Foreign Expert
Expertise Based Abroad
About
Provided by Xavier Le Sourne
Practice Areas
Investment funds
Management companies and AIFMs
Private equity / Fund structuring
Real estate / Fund structuring
Regulatory and compliance
Career
Xavier Le Sourne’s practice concentrates on investment fund structuring and collective asset management. He advises a number of regulated or non-regulated financial institutions in relation to the set-up of their Luxembourg investment funds or acquisition structures.
More particularly, Xavier advises private equity, venture capital firms and real estate sponsors willing to expand their presence in Europe.
Xavier headed our Hong Kong office as resident partner between September 2015 and June 2022.
Xavier is listed in Who’s Who Legal, Legal 500, Chambers & Partners Global and in IFLR1000.
Professional Memberships
Member of the LPEA (Luxembourg Private Equity and Venture Capital Association).
Co-Chair of the LPEA’s Legal Committee between 2012 and 2015.
Member of the Real Estate Investment Funds Publications working group, the Private Equity and Venture Capital Funds sub-committee and the Hong Kong sub-committee of ALFI (Association of the Luxembourg Fund Industry).
Member of the Regulatory Sub-Committee of the HKIFA (Hong Kong Investment Funds Association).
Foreign Registered Lawyer with the Law Society of Hong Kong since 2015.
Member of the Luxembourg Bar since 2005.
Publications
Luxembourg as a gateway to the global investment fund industry / 中国资管经理在卢森堡设立基金的优势 —— 相较于其他离岸司法管辖区设立基金的条件分析
La délégation des fonctions de gestion et de dépositaire dans les fonds d’investissement - analyse juridique et fiscale
Investment Funds 2013 - Luxembourg
The EuVECA Label - New Opportunities ahead for Venture Capital and Luxembourg
The Special Limited Partnership
Languages Spoken
English
French
German
Basic knowledge of Luxembourgish
Work Highlights
Elvinger Hoss Prussen assisted NREP to set up its 5th Nordic Strategies Fund which as of May 2023 raised over $3.6 billion in total commitments
Elvinger Hoss Prussen assisted Sienna Investment Managers to setup Sienna Startup Nation
Elvinger Hoss Prussen assisted Collateral Good Ventures to further promote sustainability in the food-related (packaging, waste) sectors
NREP enters real estate credit market
Altamar Capital Partners elected "Fund of Funds Manager of the Year in EMEA"
https://www.elvingerhoss.lu/news/selected-deals
Education
Universität Bayreuth (Germany)
LLM in corporate law
Université Montesquieu Bordeaux IV (France)
Maîtrise en droit
Chambers Review
Global
Xavier Le Sourne advises international investors on the setting up of Luxembourg funds and investment structures. He has particular experience acting for Chinese clients.
Xavier Le Sourne operates out of Elvinger Hoss Prussen's Luxembourg office. He ably advises international clients on fund formation and structuring matters.
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