Led by the 'exceptional' Gilles Dusemon , Arendt & Medernach has justifiably earned the reputation of being "best in class" for its funds work, and has the strength-in-depth to be able to handle a tremendous range and volume of work on both the retail and alternatives front. UCITs remain a core area of focus, with many in the team excelling at providing 'first-rate' advice, combining legal technical expertise with knowledge of best-market practice. Florence Stainier is very well-versed at handling retail fund set-ups, although she also has expertise structuring Reserved Alternative Investment Funds (RAIFs), as well as recently setting up alternative lending platforms. Isabelle Lebbe and Michèle Eisenhuth are also vital to the team's success on the UCITs front, with Eisenhuth also increasingly active advising fund managers on the establishment of debt funds. On the alternatives front, Adrian Aldinger has a strong reputation among many large global private equity firms, advising them on establishing buyout funds as well as on their debt fund strategies. The 'outstanding' Gregory Beltrame provides 'highly practical and efficient advice' to private equity sponsors, including in relation to their secondaries strategies. Francis Kass is 'extremely knowledgeable' on the Luxembourg law surrounding regulated and unregulated investment funds, and is a key member of the team that also includes Piotr Giemza-Popowski, who has 'great technical knowledge in the UCITS space'.
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Profile
Work Department
Investment Management
Position
Michèle Eisenhuth is a Partner and Co-chair of Arendt & Medernach. She specialises in investment fund law, advising domestic and international clients on corporate, regulatory, compliance and governance matters arising in the course of the structuring, operation and reorganisation of investment funds and their management entities.
Languages
English, French, German.
Memberships
She has been a member of the Luxembourg Bar since 1995.
She sits on the boards of directors of a number of funds and management companies launched by international asset management groups.
She has also served on the board of directors of the Association of the Luxembourg Fund Industry (ALFI) since June 2017, as well as on the board of directors of the Institut Luxembourgeois des Administrateurs (ILA).
Michèle chairs and is an active member of several ALFI committees.
Since January 2021, she has been Senior Vice Chair of the Asset Management and Investment Funds Committee of the International Bar Association (IBA). Michèle is member of various working groups of the European Fund and Asset Management Association (EFAMA). She is also a member of the European Banking Federation, with particular involvement in the Investment Funds Group.
Michèle is a regular speaker at conferences by ALFI, EFAMA, IBA, ILA, Lex Mundi and other organisations in Luxembourg and abroad.
Education
She holds a master’s degree in law from the Université de Liège (Belgium).
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Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
- 'The approachable investment fund team has a solid understanding of our needs and never fails to deliver on the most complex matters.'
- 'Very good coverage of the UICTS and AIF landscape, regulatory insight and market coverage.'
- 'Arendt is clearly in the category "best in class". They are excellent in the regulatory field and their knowledge of both the legal technicalities and market practices in the investment fund arena is first rate.'
- 'Gilles Dusemon is exceptional.'
- 'Francis Kass is extremely knowledgeable in Luxembourg law and his friendly approach makes him a pleasure to have on projects.'
- 'Gregory Beltrame is outstanding. He is very knowledgeable both about the law and about the fund industry. His advice is highly practical and efficient, and he is fully on the ball when it comes to coordinating the required services and his team.'
- 'Piotr Giemza-Popowski has great technical knowledge in the UCITS space and is able to find good practical solutions to practical and regulatory issues.'
Key clients
- Amundi
- General Atlantic
- Generali
- Goldman Sachs International
- Morgan Stanley
- Neuberger Berman
- Nordea
- PAI Partners
- Partners Group AG
- Schroders
Work highlights
Acted as Luxembourg counsel to CVC Capital on the establishment of its ninth Europe/Americas buyout fund, CVC Capital Partners IX.
Advised the Kroll Group, a global leader in complex administration and legal and business solutions, in view of the sale of the shareholding of Kroll (Luxembourg) Management Company to Vistra Holdings.
Advised the global asset management firm, GAM Investments, on the sale of its third-party fund management services business in Switzerland and Luxembourg to the Carne Group, one of Europe’s leading providers of third-party fund management services.