Co-headed from Luxembourg by Patrick Goebel and Marc Seimetz Dechert Luxembourg provides a ‘responsive and solutions-focused service’ to managers and sponsors across a wide range of liquid and illiquid fund strategies, working with colleagues across the firm’s international network. Alternative asset classes, including private credit, form a core part of the group’s work. Matthias Kerbusch  left the firm in January 2026.
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Testimonials

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  • 'Dechert combines first-class legal knowledge with a genuine commercial understanding of how funds operate in practice.'
  • 'Dechert's Luxembourg office balances Luxembourg-focused legal and regulatory advice with commercial pragmatism, which is particularly helpful for an audience less familiar with Luxembourg.'
  • 'Very knowledgeable and efficient lawyers. Also extremely diverse backgrounds. Finally, they are very friendly, which does not hurt!'
  • 'Marc Seimetz is a standout! Very calm and collected at all times. Very knowledgeable and very thorough in his analysis of an issue.'
  • 'The team is very responsive and solution focused.'

Key clients

  • Advisors & Partners Capital
  • Aukera Real Estate AG
  • Calamos Antetokounmpo Global Funds SICAV
  • Eldridge
  • HQ Capital GmbH
  • New Capital
  • Prime Capital
  • StepStone Group LLP
  • Strategic Selection Funds
  • Zadig Asset Management

Lawyers

Leading partners

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Practice head

Patrick Goebel; Marc Seimetz

Other key lawyers

Laura Rossi; Arne Bolch; Christine Renner