Christophe Balthazard

Luxembourg office

Partner
Attorney at law
Avocat à la Cour

Christophe advises clients on a wide range of corporate law matters (including (cross-border) mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, shareholders’ agreements, reorganizations and financings) with a particular focus in the private equity / alternative asset management sector. Prior to joining VCL, Christophe has worked over 10 years in Luxembourg in the corporate practice of a Magic Circle firm and as local partner in the M&A/Private Equity practice of a leading US law firm.

*Qualified and admitted to the Bar in Luxembourg. 

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Svetlana Baraban

Amsterdam office 

Partner
Attorney at law
Advocaat

Svetlana’s practice encompasses a full spectrum of matters involving alternative investment funds, advising both fund managers and fund investors on structuring, operational issues and regulatory aspects of private equity funds, venture capital funds and hedge funds, as well as on primary, secondary and co-investment transactions. Over the past few years Svetlana has been at the forefront in assisting numerous asset managers and negotiating on their behalf in the setting up of their private equity and venture capital funds with DFIs.

*Qualified and admitted to the Bar in the Netherlands.

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Ilona van den Bergh

Amsterdam office 

Partner
Civil law notary
Notaris

Ilona has experience in the field of corporate and commercial law. She advises in international restructuring projects, including incorporation’s of private and public companies, (cross border) mergers, transfer and issuance of registered shares. Ilona has worked for various clients, which include multinational companies established in the Netherlands, the United States of America, the United Kingdom and India.

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Emile Bongers

Amsterdam office 

Partner
Attorney at law / Tax advisor
Advocaat-belastingadviseur

Emile has 23 years of experience in dealing with complex international & domestic corporate and tax matters. Emile’s expertise is truly global having worked and resided in Amsterdam, New York, London and Dubai. Emile focuses on M&A, joint ventures, corporate reorganizations, (re)financing transactions, PE transactions, sovereign wealth funds, corporate governance and general corporate and tax advice.

*Qualified and admitted to the Bar in the Netherlands.

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Piet Boonstra

Amsterdam office 

Partner
Attorney at law / Tax advisor
Advocaat-belastingadviseur

Piet advises on international tax aspects for M&A and private equity. He has experience in advising funds and multinationals on cross-border transactions including application of tax treaties and obtaining tax rulings. Piet is specialized in international tax planning and structuring for fund raising, investments, financing, listings, joint ventures, restructurings, reorganizations and migrations. He also is experienced in tax litigation and negotiating tax indemnities and warranties. Piet is lecturer at the International Bureau of Fiscal Documentation (IBFD).

*Qualified and admitted to the Bar in the Netherlands.

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Marc van Campen

Amsterdam office 

Partner
Attorney at law / Tax advisor
Advocaat-belastingadviseur

Marc specializes in cross-border private equity investments and in legal and tax aspects of pan-European fund structuring. His projects include structuring the investments of private equity funds as well as advising fund managers on the optimization of their remuneration package. He has a strong track record in the emerging markets, notably in the CEE, CIS and Turkey.

*Qualified and admitted to the Bar in the Netherlands.

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Benoit Dardenne

Luxembourg office 

Partner
Attorney at law 
Avocat à la Cour 

Benoit advises clients on structuring and setting up regulated funds and unregulated funds with a particular focus on alternative investment funds (e.g., private equity, real estate, infrastructure, fund-of-funds, etc.). Benoit also assists clients on regulatory and corporate matters relating to the structuring and ongoing operations of funds. Benoit has significant experience in advising institutional investors in relation to their investments into closed-ended funds. Benoit advises on the establishment and licensing of alternative investment fund managers and their ongoing regulatory obligations.

Benoit holds a Master of Law and a Master of Political Sciences from the Catholic University of Louvain (UCL) and a Master of European Law from the College of Europe (Bruges). He was admitted as Avocat á la Cour in Luxembourg in 2015. He worked for almost six years in the Luxembourg funds practice of a Magic Circle firm and two and an half year at the European Investment Bank where he gained significant experience on fund review work and negotiating equity investments into private equity and infrastructure (co-)investment structures across a wide range of jurisdictions. He joined the Luxembourg office of Van Campen Liem in 2019.

*Qualified and admitted to the Bar in Luxembourg.

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Marcello Distaso

Amsterdam office 

Partner
Attorney at law / Tax advisor
Advocaat-belastingadviseur

Marcello divides his time between the Amsterdam and the Luxembourg offices. His main fields of expertise include international tax planning, mainly related to the structuring of VC and PE deals, joint ventures and M&A transactions. Marcello has developed a particular expertise in structuring investment funds (such as venture capital, private equity, real estate funds and hedge funds). He is also involved in emerging markets work. Marcello is a lecturer at the University of Leiden (LL.M. International Taxation) and IBFD.

*Qualified and admitted to the bar in the Netherlands.

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Rocío García-Santiuste

Luxembourg office 

Partner
Attorney at law
Abogado 

Rocí­o specializes in the formation and ongoing advice of alternative investment funds, with a special focus on private equity and real estate. She is actively involved in the funds related regulatory and compliance matters. Rocí­o advises her clients in respect of AIFMD aspects and notably the structuring of their Luxembourg based AIFMs as well as their cross border distribution schemes. Prior to joining Van Campen Liem, she served as an associate in the investment funds department of another international law firm established in Luxembourg. With her several years of experience, she has gained exposure to general corporate law matters and undertaken a wide range of corporate and transactional work relating to investment funds. She holds an joint LL.M in European Transnational Trade Law and Finance from the universities of Tilburg (The Netherlands), Strasbourg (France) and Deusto (Spain).

*Qualified and admitted to the Bar in Biscay (Spain) and admitted to practice in Luxembourg (List IV).

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Raffaele Gargiulo

Luxembourg office 

Partner
Tax advisor
Conseiller fiscal

Raffaele specializes in structuring cross border investments for private equity funds and hedge funds with a particular focus on Luxembourg and Dutch tax aspects. He has extensive experience serving US, Canadian and UK clients and developing tax efficient solutions for a variety of investment funds and multinationals in Europe, Asia and Latin America. He is also a specialist in FATCA and CRS.

*Tax advisor not admitted to any Bar association.

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Aston Goad

Amsterdam office 

Partner
Attorney at law
Advocaat

Aston is a corporate/M&A lawyer with a focus on Venture Capital and Private Equity transactions. Having worked in Europe, the US and Asia, Aston has extensive knowledge of international and cross-border transactions. While he has a bias towards the technology industry, he has advised clients that are active in a variety of sectors. Aston also has relevant experience in commercial, employment, finance and IT/tech related matters which he gained as a corporate lawyer.

*Qualified and admitted to the bar in the Netherlands.

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Renaud Graas

Luxembourg office 

Partner
Attorney at law
Avocat à la Cour

Renaud has extensive experience in funds and asset management regulatory matters. Renaud advises clients on a wide range of alternative funds matters, including private equity, real estate, infrastructure, funds of funds, debt and distressed funds, co-investment and carry vehicles and other alternative investment structures, as well as retail funds such as UCITS. Renaud has gained thorough experience in fund review and fund formation matters from working with institutional investors as well as prominent asset management firms. He also advises on the establishment and licensing of UCITS management companies and AIFMs and their ongoing regulatory obligations. In addition, Renaud advises clients regularly on insurance regulatory matters.

Renaud obtained a law degree from the University of Liège and finished a complementary course in Luxembourg law at the University of Luxembourg. He has worked for more than a decade in the Luxembourg funds practice of a Magic Circle firm. Renaud joined the Luxembourg office of Van Campen Liem in 2019. Renaud is a member of the Association of the Luxembourg Fund Industry (ALFI) and the Luxembourg Private Equity Association (LPEA). He is a regular guest speaker or panellist in conferences and is the author of various publications on the subjects of investment funds and related regulatory topics.

*Qualified and admitted to the Bar in Luxembourg.

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Benoit Kelecom

Luxembourg office 

Partner
Attorney at law
Avocat à la Cour

Benoit has worked 7 years in the asset management department of Allen & Overy in Luxembourg and in London, where he had been seconded in 2016. He has set up and managed the funds team of a Luxembourg advisory firm as from 2017 prior to joining Van Campen Liem in August 2019. Benoit advises both GPs and LPs in the structuring and ongoing operations of alternative investment funds with a particular focus on real estate, infrastructure, funds of funds, distressed and private equity. Benoit has significant experience in the establishment of, and advice to, management companies and AIFMs in Luxembourg. Benoit has also gained a solid expertise in regulatory matters affecting the operations of asset managers such as Brexit, AIFMD cross-border distribution, AML, structuring of deal flows and corporate governance.

*Qualified and admitted to the Bar in Luxembourg.

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Cees Kersten

Amsterdam office 

Partner
Civil law notary
Notaris

Cees is mainly involved in joint ventures, M&A transactions, VC and PE deals, securities, international restructurings, corporate governance and general corporate law advisory. His clients are US and European multi-nationals, sovereign wealth funds, as well as Dutch and international venture-capital funds. Cees is also involved in emerging markets work, notably in the CEE, Middle East, China and Brazil.

Industry sectors in which Cees is particularly active include biotech, medical equipment, energy, media and communications and financial services.

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Paul Kraan

Amsterdam office 

Partner
Attorney at law / Tax advisor
Advocaat-belastingadviseur

Paul is specialized in international tax planning and structuring, advising multinationals and funds on Dutch tax aspects of their investments, including international dimensions such as the application of EU law and bilateral (tax) treaties. He has ample experience with cross-border transactions, both external acquisitions and internal restructurings, such as centralization of IP and optimization of supply chains. Paul is a board member of The Netherlands Association of Tax Attorneys (NVAB) and has litigated a substantial number of tax cases before the Dutch courts.

*Qualified and admitted to the bar in the Netherlands.

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Edwin Liem

Amsterdam office 

Partner
Corporate lawyer / Civil law notary
Edwin Liem has over 24 years of experience in corporate law and transactional work. Edwin was crown appointed as civil law notary in 1998. Edwin is mainly involved in joint ventures, M&A transactions, VC and PE deals, international restructurings, corporate governance and general corporate law advisory. His clients are multi-national companies, sovereign wealth funds, as well as Dutch and international venture-capital funds and family offices.

Industry sectors in which Edwin is particularly active include biotech, medical equipment, pharma, energy and offshore industry. Edwin regularly gives lectures and trainings on shareholders agreement and venture capital transactions for institutions including the European Venture Capital Association.

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Sophie de Mandt-Sprockel

Amsterdam office 

Partner
Attorney at law
Advocaat

Sophie is specialized in corporate law and advises both national and international clients in respect of mergers and acquisitions, private equity transactions, MBO’s, corporate restructurings and corporate governance. Sophie acts for (inter)national venture capital companies, strategic parties and management.

*Qualified and admitted to the bar in the Netherlands.

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Thomas Mitchell

Amsterdam office 

Partner
Attorney at law

Tom is primarily involved in corporate law work. With a background in M&A and equity finance, he specializes in the formation of private and public investment funds and related corporate transactions. He has wide experience in listed securities, IPO’s and bond documentation.

*Qualified and admitted to the bar in the state of New York, USA.

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Arjen Mulderije

Amsterdam office 

Partner
Attorney at law
Advocaat

Arjen is primarily involved in corporate law work. With a broad background in this field, he specializes in Dutch and cross-border corporate restructurings, mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, including the establishment of new corporate structures as well as setting up joint ventures, partnerships and corporations. Arjen has extensive knowledge in a wide range of Dutch corporate and commercial law matters and counsels corporate clients and financial institutions on regulatory issues.

*Qualified and admitted to the bar in the Netherlands.

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Jérémy Muszkatblit

Luxembourg office 

Partner
Attorney at law
Avocat à la Cour

Jérémy has over 12 years of experience within the investment fund industry. Prior to joining Van Campen Liem, Jérémy worked for a top tier Luxembourg law firm as well as for the Luxembourg office of a leading US law firm. He is regularly involved in the setting-up of Private Equity, Real-Estate and Hedge Funds as well as assets servicing matters in general. He demonstrates a solid expertise on every aspect of the fund lifecycles, including notably investment strategies matters, corporate governance issues, funding mechanism as well as exit strategies. He assists seed investors on a regular basis in their negotiations with fund managers. Jérémy is also involved in typical distribution and marketing matters both in relation to funds and other financial services.

*Qualified and admitted to the Bar in Luxembourg.

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Saman Sadeghi

Amsterdam office 

Partner
Tax advisor
Belastingadviseur

Saman services the Private Equity and Venture Capital market at the fund, deals and portfolio level and is actively involved in a wide range of PE and VC transactions with a particular focus on the MENA region where he has a strong track record in Egypt especially. His practice primarily focuses on the representation of high-growth companies, their founders and investors on a variety of legal and tax matters including deal structuring, seed- and growth- financing and employee incentive plans. In addition, Saman specializes in tax aspects of structuring alternative investment funds including the manager’s remuneration package.

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Aldo Schuurman

Luxembourg office 

Partner
Attorney at law
Advocaat

Aldo heads the Luxemburg’s office of Van Campen Liem, advising multinationals, investment banks, private equity funds and other investors on Luxemburg and Dutch corporate law and securities law. Aldo specializes in cross-border transactions, with a particular focus on corporate (re)structurings and group financing.

In addition, Aldo has a sizable private client practice, providing advice as to Luxembourg and Dutch (and Curacao) law on matters ranging from asset protection to tax efficient structuring of family holding vehicles to an array of clients, including ultra high-net-worth individuals, family offices, trustees and private banks.

*Qualified and admitted to the Bar in Amsterdam (Netherlands) and admitted to practice in Luxembourg (List IV).

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Martijn Stuart

Amsterdam office 

Partner
Attorney at law
Advocaat

Martijn is a corporate lawyer with 11 years of experience, dealing with cross-border and domestic transactions and other corporate law matters. Martijn specializes in M&A, with a focus on private equity and real estate transactions, joint ventures and restructurings. His clients mostly consist of investment funds and financial institutions, but he has also advised corporates and management teams. Martijn is admitted to the Dutch Bar and New York State Bar and has worked and resided in Beijing.

*Qualified and admitted to practice in the Netherlands and New York. 

Maurits Tausk

Amsterdam office 

Partner
Attorney at law
Advocaat

Maurits is primarily involved in corporate law work. With a broad background in M&A, joint ventures and equity finance, he specializes in the formation of investment funds and related corporate transactions. He has wide experience with establishment, restructuring of and investments in private equity, real estate and hedge funds. Maurits is deeply involved in the industry discussion of recent investment fund regulatory developments and in particular the AIFM Directive.

*Qualified and admitted to the bar in the Netherlands.

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Eduardo Trancho

Luxembourg office 

Partner
Tax advisor
Conseiller fiscal

Eduardo specializes in structuring cross border investments for private equity funds, hedge funds and multinational companies, with a particular focus on Luxembourg tax aspects and transfer pricing. He has extensive experience in the Iberian, Latin American and US markets. Before joining Van Campen Liem, Eduardo worked as tax advisor for a leading Spanish law firm and for a Luxembourg tax advisory firm. 

*Admitted as Economist in Spain. Not admitted to any Bar association

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Andrew de Vries

Luxembourg office

Partner
Attorney at law / Tax advisor
Advocaat-belastingadviseur

Andrew has over 10 years of experience within the asset management industry. He joined Van Campen Liem upon its formation in 2012 and worked before for a leading US law firm. He is regularly involved in matters of international taxation and mainly relating to the set up of private investment fund structures in Luxembourg and the Netherlands, deal structuring (PE/VC and real estate), joint ventures and cross border reorganisations. He has significant experience in the application of tax treaties, European Directives and obtaining tax rulings in Luxembourg and the Netherlands.

*Qualified and admitted to the Bar in Amsterdam (Netherlands) and admitted to practice in Luxembourg (List IV).

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Bart Wehmeijer

Amsterdam office

Partner
Corporate lawyer / Candidate civil law notary
Kandidaat-notaris

Bart is mainly involved in international restructurings, joint ventures, M&A and private equity transactions and general corporate law advisory. Bart is also regularly involved in setting up and advising investment funds. His clients are US and European multi-nationals, as well as Dutch and international investors and family offices.

Industry sectors in which Bart is particularly active include the energy, oil & gas and offshore industry.

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Olivier Wuidar

Luxembourg office 

Partner
Attorney at law 
Avocat à la Cour

Olivier is a partner in our funds practice in Luxembourg, which he joined in 2019. He advises clients on a wide range of alternative funds matters, with a particular focus on private equity, venture capital and infrastructure. He assists fund managers in structuring and establishing alternative investment vehicles and also has deep expertise in representing investors in negotiating their investments in alternative funds. His practice also includes secondary transactions involving the disposal or acquisition of fund interests and fund restructurings. Olivier also has significant experience in corporate transactional work.

Prior to joining Van Campen Liem, Olivier worked in the funds practice of a Benelux firm based in Luxembourg. Before that, he was Head of VC Investments and Secondary Transactions within the Legal Service of the European Investment Fund. He started his career in the corporate and M&A practice of a Magic Circle firm in Luxembourg. Olivier graduated in law from the Catholic University of Louvain (UCL) in 2002. He obtained a Masteràs degree in business law from Ghent University (2003) and followed an advanced course in Luxembourg law at the University of Luxembourg (2004). Olivier was admitted to practice in Luxembourg (Avocat á la Cour) in 2006.

*Qualified and admitted to the Bar in Luxembourg.

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Saskia Bergin

Amsterdam office 

Counsel
Attorney at law
Advocaat

Saskia is primarily involved in the corporate law practice and specializes in the formation of investment funds and related corporate transactions. She further has broad experience advising national and international clients on financial regulatory laws and regulations as well as on matters relating to economic sanctions, banking, capital markets and lending. Saskia has a demonstrated history of working in private practice and industry.

*Qualified and admitted to the bar in the Netherlands.

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Bastiaan Bloemink

Amsterdam office 

Counsel
Regulatory Law and Compliance
Master of Law

Bastiaan (Bas) Bloemink focuses on funds, fund managers, investment firms, crowdfunding and the crypto domain in the context of regulatory matters. He advises on regulatory, governance and legal requirements for regulated and exempted firms alike. His broad and in-depth experience covers license applications, regulatory assessments of board and supervisory board members, AML, legal qualifications and handling regulatory investigations (FCA/DCB). Bas translates legal, supervisory and regulatory requirements into operational and practical solutions for clients.

Experience covers fund managers in real estate, arbitrage, crypto, VC/PE, sustainable, hedge and financial instruments funds. He has also been involved in FinTech initiatives, trustfirms, brokers/asset managers/MTF’s, financial services providers and compliance activities (Compliance Officer). He holds a post-graduate certification in securities law (Grotius; Radboud University).

Acting as Head of Compliance of van Campen Liem (Amsterdam and Luxemburg).

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Maurice van Bree

Amsterdam office 

Counsel
Tax advisor
Belastingadviseur

Maurice specializes in international tax planning and (re-)structuring, advising multinationals predominantly on corporate tax and withholding taxes. He gained extensive experience in Dutch and international tax as a (external) tax advisor (Deloitte, KPMG), as well as inhouse tax counsel for ING and one of the largest family owned Dutch multinationals. 

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Oya Derindere

Amsterdam office 

Counsel
Attorney at law
Avukat

Oya has an extensive experience in advising clients in a broad range of sectors on corporate law matters. She specializes in M&A transactions, joint ventures and corporate restructurings with a particular focus on the private equity and venture capital transactions. Oya also advises clients in the structuring and formation of investment funds (mainly private equity and venture capital funds) and related corporate transactions.

*Qualified and admitted to the Bar in Turkey.

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Pepijn van Egmond

Amsterdam office 

Counsel
Candidate civil law notary
Kandidaat-notaris

Pepijn is a candidate civil law notary who graduated in notarial law from VU University Amsterdam.

He successfully completed the three-year professional training programme for deputy civil-law notaries, and he finished the post-graduate specialist programme in Company and Corporate Law at the Grotius Academie.

Pepijn focuses in particular on corporate law matters, M&A transactions and joint ventures, establishment of investment structures, international corporate restructurings and corporate governance.

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Etienne Hein

Luxembourg office 

Counsel
Attorney at law
Avocat à la Cour

Etienne has over 10 years of experience in the corporate and contractual law area in Luxembourg. Before joining Van Campen Liem in 2018, Etienne worked for one local and two international law firms in Luxembourg. Etienne has a significant experience in M&A and restructuring transactions, on potential liability aspects, and in commercial, contractual and collateral law. He advised in the past a various range of clients, from start-ups to investments funds and is now mainly focusing on private equity and restructuring transactions.

Etienne holds a Master I in private law (Stockholm University, Sweden), a Master I in business law and a Master II in European law (Strasbourg University, France).

*Qualified and admitted to the Bar in Luxembourg.

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Eleni Kokkinou

Luxembourg office 

Counsel
Attorney at law
Δικηγόρος

Eleni is a corporate lawyer who advises international clients in relation to Luxembourg law matters, including corporate restructuring and establishment of investment structures. She specializes in the structuring, setting up and operation of Luxembourg investment funds and vehicles, including related advice on corporate, financial and contractual matters.

*Qualified and admitted to the Bar in Athens (Greece) and admitted to practice in Luxembourg (List IV).

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Pauline Marchat

Luxembourg office

Associate
Attorney at law
Avocat 

Pauline advises clients on legal and regulatory aspects relating to the formation and structuration of both regulated and unregulated investment funds with a particular focus on infrastructure, private equity, and real estate funds.

Before joining Van Campen Liem, Pauline worked as a legal associate for an independent advisory firm based in Luxembourg, and gained experience in the establishment and ongoing operations of alternative investment funds with a particular focus on ESG matters.

Pauline has been admitted to the Luxembourg bar as list II Lawyer. She also holds a Master 2 in cross-border business law from the University of Lorraine (France), and obtained a LL.M. in german private law from the University of Mainz (Germany).

Pauline is fluent in French, English and German.

*Qualified and admitted to the Bar in Luxembourg (List II).

Guillaume Maurin

Luxembourg office 

Counsel
Attorney at law
Avocat à la Cour

Guillaume is primarily involved in corporate and M&A work. He advises private equity firms or investment funds in Luxembourg or acting through Luxembourg-based vehicles on their cross-border acquisition transactions, restructuring and day-to-day corporate work. Before joining Van Campen Liem, Guillaume worked for the Luxembourg offices of leading international law firms.

*Qualified and admitted to the Bar in Luxembourg.

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Diederik Palstra

Amsterdam office 

Counsel
English Solicitor
Attorney at law
Advocaat

Diederik is primarily involved in corporate and contract law work and the formation of investment funds (corporate & regulatory). He has a broad background in this field and specializes in mergers & acquisitions, restructurings, corporate governance and the establishment of investment funds such as private equity funds and hedge funds. Diederik also has substantial experience in advising UK clients and is also admitted to the roll of solicitors of the Law Society of England and Wales.

*Qualified and admitted to the bar in the Netherlands and admitted to the roll of solicitors of England and Wales.

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Ramzi Sahli

Luxembourg office 

Counsel
Attorney at law
Avocat

Ramzi advises private equity firms and other asset managers on all legal and regulatory aspects of the structuring, formation, distribution and ongoing operation of regulated (UCITS, SIF and SICAR) and unregulated investment funds (SCSp/RAIFs). His practice focuses on wide rage of alternative funds (venture capital, real estate, infrastructure, private equity, etc.) and their related operations and transactions, including the structuring of co-investment arrangements and carried interest entitlements. Ramzi has a solid experience in the establishment of, and advice to, management companies and AIFMs in Luxembourg.

Over the years, Ramzi has become an experienced investment funds lawyer. In addition to his legal knowledge, he has developed excellent project management skills to bring large cross-border projects with multiple parties and interests to a good end.

Ramzi holds a master’s degree in international business law from the University of Montpellier I. He also obtained a Bachelor of Laws degree (L.L.B.) from the University of East Anglia.

*Qualified and admitted to the Bar in Luxembourg (List II).

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Machiel de Vries

Amsterdam office 

Counsel
Attorney at law / Tax compliance officer
Advocaat

Machiel is specialized in international tax planning and compliance, for (multinational) corporations and private equity funds. He advises clients on Dutch and international tax aspects such as corporate tax compliance, tax audits and debt restructurings. Machiel has gained experience at Deloitte Tax Lawyers where he has been part of the Real estate/Business Tax team and where he was involved in various corporate tax compliance assignments and debt restructuring projects.

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Alix van der Wielen

Luxembourg office 

Counsel
Attorney at law
Avocat à la Cour

Alix advises clients on (cross-border) mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, shareholders’ agreements, reorganizations and financings, with a particular focus in the private equity / alternative asset management sector. Alix has more than 10 years of experience in Luxembourg including in the corporate practice of a Magic Circle firm and in the M&A/Private Equity practice of a leading US law firm.

*Qualified and admitted to the Bar in Luxembourg.

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Gabriel Amar

Luxembourg office 

Counsel
Attorney at law
Avocat à la Cour

Gabriel Amar specializes in structuring cross border investments for private equity funds and multinational companies, with a particular focus on Luxembourg tax aspects and transfer pricing.

Gabriel holds a Masters degree in business and tax law from the ESSEC Business School and University of Cergy-Pontoise (France), a Masters degree in business law from the University of Paris X, Nanterre (France) as well as post-graduate degrees in Luxembourg tax.

Gabriel is also a member of the International Fiscal Association (IFA) in Luxembourg.

He has also contributed to several books/publications and published L’émission de certificats de résidence au profit des organismes de placement collectif luxembourgeois, AGEFI.

Gabriel worked previously as tax advisor for a leading French law firm and for a Luxembourg tax advisory firm.

*Qualified and admitted to the Bar in Paris (France) and in Luxembourg.

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Can Bahtir

Amsterdam office 

Associate
Candidate civil law notary
Kandidaat-notaris

Can is a corporate tax lawyer, who studied fiscal law and notarial law at the VU University in Amsterdam. Before joining Van Campen Liem, Can worked as a tax lawyer at the Dutch tax authorities. He mainly assists corporate clients in Turkey and the CIS region on Dutch and international tax law matters relating to joint ventures, M&A transactions, corporate restructurings.

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Hugo Cappadoro

Luxembourg office

Associate
Attorney at law
Avocat

Hugo advises clients on a wide range of corporate matters (including structurings, reorganizations, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and shareholders agreements) with a particular focus on the private equity / alternative asset management sector.

Prior to joining Van Campen Liem, Hugo has worked as a litigation lawyer in France, in a general practice law firm where he had the opportunity to assist clients in various fields such as corporate, commercial, contract, labor and criminal law matters.

*Qualified and admitted to the Bar in Aix-en-Provence (France) and admitted to practice in Luxembourg (List IV).

Marc de Chillou

Luxembourg office 

Senior Associate

Marc de Chillou is involved in the setting up of, and ongoing advice to, both regulated and unregulated alternative investment funds, with a particular focus on private equity and real estate. Prior to joining VCL, Marc worked within the asset management team of a Luxembourg advisory firm, dealing with regulated and unregulated investment structures. Marc also has experience in general corporate law matters.

*Not admitted to any Bar association.

Maarten Duijnker

Amsterdam office 

Associate notarial

Maarten is an associate in our notarial practice group. He has broad experience on corporate notarial law matters, relating to incorporations, share transfers and share issues, as well as joint ventures, M&A transactions, corporate restructurings and general corporate law advisory.

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Charles Mestré-Paumier

Luxembourg office 

Senior Associate
Attorney at law

Charles advises a wide range of clients (with a particular focus on clients from the private equity / alternative asset management sectors) on corporate reorganizations, financing and refinancing transactions, (cross-border) M&A transactions, as well as on their day-to-day legal needs.

Before joining Van Campen Liem, Charles worked for more than 5 years in the corporate and M&A department of a major Luxembourg independent tax firm and in the legal department of one of the world’s largest investment firms.

Charles holds a LL.M degree in American law from Saint Louis University (USA), as well as a Master’s degree in European and International business law from University Paris Dauphine (France). He has been admitted to practice law as an Attorney and Counselor-at-law in the State of New-York since 2018.

*Qualified and admitted to the Bar in the State of New York (USA).

Jean Gaspard

Luxembourg office 

Senior Associate
Attorney at law
Avocat

Jean advises clients on a wide range of corporate law matters with a particular focus in (cross-border) mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, shareholders’ agreements, migrations, reorganizations and financings. Jean has more than five years of experience in France and Luxembourg including in the corporate practice of a prominent Luxembourg firm.

*Qualified and admitted to the Bar in Paris (France) and admitted to practice in Luxembourg (List IV).

Vadim Pascaru

Luxembourg office

Vadim specializes in the structuring of cross-border investments for private equity funds and multinational companies, with a particular focus on Luxembourg tax aspects.

Prior to joining Van Campen Liem, Vadim worked as tax consultant within the financial services department of a Big Four firm in Luxembourg.

Vadim is fluent in English, French, Russian and Romanian. 

*Not admitted to any Bar association.

Rachelle Giller

Amsterdam office 

Associate
Corporate lawyer

Rachelle studied Corporate Law at the University of Utrecht, the Netherlands. She mainly assists corporate clients on corporate law matters, relating to joint ventures, M&A transactions, corporate restructurings and general corporate law advisory.

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Bernard Timmer

Amsterdam Office

Advocaat
Attorney at law

Bernard is mainly involved in international restructurings, joint ventures, M&A and private equity transactions and general corporate law advisory. His clients are US and European multi-nationals, as well as Dutch and international investors and family offices.

He studied at the University of Leiden, with a specialization in Financial Law.

Diego Gonzalez Manso

Luxembourg office 

Associate
Attorney at law
Abogado

Diego specializes in structuring cross border investments for private equity funds, hedge funds and venture capital with a particular focus on Luxembourg tax aspects. Before joining Van Campen Liem, Diego worked as tax lawyer for a leading Luxembourg independent law firm. Diego is a Spanish lawyer. He is qualified and admitted to the bar in Madrid, Spain (abogado) and in Luxembourg.

Diego is a graduate of the LLM in International and European Tax Law at Maastricht University. He holds a Masters in Law from the University of Alcalá de Henares and a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Salamanca.

*Qualified and admitted to the Bar in Madrid (Spain) and admitted to practice in Luxembourg (List IV).

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Olga Gridina

Luxembourg office 

Associate

Olga advises private equity firms and asset managers on formation, fundraising and operations of alternative investment funds. She is involved in establishment and advice to management companies and AIFMs in Luxembourg. Olga also advises on ESG regulatory matters.

Prior to joining us, she gained experience with a CEE-based law firm, a Luxembourg-based AIFM and the United Nations.

Olga holds an LL.M. degree in European Union Law from Université Paris II Panthéon-Assas, France, which is complemented by a Master’s degree in Commercial Law, Ukraine.

She is fluent in English and has a working proficiency in French, her native languages are Ukrainian and Russian.

*Not admitted to any Bar association.

Pierre-Andrea Guenoun

Luxembourg office 

Associate

Pierre-Andrea advises clients on a wide range of corporate matters (including structurings, reorganizations, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and shareholders agreements) with a particular focus in the private equity / alternative asset management sector. Before joining Van Campen Liem, he studied corporate and commercial law at the Maastricht University, with a specialization in corporate governance, M&A, private equity transactions, business law, and was part of the legal clinic at the University of Luxembourg while studying European private law.

*Not admitted to any Bar association.

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Marc Houtman

Amsterdam office 

Associate
Attorney at law
Advocaat

Marc is involved in the Investment Funds practice. He currently advises a broad spectrum of international clients in relation to the formation of investment funds of various asset classes. Prior to joining Van Campen Liem, Marc gained working experience at the European Investment Fund in Luxembourg. He studied at the University of Leiden, with a specialization in both Corporate and European Law.

Tamás Juhász

Luxembourg office 

Associate

Tamás has 3 years of experience within the investment funds industry. Prior to joining Van Campen Liem, Tamás worked within the legal team of the European Investment Fund as well as in the fund formation team of a leading Luxembourg law firm. He is involved in the formation of the private equity, real estate and infrastructure funds and he also has considerable experience with fund reviews for investors.

*Not admitted to any Bar association.

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Wytze Kijlstra

Amsterdam office

Associate
Tax advisor
Belastingadviseur

Wytze studied Tax Law at the University of Amsterdam with a specialization in corporate tax and withholding tax for international tax planning and (re-)structuring. He currently advises global investment funds and joint ventures on their international tax policies.

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Priya Oedit Doebé

Amsterdam office 

Associate
Attorney at law
Advocaat

Priya is involved in the corporate law practice and advises both national and international clients on various corporate law matters with a focus on mergers & acquisitions, private equity, corporate restructurings and corporate governance. Priya obtained a bachelor in law at the University of Leiden and a master in commercial law at the University of Amsterdam.

Prior to joining van Campen Liem, Priya worked as a junior legal counsel for a Dutch private equity firm.

Eva Klein Obbink

Amsterdam office

Associate
Candidate civil law notary
Kandidaat-notaris

Eva is a corporate lawyer who studied notarial law at the University in Utrecht, the Netherlands. She mainly assists clients in the US and in Europe on corporate law matters, relating to joint ventures, M&A transactions, corporate restructurings and general corporate law advisory.

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Frederique Kool

Amsterdam office 

Associate
Attorney at law
Advocaat

Frederique is involved in the corporate law practice and advises both national and international clients on various corporate law matters with a focus on mergers & acquisitions, private equity, corporate restructurings and corporate governance.

Frederique obtained a bachelors in both law & business and tax law at the University of Leiden. Prior to the master Corporate law at Leiden University, Frederique studied a semester abroad at UC Hastings college of the law in San Francisco.

Prior to joining van Campen Liem, Frederique worked as a legal counsel for a pharmaceutical company.

Savvas Atzemoglou

Luxembourg office 

Associate
Attorney at law
Δικηγόρος

Savvas is advising clients on general corporate law matters with a particular focus on private equity transactions (including (cross-border) mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, joint ventures, shareholders’ agreements, acquisitions and sales) and on corporate (re)structurings and reorganisations. His practice also extends to matters of Luxembourg securities and financial law in the context of raising capital from private and institutional investors.

*Qualified and admitted to the Bar in Thessaloniki (Greece) and admitted to practice in Luxembourg (List IV).

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Jos Kroep

Amsterdam office 

Associate
Attorney at law
Advocaat

Jos studied Dutch Law at the University of Groningen with a specialization in corporate law. He advises national and international clients in respect of both cross-border and domestic (M&A) transactions. Before joining Van Campen Liem, Jos worked as an attorney (advocaat) at AKD Benelux lawyers.

*Qualified and admitted to the bar in the Netherlands.

Kateryna Kushchenko

Luxembourg office 

Associate

Kateryna advises on a wide range of matters related to setting-up of and ongoing advice to investment funds, in particular Private Equity funds. Kateryna also assists clients on corporate matters relating to the operation of funds.

Before joining Van Campen Liem, Kateryna was a corporate/M&A associate with a reputable CEE-based law firm where she gained experience in cross-border transactions.

While a native Ukrainian and Russian speaker, Kateryna is fluent in English and has a working proficiency in Norwegian.

*Not admitted to any Bar association.

Angelique Martens

Amsterdam office

Associate
Assigned civil law notary
Toegevoegd notaris

Angelique is a corporate lawyer who studied Dutch law and notarial law at the university in Nijmegen, the Netherlands. As a specialist in corporate law with more than twenty years experience, she has supervised numerous mergers, acquisitions and restructurings at both national and international level. She also advises international corporations – mainly in the US – about setting up and maintaining corporate structures in the Netherlands. She is an annotator of the Dutch journal ‘NLFiscaal’.

Robin de Meester

Amsterdam office

Senior Associate
Tax advisor
Belastingadviseur

Robin studied tax law at the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam and specializes in international tax planning and structuring, assisting on the tax aspects of cross-border restructurings and reorganizations and the establishment of investment structures.

Prior to joining Van Campen Liem, Robin worked at PwC in Amsterdam, focusing mainly on multinational corporations and private-equity.

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Isidora Mitic

Luxembourg office

Associate

Isidora is an associate in fund department in Luxembourg, which she joined in 2022. Isidora is a corporate lawyer who advises international clients in relation to Luxembourg based investment structures, their establishment, registration and restructuring.

With over 6 years of practice in law, before joining Van Campen Isidora worked in a Luxembourg advisory firm, prior to which she was a litigation attorney in the Republic of Serbia. Isidora is a qualified Lawyer in the Republic of Serbia with a Bar and Attorney exam, and holds an LLM degree in International Trade Law. She is currently finalizing her Ph.D. in International Company Law on the topic of “Influence of cross-border M&A on the market of Serbia”.

Isidora is fluent in English and is working in her proficiency in French and German

*Not admitted to any Bar association.

Giti Navabi

Amsterdam office

Associate
Corporate lawyer

Giti is a corporate lawyer who studied corporate and civil law at the University of Leiden, the Netherlands. She mainly assists corporate clients on corporate law matters, relating to joint ventures, M&A transactions, corporate restructurings and general corporate law advisory.

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Leonor Rijpma

Amsterdam office

Senior Associate
Attorney at law
Avocat

Leonor advises national and international clients on a wide range of corporate and regulatory matters, in relation notably to the formation, restructuring and financing of regulated and unregulated investment funds (such as venture capital, private equity, real estate and hedge funds). Prior to joining Van Campen Liem, Leonor worked six years in Luxembourg in two leading international law firms, where she gained significant experience in transactional and regulatory related matters in the financial and investment funds sectors. Leonor obtained a Master degree in International and European Business Law from the Paris Dauphine University.

*Qualified and admitted to the bar in Paris and Luxembourg and also admitted to the bar in the Netherlands.

Philip van Rossem

Amsterdam office

Associate
Attorney at law
Advocaat

Philip specializes in corporate law, particularly in private M&A. Philip has advised both national and international clients in respect of mergers and acquisitions, divestments, shareholders’ agreements and corporate restructuring.

*Qualified and admitted to the bar in the Netherlands.

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Assia Sadki

Luxembourg office

Associate
Attorney at law
Avocat 

*Qualified and admitted to the Bar in Paris (France) and admitted to practice in Luxembourg (List IV).

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Gert-Jan Smit

Amsterdam office 

Senior Associate 
Corporate Lawyer / Candidate civil law notary 

Gert-Jan advises private equity firms and asset managers on formation, fundraising and operations of alternative investment funds. He is involved in establishment and advice to management companies and AIFMs in the Netherlands and Luxemburg. As Gert-Jan is a candidate civil law notary he also assists clients with the incorporation of the various entities.

Prior to joining Van Campen Liem, Gert-Jan worked in the corporate practice of a global law firm based in the Netherlands. Before that, he started his career in the corporate practice of Van Campen Liem.

Gert-Jan graduated in notarial law from University of Amsterdam. He successfully completed the three-year professional training programme for deputy civil-law notaries, and he finished the post-graduate specialist programme in Company and Corporate Law at the Grotius Academie.

Job van der Snoek

Amsterdam office

Associate
Attorney at law
Advocaat

*Qualified and admitted to the bar in the Netherlands.

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Christina Strauven

Luxembourg office

Associate
Attorney at law
Avocat

Christina advises on structuring cross border investments for private equity funds, hedge funds and multinational companies with a particular focus on Luxembourg tax aspects. Before joining Van Campen Liem, Christina worked as a tax lawyer for a leading Luxembourg independent law firm. She holds an LL.M. in European and International Tax law from the University of Luxembourg.

*Qualified and admitted to the Bar in Luxembourg (List II).

Ruby Pickup-Vinkesteijn

Amsterdam office

Associate
Attorney at law
Advocaat

Ruby has studied corporate law and tax law at the University of Leiden, the Netherlands. She is specialized in mergers and acquisitions, private equity transactions, MBO’s, corporate restructurings and corporate governance.

*Qualified and admitted to the bar in the Netherlands.

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Jordane Yao

Luxembourg office

Senior associate

Jordane regularly advises domestic and international clients in their operations of corporate (re)structuring, M&A, (re)financing and corporate governance. Jordane assists private equity firms and alternative investment funds from their original investments to exit strategy planning. He has a particular expertise in the implementation of management incentive plan and capital structuring. Before joining Van Campen Liem, Jordane worked for the Luxembourg office of a leading UK law firm.

*Not admitted to any Bar association.

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Sofia Zacharaki

Amsterdam office

Associate
Attorney at law

Anna Zhu

Amsterdam office

Candidate civil law notary
Kandidaat notaris

Anna is a candidate civil law notary who studied notarial law at the University of Leiden and participated in a law exchange programme with the University of Essex (United Kingdom). She mainly assists corporate clients on corporate law matters, relating to joint ventures, M&A transactions, corporate restructurings and general corporate law advisory.

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Suki Bikker

Amsterdam office 

Senior legal assistant corporate

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Karen Althoff

Amsterdam office 

Office Manager

Karen manages day to day office operations, with her focus area being Information Technology.

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Bruno Atzori

Luxembourg Office

Head of Compliance

Bruno is a professional with more than 9 years of experience within the investment fund industry focusing mainly on AML/CTF matters. He is responsible for the Luxembourg Compliance team supporting VCL in the on-boarding of new Clients and on-going due diligence of existing Clients. Prior to join VCL Bruno was responsible for the Client On Boarding of a Luxembourg regulated PSF and prior to that he worked over 8 years, in the Distributors / Clients on boarding team of a Luxembourg regulated ManCo/AIFM. During this experience, he covered different roles the last one being Manager of the team in charge of AML/CTF controls on Distributors / Clients. Bruno holds a bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of Sassari and a Master in Private Equity and Investment Funds from the Luxembourg Italian Chamber of Commerce in cooperation with the Luxembourg House of Training and PWC.

T:  +352 278 60 668
M: +352 691 205 958
E: bruno.atzori@vancampenliem.com
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Caroline Hergat

Luxembourg office

Paralegal / Personal Assistant

Caroline assists the Funds and Asset Management team of our Luxembourg office.

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Menno van der Klein

Amsterdam office

Controller

Menno manages the accounting operations for Van Campen Liem.

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Kim Koets

Amsterdam office

Office Manager

Kim is responsible for the Amsterdam office, maintaining a professional working environment and certain HR functions.

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Admir Kratovac

Amsterdam office

Finance specialist

Admir assists Menno and Artie with managing the accounting operations for Van Campen Liem.

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Luzia Machado Marques

Luxembourg office

Office Manager Luxembourg

Together with Rose, Luzia is responsible for day to day office operations in our Luxembourg office.

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Artie Narain

Amsterdam office

Finance specialist

Artie assists Menno with managing the accounting operations for Van Campen Liem.

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Rose Angelene Santos

Luxembourg office

Office Manager Luxembourg

Together with Luzia, Rose is responsible for day to day office operations in our Luxembourg office.

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Stéphanie Dété

Luxembourg office

Assistant

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