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Investment Funds

Germany

14 Years Ranked

About

Provided by Patricia Volhard

Europe

Practice Areas

Patricia Volhard is Managing Partner for the firm in Paris and Frankfurt, and also spends substantial time in the London office as head of the firm’s European Funds Regulatory practice.

She is a member of the firm’s Corporate Department, and Private Equity and Funds/Investment Management Groups. She is also a member of the firm’s core group of ESG partners. Her practice focuses on advising private funds and fund managers on structuring and setting up funds for a European investor base, as well as advising on European financial regulatory aspects for fund managers and corporates, including on SFDR, CSRD, CSDDD and other ESG-related regulation.

Professional Memberships

Ms. Volhard is one of Europe’s leading private funds regulatory lawyers and has played a prominent role in the ongoing development of the area. She is Chair of Invest Europe’s Financial Services/Regulatory Working Group, a member of its SFDR working group, and former Chair of its Tax, Legal & Regulatory Committee. She is also a member of the Investment Management Consultative Working Group of the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA). In Germany, she is a member of the Board of the BVK, and heads its Legal Committee. In the UK, she is a member of the regulatory committee of the BVCA.

Languages Spoken

Ms. Volhard speaks fluent German, French and English.

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Investment Funds - Germany
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Band 1

Patricia Volhard is a market-leading practitioner lauded for her advisory work on German and EU regulatory issues as well as fund structuring, with expertise across private equity, venture capital and infrastructure funds. She is highly active for multinational investment banks as well as German private equity and venture capital firms.

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