Masterclass droit des sociétés 2023 - session 4 : Luxembourg alternative investment vehicles’ toolbox

This Master Class will take you through the Luxembourg alternative investment vehicles’ toolbox through a lawyer’s eyes. We will discuss latest trends in funds’ set-up, and in particular how fund structures have evolved since the implementation of the AIFMD. We will also discuss why private strategies are being increasingly democratized by asset managers and how the Luxembourg fund industry contribute to this effort.

Alain STEICHEN

Alain is Managing Partner at BSP.

He has been involved in numerous migrations of companies to Luxembourg and has advised on major domestic and international corporate restructurings, including pre-sale reorganisations and intra-group financings.

He also advises on complex international and domestic recapitalisations, (de)mergers, acquisitions and sales of businesses, where he has vast experience in acting for banks and telecom solutions providers.

Alain has extensive experience in tax litigation, negotiation with revenue authorities and settlement of disputes. As such, he advises multi-nationals, financial institutions, corporates and high net worth individuals on a number of ongoing tax and VAT local and cross-border disputes.

He also regularly advises on various European tax law questions with particular focus on EU State aid.

An Associate Professor at the University of Luxembourg in public finance, European tax, international tax and company taxation, he is the author of various books (15+) and articles on Luxembourg accounting, tax and company law.

Joachim COUR

Joachim advises clients on a wide range of fund and regulatory matters. He assists a number of asset managers in relation to the structuring of their Luxembourg investment vehicles across a wide range of asset classes (private equity, real estate, debt, infrastructure, hedge). He also has expertise in fund listing as well as in the marketing of funds and financial services.