public international law
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
Firm Rankings
- Industry focus > Emerging markets
- Insurance > Insurance: corporate and regulatory
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Investment fund formation and management > Private funds
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Finance > Acquisition finance
- Real estate > Construction: contentious
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions – high-value deals (£250m+)
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition