Clifford Chance

Clifford Chance boosts leading Investment Funds Practice in Luxembourg with new counsel

Clifford Chance has hired Arne Bolch as counsel in the Luxembourg investment funds practice. Arne is a lawyer qualified both in Luxembourg and Germany with ten years of experience advising on Luxembourg investment funds matters.

His main areas of expertise are fund formation work and ongoing regulatory advice for UCITS funds as well as alternative investment funds (AIF) under Luxembourg law. He advises financial institutions, investment firms and asset managers, in particular German institutional investors in relation to corporate and regulatory matters of the structuring, management and servicing of investment funds. Arne further supports clients on financing, derivative and securities lending transactions for investment funds. Over the past years, he has actively participated in the PE and REIF Strategy working groups of the Association of the Luxembourg Fund Industry (ALFI) and has co-chaired their PE publications working group.

The Clifford Chance global funds teams spans across the UK, the US, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Spain, the Middle East and Asia offering a unique integrated service to clients.

Joëlle Hauser, head of the Luxembourg investment funds practice, says: "We are delighted to add Arne to the team. He will bring long-standing expertise to our clients, in particular in Luxembourg and Germany."