FRANCE Law and Practice Contributed by: Rima Maitrehenry, Fabrice Rymarz, Charles-Xavier Vincenti and Stein Mpassi Loufouma, Racine
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Rima Maitrehenry focuses on the structuring of private funds. Her practice covers: fund formation for sponsors, management companies, first-time funds/first-time teams;
Fabrice Rymarz is a partner who heads the tax practice and focuses on tax aspects of fund structuring, real estate and M&A transactions. His practice covers tax aspects relating to: fund formation; real estate transactions (asset deal/ share deal, and buy side/sell side); M&A transactions (buy side/sell side); tax structuring; and non-profit organisations.
negotiations for institutional investors, corporates and family offices regarding the terms and conditions of their investment in funds; buy-side, sell-side secondary transactions and continuation funds; regulatory aspects governing private funds (AMF approvals, AIFMD, MIFID, SFDR); and governance issues (conflicts of interests, team organisation, shareholding and carried interest). Rima is frequently involved in solving highly technical issues, finding innovative schemes that accommodate various constraints, and in cross-border transactions requiring negotiation and implementation of market standard terms.
Charles-Xavier Vincenti specialises in corporate taxation. His areas of intervention cover tax issues encountered by French companies in the framework of
their activities (day-to-day management, exceptional operations). He notably assists investment funds in tax aspects related to the acquisition and structuring of their real estate operations. His expertise also covers collective investment schemes (UCITs and AIFs). He holds a master’s degree in Tax Law from the University of Paris II Panthéon-Assas.
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