Asset Management& Fund Formation

Our firm advises management companies, investment funds, licensed providers and institutional investors on the full range of their structuring, compliance and governance matters. Our deep regulatory expertise, combined with practical knowledge of the asset management industry, allows us to provide strategic and pragmatic support throughout the lifecycle of these structures - creation, licensing, oversight and evolution - while integrating the requirements of supervisory authorities and investors.

Our areas of practice cover all regulatory, contractual and organisational aspects related to asset management:

• Structuring and licensing of management companies (AIFM, UCITS, portfolio management companies, etc.) and investment vehicles (AIFs, debt funds, real estate funds, etc.);
• Compliance and governance, including drafting and updating internal policies, reviewing delegation and control arrangements, and training effective managers;
• Cross-border structuring (France, Luxembourg, Belgium) and support in connection with European passporting regimes, delegation arrangements and relations with supervisory authorities;
• Cross-cutting regulation and strategic regulatory monitoring;
• Judicial and disciplinary litigation.