Arendt & Medernach funds practice incorporates legal, regulatory and tax expertise, and has the strength-in-depth to handle a broad range of work. On the retail front, the team is a market-leader for UCITS work, with Florence Stainier taking the lead on these mandates and leveraging her ‘deep knowledge of regulation and market practice’. Michèle Eisenhuth and Claude Niedner are also well-versed in the retail space, with Niedner also skilled at advising on hybrid products, including the structuring of European Long-Term Investment Funds. Adrian Aldinger has an ’in-depth knowledge about Luxembourg fund structures’, including for alternative funds investing in private credit, secondaries and infrastructure strategies. Other key practitioners include team head Gilles Dusemon, who excels in advising on innovative strategies in the private fund space, including on the structuring of evergreen funds; Isabelle Lebbe, who has niche expertise on sanctions and ESG-related fund issues; Nicolas Bouveret, who brings ‘valuable insights’, including on private debt work; the ’outstanding’ Corinne Prinz, who is the main contact for the firm’s liquid fund business in Asia; and founding partner Claude Kremer.
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Investment Management

Position

Isabelle Lebbe is a Partner in the Investment Management practice of Arendt & Medernach. She specialises in a wide range of investment funds with a focus on regulated funds. She advises clients on the corporate, regulatory and tax aspects of the creation, marketing and operation of investment funds and management entities.
Isabelle also works with her colleagues in the litigation team on regulatory complaints and judicial proceedings involving regulated funds or their service providers.

Career

She has been a member of the Luxembourg Bar since 1999.

Isabelle is a regular conference speaker. She is a chairman or member of a number of committees and sub-committees established by the Association of the Luxembourg Fund Industry (ALFI) and by the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF), the regulatory authority of the financial sector in Luxembourg.

Languages

Dutch, English, French.

Memberships
She has been a member of the Luxembourg Bar since 1999.
Education

Isabelle Lebbe holds a Master's degree in law from the Université de Liège (Belgium).

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Testimonials

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  • 'Broad market knowledge and experienced teams that are capable of providing structuring advice and acting as a sounding board for pre-deal discussions.'
  • 'Flexibility, deep knowledge of the legal practice, holistic approach to the investment fund practice.'

Key clients

  • Schroders
  • Neuberger Berman

Work highlights

Acted as Luxembourg counsel to Thoma Bravo on the completion of fundraising for its latest buyout funds, Thoma Bravo Fund XVI, a $24.3bn fund and Thoma Bravo Discover Fund V, an $8.1bn fund.