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Mr Xavier Comaills
Position
Xavier Comaills specialises in the formation and fundraising of private equity investment funds and in particular concerning French and European funds’ managers.
He has extensive experience in primary fundraising and is also leader on secondary transactions including sale of portfolio interests but also GP-led secondary transactions. Xavier also advises institutional limited partners with respect to their investments in private equity and real estate funds. Xavier is also an expert on carried interest structuring.
Education
ESLSCA 1993
Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (DEA in business law) 1997
Admitted as an avocat in Paris 1998
Participated in the creation of SJ Berwin 2001
Joined Ashurst as a Partner 2008
Joined Clifford Chance as a Partner 2013
Lawyer Rankings
France > Private equity: Fund formation
(Hall of Fame)The ‘innovative, responsive, and available’ team at Clifford Chance is a strong choice for fund structuring and fundraising mandates, particularly with regard to French, Luxemburgish and pan-European funds. The team’s expertise encompasses the gamut of funds work and the group is led by the ‘ultra-skilled’ Xavier Comaills
, who garners praise for his availability and focuses on fundraising, secondary portfolio transactions, and the structuring of a variety of funds. Marie Preat, who has built specialisms in many of the same areas as Comaills, was promoted to the partnership in 2023. Elodie Cinconze is the key contact at of counsel level.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Administrative and public law
- Banking and finance: Bank regulatory
- Banking and finance: transactional work
- Capital markets: debt capital markets
- Compliance
- Derivatives and structured finance
- Dispute resolution: Commercial litigation
- Dispute resolution: White-collar crime
- EU, competition and distribution
- Industry focus: Energy
- Media and entertainment: Sports
- Private equity: Fund formation
- Project finance
- Real estate
Firm Rankings
- Aviation
- Capital markets: equity capital markets
- Data privacy and data protection
- Dispute resolution: International arbitration
- Industry focus: Healthcare and life sciences
- Private equity: LBO
- Tax
- Dispute resolution: Stock market litigation
- Insolvency
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Employment
- Industry focus: IT and internet