Ms Caroline Pimpaud > DLA Piper Luxembourg > Luxembourg, Luxembourg > Lawyer Profile

Co-headed by Caroline Pimpaud  and Catherine Pogorzelski, the ‘highly accessible and approachable’ team at DLA Piper Luxembourg provides ‘tailored solutions’ to clients, often working alongside practitioners throughout the firm’s extensive global network to effectively ‘support international groups smoothly across borders’. Funds account for much of the transactional work it handles, with both Pimpaud and Pogorzelski knowledgeable about work throughout their life-cycle, from initial structuring through to the M&A associated with the subsequent downstream investments. At counsel level, the ‘outstanding’ Gersende Masfayon and Melody Brunot , who is appreciated for her ability to provide ‘innovative solutions’, are also recommended across M&A transactions, as well as group restructurings and in the context of general corporate governance advice.

Drawing upon ‘a robust knowledge of market practice’, DLA Piper Luxembourg‘s growing team delivers an ‘excellent work product’ to a fairly balanced mix of managers and investors setting up or investing in a myriad alternative fund types. Catherine Pogorzelski‘s ‘ability to navigate complex legal landscapes with ease’, not just in Luxembourg but also other jurisdictions, (where she can also lean into experts spread across the firm’s vast international network) is a compelling proposition to clients engaged in the establishment of private equity, real estate and debt funds, in particular. The ‘creative and solutions-oriented’ Caroline Pimpaud co-heads the team alongside Pogorzelski, and as part of her wide ranging asset class expertise that includes venture capital, also provides a considerable amount of regulatory advice relating to the retailization of private funds, particularly in the context of ELTIF 2.0. Counsel Marceau Visano also has strong client traction and ‘stands out for his meticulous attention to detail and profound legal knowledge’, particularly in the context of venture capital and private equity-related funds.