LUXEMBOURG LAW FIRM

“Out of clutter, find simplicity. From discord, find harmony. In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.” – Albert Einstein

Arvine Zamani

By your side, protecting your rights.

Member of the Luxembourg bar since 2019 and having worked as a legal and tax advisor since 2012, Arvine represents private individuals, startups, entrepreneurs, young or seasoned, international families, hedge funds, investments funds, institutional clients on corporate law, real estate, tax, estate planning, trusts, funds formation and employment matters or where needed, provides on-site or remote secondments. On a personal level, Arvine has lived in Luxembourg, Brussels, Paris, Geneva, London, Leiden and Tehran and is always keen to exchanging new ideas with a positive mindset, learning and enjoying the time spent during our short yet meaningful journey in life.

Education

Admitted to the Luxembourg bar in 2019
Master of Advanced Studies (LLM) in International Tax Law, Leiden University, 2013
Master in European law, University of Luxembourg, 2011
Erasmus semester at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva and at the University of Geneva in 2010

Professional experience

Founding investor in a new corporate services startup in Brussels in 2022
Founder of a new legal startup in Luxembourg in 2022
Serving as a director on client companies
Attorney at BSP - 2022 - 2024
Attorney at the international law firm CMS - 2019 - 2022
Associate at the international Swiss Law firm Bonnard Lawson - 2017 - 2019
Consulting assignments 2014 - 2017
- at Round Hill Capital
- at CBRE Global Investors
- at the European Investment Bank
- at Partners Group
- Marketing at M3 in London
Tax adviser at KPMG Luxembourg - 2013 - 2014
Junior Associate focusing on corporate and tax matters at wildgen - 2012 - 2013

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Practices

Being Your Strategic Partner.

Corporate, M&A, Insolvency, Restructuring, and Domiciliation

assistance in the incorporation and liquidation of companies;
assistance in the governance of companies;
assistance on transactions and in the due diligence process;
assistance on the drafting of intercompany documentation such as interest bearing loan agreements, interest free loan agreements, profit participating loan agreements, loan facilities, contribution agreements;
assistance in share capital increases by contribution in cash or in kind or capital decreases;
assistance in the amendment to the articles of associations of companies;
issuance of legal opinions;
assistance in the issuance of (convertible) bonds, financing instruments and beneficiary shares;
assistance in corporate structuring;
assistance in joint-ventures, club-deals or co-investments;
assistance in the set-up of management incentives plans;
drafting of shareholders' agreements;
assistance in drafting of share pledge agreements or receivable pledge agreements;
protecting intellectual property and drafting of license agreements;
assistance on operational issues;
acting as a director in client companies and strengthening of substance; and
Where needed, rendering domiciliation services for client companies or provision of premises in Luxembourg, while accounting services can be provided through privileged external partners.

Estate Planning

assisting individuals and families with an international ambit in estate planning and relocations;
assistance in the review of wills;
acting as testamentary executor;
assistance in the set-up of trusts, fiduciary arrangements and life insurance products; and
assistance in asset protection strategies and art-lending solutions.

Tax planning and wealth management

structuring of international investments and exits;
tax advice in transactions;
structuring of management incentive plans;
tax due diligence and tax review of agreements;
management of tax exposures and tax leakages;
assistance in tax audits and litigation;
preparing tax returns;
assistance in exchange of information procedures; and
assistance in obtaining advance certainty with the Luxembourg tax administrations.

Employment Matters

advice and representation of employees and employers on all employment matters;
drafting of internal procedures;
representation before Luxembourg courts or in out of courts negotiations and settlements.

Investment Funds and Securitisation

structuring of the best set-up for the contemplated investment strategy;
set-up of alternative investment funds and securitisation vehicles;
assistance in the drafting of the fund or securitisation vehicle documentation;
negotiations of the SLAs with Luxembourg service providers;
assistance in the issuance and listing of bonds with the Luxembourg stock exchange; and
representation of the client before the Luxembourg regulator, the CSSF (Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier).

Real Estate

drafting or review of leases;
assistance in real estate transactions;
assisting homeowners, developers and estate managers; and
assistance in the mediation of disputes.

Legal Consulting and Secondments

AML consulting;
drafting of procedures; and
provision of in-house on-site or remote secondments in order to assist client companies in their backlog, navigating increase of activities or filling-in gaps in recruitments in the legal services units.

Legal Subscriptions for Startups

Option 1 - Starter option for EUR 500 per month

Option 2 - Premium option for EUR 1,500 per month

Minimum subscription period of 3 months, which can be credited against any out of scope ad-hoc work. This preferential option is only available for startups as a longstanding commitment to entrepreneurship in Luxembourg.

The assistance may cover a consultation together with:

the setup of the business;
acting as on-call legal counsel for the startup;
the drafting/review of standard agreements, including SLAs with third parties;
the drafting/review of account 115, capital call notices, interest bearing loans, interest free loans; and
the drafting of lease agreements, NDAs, assistance in the recovery of commercial claims, advice on pre-litigation matters, drafting of summons.

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Arvine Zamani has acted on behalf of a listed US Asset Manager of a Pan-European investment fund on European real estate transactions and notably in the acquisition of civic and infrastructure assets and provided ongoing operational legal assistance from a Luxembourg corporate legal perspective on the intragroup financing of its Luxembourg sponsored SPVs

Arvine Zamani has acted on behalf of a listed US Asset Manager of a Pan-European investment fund in the acquisition of a French asset under a forward purchase agreement and has issued two legal opinions in that context

Arvine Zamani has assisted a French investment fund in the MBO of an operating company

Arvine Zamani has assisted a leading listed US Investment Bank in the capitalization of its sponsored SPVs

Arvine Zamani has assisted a listed US Asset Manager of a Pan-European investment fund and provided a remote secondment placement opportunity in the absence of a Luxembourg corporate governance manager by reason of a minimum of 3 hours per day for more than 12 months

Arvine Zamani has assisted in the migration of a Luxembourg holding and financing company to Switzerland as part of a group restructuring

Arvine Zamani has assisted as a lead counsel a foreign operational company in the setting-up of its Luxembourg holding and financing company and on the reorganisation of its group companies in the EEA and the Persian Gulf region

Arvine Zamani has assisted UHNWI individuals based in Belgium, Switzerland, Dubai and Monaco on corporate structuring, estate planning, family governance matters and wealth structuring

Arvine Zamani has assisted a basketball player in the settlement of a dispute with his employer

Arvine Zamani has assisted clients on real estate matters and notably individual owners in the drafting of lease agreements

Arvine Zamani has assisted in the setting-up of an unregulated Luxembourg investment platform for investors in the form of an SCSp

Arvine Zamani has acted for seed investors in the drafting of a head of terms for a new investment to be structured through the setting-up of a Luxembourg investment platform