Clifford Chance offers a wealth of experience advising on the structuring and fundraising of infrastructure, real estate, venture capital, private debt, secondary and impact funds. The team has a strong focus on French, Luxembourg and pan-European funds and is also highly active in secondary transactions, regularly assisting both GPs and LPs on continuation funds and GP-led processes. Practice head Xavier Comaills regularly leads on high-profile fundraisings and GP stakes transactions, while Marie Préat advises portfolio managers on the management of their business activity and co-investment programmes. Elodie Cinconze advises portfolio managers in the context of secondary transactions and continuation funds.
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- ‘Clifford Chance has very robust capabilities in France the team is known for its creativity and solution-oriented approach. They are very up-to-date on market practices and have intimate knowledge of key requirements of the largest LPs investing in France, making them able to provide very insightful advice on fundraising.’
Key clients
- Ardabelle Capital
- 21 Invest France
- Andera Partners
- Archimed
- Ardian
- AXA
- Blackstone
- Bpifrance Investissement
- Caisse Centrale de Réassurance
- Cathay Capital Private Equity
- Cathay Innovation
- Chenavari
- Consolidation et Développement Gestion
- CNP Assurances
- Eurazeo
- European Investment Fund
- Five Arrows Managers
- Flexstone Partners
- Infranity
- Kartesia Management
Work highlights
Advised Ardabelle Capital on closely linked workstreams, namely (i) the establishment of the GP, (ii) the structuring and negotiation of the GP stake by TPG and (iii) the fundraising of the first vintage flagship fund.
Clifford Chance advised companies of the Peugeot Invest group on the sale of shares of investment funds in which Peugeot Invest holds an investment on the secondary market.
Advised Ardian Expansion on the establishment of its first private equity continuation fund dedicated to the acquisition of Syclef, a European company specialising in the installation and maintenance of refrigeration and air conditioning systems.
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Marie Préat
Practice head
Xavier Comaills
Other key lawyers
Marie Préat; Elodie Cinconze; Benjamin Massot; Louis-Guillaume Cousin;