Arnaud Cagi-Nicolau
Biography
Overview
Arnaud Cagi-Nicolau is a partner in our Global Private Equity and Investment Funds Practices and a partner in our Transactional practice based in Luxembourg.
Arnaud specializes in collective investment funds and other investment vehicles. His practice encompasses a broad range of alternative investment funds including private equity, real estate, debt and infrastructure funds. He also advises on derivative documentation (implementation of EMIR, ISDA documentation and derivative instruments implementing investment strategies), collateral management, securities lending, repo and prime brokerage arrangements.
He is a member of ALFI (Association of the Luxembourg Fund Industry) since 2011.
Prior to joining White & Case, Arnaud practiced in the Investment funds, Private equity and Finance departments of the Luxembourg office of a major international law firm.
Experience
Advising Africa50 on the setting up and the fundraising Africa50 Infrastructure Acceleration Fund I LP, a Mauritius close-ended infrastructure private equity mobilizing large scale and long-term institutional capital from African and international institutions to make investments in infrastructure projects across the African continent.
Advising Die Mobiliar in relation to the investments performed by Mobi Alternative Investment Fund SICAV FIS.
Advising Scor with:
- regulatory and funds aspects of Scor funds;
- the amendments to be made to the documentation of the Luxembourg fund managed by Scor IP (Scorlux SICAV-SIF) and related fillings with the Luxembourg regulator (CSSF), and any other formalities to be conducted regularly with respect to that fund;
- the creation of antitrust guidelines in the event of a dawn raid and the setting-up of a Luxembourg fund under the form of a SICAV RAIF;
Advising European Investment Fund with respect to its guaranteeing transactions.
Advising BC Partners in relation to:
- the US$1.2 billion SOF II, being the first BC Partners credit fund based in Luxembourg;
- SOF III, being the second BC Partners credit fund based in Luxembourg (fundraising ongoing);
- setting up their second real estate fund, Partners European Real Estate II;
- €7 billion flagship private equity Fund X (BCEC X) being the first BC Partners investment fund based in Luxembourg; *
- setting up their latest flagship private equity buy-out fund, BC Partners Fund XI with a total of €6.9 billion committed by investors in Guernsey and Luxembourg vehicles – the Luxembourg team advised on the regulatory and transactional aspects of the Luxembourg vehicles, including the drafting of the documentation and closing of investors; * and
- setting up their first real estate fund, Partners European Real Estate I, with a total of €900 million committed by investors in Luxembourg vehicles. *
Advising Proman Holding AG in relation to the debt financing transactions of Low Emission Methanol Shipping Company S.C.A SICAV-RAIF.
Advising International Maritime Industries, Inc. in connection with the setting-up of GMF Global Maritime Fund RAIF V.C.I.C. PLC.
Advising Cobepa SA, a private equity investor based in Belgium with over EUR 4.4 billion net asset value, on its acquisition of Ned Stevens, one of the leading gutter cleaning and home maintenance service providers in the United States, from AVALT.
Advising Vortex Energy in connection with the set-up of Vortex Energy IV, SCSp, an energy-transition private equity fund.
Advising Andbank Asset Management with setting up a Luxembourg RAIF platform (Reserved Alternative Investment Fund). We provided comprehensive support in establishing the RAIF fund in Luxembourg and setting it up effectively. Our assistance extended to helping them with various compartments (sub-funds) within the RAIF, including finalizing their first compartment, Zennor Japan Special Situations Fund.
Advising IPF FUND II SCA, SICAV-FIAR on regulatory compliance.
Advising Cubera Private Equity AS, being part of Storebrand group, in connection with the setting up of Cubera International Private Equity 22, a private equity vintage sub-fund following a fund-of-fund investment strategy.
*Matters worked on prior to joining White & Case
Co-author, "The Special Limited Partnership", HFMWeek Special Report – Luxembourg, 2015
Highly recommended for Fund Structuring in Luxembourg (Leaders League 2023)