Joanna Pecenik
Counsel
Luxembourg
Joanna Pecenik
Counsel
Luxembourg
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She also extensively advises institutional and DFI investors on their investments in private equity, venture capital, debt, real estate, infrastructure established in Luxembourg or other jurisdictions as well as on co-investment in such funds. Joanna has also experience in advising clients on secondary transactions.
Prior to joining Allen & Overy, Joanna gained 13 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, amongst others, on its investments in private equity, venture capital, loan and social impact funds.
Joanna is a member of the New York bar.
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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
News & insights
Publications: 10 DECEMBER 2019
Registered AIFMs and internally managed non-AIFs: the CSSF’s reminder of your AML/CFT obligations
The CSSF continues to raise awareness of AML/CFT obligations to the fund industry. Following a conference addressed to registered (sub-threshold) AIFMs and internally managed non-AIFs, the CSSF…
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Publications: 02 DECEMBER 2019
Important clarifications for the Luxembourg fund industry on AML CFT requirements
Taking into account the results of the Luxembourg national risk assessment which classifies the fund industry as high ML/FT risk, the CSSF clarifies that Luxembourg regulated funds, like Luxembourg…
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Publications: 08 NOVEMBER 2019
Extension of the deadline for Brexit notifications
On 6 November, the CSSF released a new press release 19/54 which is intended to replace the reference date to a hard Brexit (i.e. 31 October 2019) in all previous CSSF communications with the new…
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Publications: 02 OCTOBER 2019
One month left to complete the online PRIIPs assessment
On 1 July 2019, the CSSF issued a press release 19/28 informing regulated non-UCITS funds (Part II UCIs, SIFs and SICARs) that it has replaced the previous PRIIPs assessment questionnaire with a new…
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Expertise
Practices
Sectors
Qualifications
Professional
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
