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A&O Shearman

France

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Private equity: Fund formation

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A&O Shearman advises fund managers and institutional investors across a broad range of funds including alternative investment, private equity, infrastructure, debt, real estate, and hedge funds. The team offers deep expertise in structuring analysis, while operating comfortably across the full spectrum of fundraising and fund launches. The practice is co-led by Antoine Sarailler and Brice Henry, with Sarailler specialising in asset management and Henry focusing on regulatory matters. Benjamin Lacourt concentrates his practice on investment funds, with a focus on alternative assets in European jurisdictions.
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Testimonials

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  • ‘The team provides quality and rigorous work, making themselves always available and pleasant. The technical mastery and the great knowledge of the market by Antoine Sarailler and his team mean we get good answers to our problems, and there is a real creativity in the solutions proposed.’

  • ‘Antoine Sarailler is always attentive to our problems while describing precisely and intelligibly the regulatory constraints applicable to the problem posed. In this context, he always makes good suggestions and strives to reconcile our wishes with the applicable law in the matter.’

Key clients

  • Adaxtra Capital
  • AG2R

Work highlights

Delivered regulatory analysis and structured a French-based ELTIF 2.0 debt fund vehicle, aimed at implementing a pan-European lending strategy and serve as a reference asset for units-linked life insurance policies.