Claire Guilbert
Partner
Related services and key industries
Related services
- Funds and asset management
- Financial services and regulation
- Infrastructure
- Private equity and venture capital
- Real estate
Key industry sectors
Biography
Claire Guilbert is an investment management and investment funds lawyer based in Luxembourg. She co-heads the firm’s global funds and asset management practice and leads the firm’s internal global asset management regulation workstream.
Claire advises local and international asset managers in the structuring, formation, offering and organization of regulated and unregulated investment funds, with a particular focus on private equity, debt and real estate strategies as well as other alternative investment strategies.
She addresses all regulatory questions related to alternative investment funds, their managers and their service providers, having particularly strong knowledge of the European and Luxembourg product laws and regulations.
Claire also regularly provides investor-side assistance, in particular in relation to fund investments and secondary transactions.
Professional experience
Collapse all- Law Degree (Private Law), University of Nancy, France, 2009
- Master 1 in Company Law, University of Nancy, France, 2010
- Magistère European and International Business Lawyer, University of Nancy, France, 2011
- LL.M. in International and Commercial Dispute Resolution, University of Westminster, London, United Kingdom, 2011
- Master 2 in European and International Business Law, University of Nancy, France, 2011
- Barreau de Luxembourg 2012
- Named as one of the top legal sector decision-makers in Luxembourg in 2024 (360 Cross media)
- Highly recommended: Fund structuring, Luxembourg, Leaders League, 2024
- Top 100 Investment Funds Lawyers in Luxembourg, Paperjam, 2022
- Tier 4, Investment funds, Luxembourg, The Legal 500, 2024
- "Claire Guilbert is responsive and very commercial."
- "The team is approachable, responsive and client oriented. They always take the time to address our concerns or issues and they have a very good practice of the corporate law."
- "I highly recommend Norton Rose for their expertise in the structuring and organisation of regulated and unregulated investment funds, especially in AIFMD, AML/CFT."
- "Claire Guilbert remains at all times solutions focused and has a gift for thinking through complex topics. She is extremely efficient and successfully creates a great relationship with clients."
- "A strong and reliable team with clear thinking and great client relationship approach."
- "The team is highly responsive and strikes the perfect balance between commercial acumen and technical expertise."
- "The team is extremely dedicated and efficient – they are a group of top-notch lawyers."
- Author, "The new EU AML/CFT regime - what are the main upcoming changes?", Investment Officer, July 2024
- Interview, "Mentality on private markets’ investments must evolve", Delano/Paperjam, May 2024
- Author, "Asset managers don’t come to Luxembourg for the weather", Investment Officer, April 2024
- Co-author, "New ESG Fund Name Guidelines | Chambers Expert Focus", Chambers and Partners, February 2024
- Co-author, "Investment Funds 2024 - Luxembourg | Global Practice Guides | Chambers and Partners" - Trends and Developments, Chambers and Partners, February 2024
- Interview, "Stratégie d’investissement de détail: impliquer toute la chaîne de valeur", Paperjam, December 2023
- Co-author, "ESG: Comparison of EU, UK and US regimes for fund names", www.nortonrosefulbright.com, October 2023
- Author, "Opening the gates to private markets in Europe", Paperjam, September 2023
- Co-author, "The 2023 ELTIF Regulation", www.nortonrosefulbright.com, April 2023
- Co-author, "Upgrade and modernization of the Luxembourg fund product and manager laws", www.nortonrosefulbright.com, April 2023
- Co-author, "The ELTIF 2.0 Regulation was published on 20 March 2023", www.nortonrosefulbright.com, March 2023
- Co-author, "Get ready to launch your ELTIF 2.0", www.nortonrosefulbright.com, February 2023
- Author, "Luxembourg IFMs and Funds: Update on reporting", www.nortonrosefulbright.com, February 2023
- Author, "Luxembourg IFMs - CSSF Questionnaire on SFDR", www.nortonrosefulbright.com, February 2023
- Co-author, "Investment Funds 2023", Luxembourg, Trends and Developments, Chambers and Partners Global Practice Guides, February 2023
- Co-author, "Luxembourg Chapter of Private Equity Exits: a Practical Analysis", Globe Law and Business, Second Edition of September 2016 and Third Edition of January 2022
Speaker, "Panorama des structures disponibles : RAIF, SIF/SICAR, OPC ou simple AIF", Abilways Conference "Panorama des fonds d’investissement: Stratégie luxembourgeoise", Luxembourg, October 2024
Moderator of a panel, "Women founders leading the way", Unigestion Emerging Managers Conference, Paris, September 2024
Speaker, "Oasis in a desert: how a mid-market strategy provides liquidity in dry market", PE Insights, Zurich, June 2024.
Speaker, "CMU: from Fragmentation to Integration with Private Markets", Luxembourg for Finance, May 2024.
Speaker, "Latest trends in investment funds", Emerging Manager Conference, Zurich, November 2023.
Lecturer at the conference “Fight against money laundering – compliance”, "The new ELTIF 2.0 regime in practice", Abilways Luxembourg, June 2023
Lecturer at the conference “RBA & AML-CTF risk assessment in the fund industry”, Abilways, June 2022
ALFI (Association Luxembourgeoise des Fonds d'Investissement)
LPEA (Luxembourg Private Equity & Venture Capital Association)
WIB (Women in Business)
- French
- English
- German