Joanna Pecenik
Counsel
Luxembourg

Joanna Pecenik
Counsel
Luxembourg
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Joanna’s practice includes, among others, the structuring, setting up, registration, and ongoing operation, of Luxembourg regulated (SIFs and SICARs) and unregulated (limited partnerships and RAIFs) investment funds investing in a variety of asset classes, alternative assets in particular, as well as advising on general fund regulatory matters. She also extensively advises institutional investors on their investments in private equity, venture capital, debt, real estate, and infrastructure funds established in Luxembourg or other jurisdictions, as well as on co-investments in such funds. Joanna also has experience in advising clients on secondary transactions and fund regulatory matters, including with respect to AIFMD.
Prior to joining Allen & Overy, Joanna gained 15 years of experience working in several other leading law firms located in Luxembourg, the U.S. and France. She also spent three years working as legal counsel for the European Investment Fund (EIF), advising EIF on, amongst others, its investments in private equity, venture capital, loan and social impact funds.
Joanna is referred to by sources as: ‘technically excellent’.
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Professional
Admitted as lawyer, Luxembourg bar List IV, 2021
Admitted to the New York bar, 2006
Academic
LL.M. Boston University School of Law, Boston, USA, 2003
DESS-DJCE, International Business Law, Aix-Marseille University, Aix-en-Provence, France, 2001
Master in International Business Law, Paris XI University, Sceaux, France, 2000
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Expertise
Practices
Sectors
Qualifications
Professional
Admitted as lawyer, Luxembourg bar List IV, 2021
Admitted to the New York bar, 2006
Academic
LL.M. Boston University School of Law, Boston, USA, 2003
DESS-DJCE, International Business Law, Aix-Marseille University, Aix-en-Provence, France, 2001
Master in International Business Law, Paris XI University, Sceaux, France, 2000