Simmons & Simmons will open a new office in Luxembourg with recently recruited partner Stéphane Ober leading a new team.
Ober will be joined by new partners, Louis-Maël Cogis, Viviane De Moreau d'Andoy, José Ignacio Pascual Gutiérrez and Pierre-Régis Dukmedjian.
The office will focus on services for clients in the asset management and investment funds and financial institutions sectors, including private funds formation, UCITS, and tax matters.
Jeremy Hoyland, Simmons & Simmons managing partner, commented: “Luxembourg is one of the largest fund domicile jurisdictions and our opening there is a key development for clients, and for the firm.”
Colin Leaver, partner and head of the firm’s asset management and investment funds sector, added: “By opening in Luxembourg, and with Ober joining us, we continue to build upon our strengths.”
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