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

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Arvine Zamani

By your side, protecting your rights

E nergetic, commercially-minded, level-headed and independent attorney specialised in Luxembourg company law with an interest in tax law, real estate, private equity and investment funds.

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Strong professional with an international experience.Recognized for his analytical skills, his legal advice in special situations, a positive mindset and inflexible resolve

with the ability to hit the ground running. 

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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

  • Associate 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 and restructuring

  • 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; and

  • acting as a director in client companies and strenghtening of substance.

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Estate Planning

  • assisting individuals and families with an international ambit in estate planning and relocations; 

  • assistance in the set-up of trusts and fiduciary arrangements; and

  • assistance in asset protection strategies and art-lending solutions. 

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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.

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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).

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Real Estate

  • drafting or review of leases;

  • assistance in real estate transactions;

  • homeownership and estate managers; and

  • assistance in the mediation of disputes. 

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Legal Consulting and Secondments

  • AML consulting; 

  • drafting of procedures;

  • provision of in-house 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; 

  • as a testimonial to this activity, past consulting activities can be mentioned including most recently a successful secondment of 20 months at a major listed US investment firm. 

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Some Highlights

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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. 

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  • 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

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

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  • 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 2 hours per day for more than 6 months​

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  • Arvine Zamani has provided ongoing advice to the asset management division of a leading listed US Investment bank on the intragroup financing of its Luxembourg sponsored SPVs

 

  • 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

 

  • Arvine Zamani has acted for an Italian asset manager in the setting-up of a reserved alternative investment fund

 

  • Arvine Zamani has assisted in the structuring of some carried interests to be distributed to the management team of a fund