Paul Van den Abeele
Europe Guide 2024
Band 4 : Investment Funds
Band 4
About
Provided by Paul Van den Abeele
Practice Areas
Paul Van den Abeele co-heads the Investment Funds practice of Clifford Chance’s Luxembourg office. He specialises in international fund structuring, focusing on alternative strategies.
Paul advises financial institutions, investment firms and asset managers across Europe, the US and Asia in relation to legal and regulatory matters of the structuring, implementation, management and servicing of investment funds, with a particular emphasis on real estate, private equity, infrastructure and debt funds. Paul also has buy-side experience, advising institutional and sovereign investors with regard to fund reviews, as well as experience on cross-practice matters involving fund industry M&A transactions and leveraged finance.
Career
Joined Clifford Chance 2005
University of Leuven (KULeuven), Belgium (Master of Laws, Cum Laude) 2006
Admitted as an avocat in Brussels 2007
Principal Luxembourg desk, DLA Piper Brussels 2009
Consultant, Investor advisory firm Brussels 2010
University of Brussels (VUB), Belgium (Postgraduate degree in estate planning) 2011
Admitted as avocat in Luxembourg 2011
Rejoined Clifford Chance 2011
Partner since 2014
Chambers Review
Europe
Paul Van den Abeele advises on a wide range of fund set-up mandates, often acting for real estate and private equity funds, as well as assisting with transactions of fund platforms that require regulator approval, such as SIF conversions.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Paul Van den Abeele is very knowledgeable about this area of the law and is business-minded, which is incredibly important."
"Paul Van den Abeele is very knowledgeable about this area of the law and is business-minded, which is incredibly important."
