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Stéphane Puel

Stéphane Puel is the Partner in charge of Gide's Investment Funds team in Paris. He specialises in structuring, creating and raising French and foreign private assets investment funds. He also advises portfolio managers and sponsors on all their activities (regulatory approvals, management passport, marketing, AIFMD and ELTIF regulations). Stéphane also advises institutional investors on their investments in private assets investment funds. He is also heavily involved in assisting parties in the context of GP stakes. He is the regular contact for the Autorité des Marchés Financiers on all matters. Stéphane has recently assisted French and foreign asset managers in the structuring of institutional investment funds in private equity, private debt, infrastructure and natural capital based in France and Luxembourg. He also assists numerous French and foreign management companies in the creation of ELTIF 2 funds eligible for life insurance. Lastly, he has recently assisted French banks and financial entities in acquiring stakes in asset managers or restructuring asset management groups. Stéphane holds a postgraduate diploma (DEA) in business law from the University of Paris II Panthéon-Assas and is a graduate of IEP Paris. He was admitted to the Paris Bar in 1997. · Gide Loyrette Nouel

FranceInvestment Funds, Asset ManagementFrench, English

About

Partner in charge of Gide's Investment Funds team in Paris, specialising in structuring, creating and raising French and foreign private assets investment funds and advising portfolio managers, sponsors and institutional investors on regulatory, marketing and fund governance matters. He is regularly the firm's contact with the Autorité des Marchés Financiers and is involved in transactions covering GP stakes, ELTIF structuring and acquisitions or restructurings of asset management groups.

Practice areas

Investment FundsAsset ManagementBanking & FinanceFinancial Services RegulationPrivate EquityFund Formation

Office

Expertise

Private EquityPrivate DebtInfrastructureNatural CapitalELTIF (life insurance-eligible funds)GP stakesInstitutional investor mandatesAsset manager acquisitions and restructurings

Education

  • Postgraduate diploma (DEA) in Business Law, University of Paris II Panthéon-Assas
  • Graduate, IEP Paris

Admissions

  • Paris Bar, 1997

Languages

FrenchEnglish