Dechert Luxembourg

Financial Services and Investment Management

Partner

Patrick Goebel advises on all types of retail and private Luxembourg investment funds, including UCITS and AIFs, investing in private equity and venture capital, private debt (including loan origination), real estate, infrastructure or other type of assets including crypto assets. He also assists investors on their investments in Luxembourg investment funds, including due- diligence and negotiation of investment terms.

Mr. Goebel furthermore advises on the establishment, the restructuring and on other legal and regulatory aspects of management companies, AIFMs (including EuVECA managers), investment firms (MiFID) and financial service providers such as depositaries and administrators. He also assists on the due-diligences relating to the acquisitions of managers and financial service providers and leads in this respect the change-of-control application with the Luxembourg regulator.

Mr. Goebel regularly speaks at conferences on various fund-related and manager-related matters. He is a lecturer on civil liability at the University of Luxembourg and an adjunct lecturer at the School of International Financial Services (SIFS).

English, French, German, Luxembourgish

Member, Luxembourg CFA Society; Member, Association of the Luxembourg Fund Industry; Member, Luxembourg Private Equity & Venture Capital Association

Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris 9), Maîtrise, Management and Finance, 1997; Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, Maîtrise, Private Law, 1998; Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, DESS, Banking and Finance Law, 1999; CFA Institute, Level III Chartered Financial Analyst Program, 2006.