Sarah Mordoff

Representative experience in tax structuring of private equity funds (including carried interest schemes)

• Advising on the tax structuring of BlackFin Capital Partners Fund IV.
• Advising Seven2, a leading private equity player in Europe, on the tax aspects of the establishment of a continuation fund to support portfolio companies Marlink and Crystal.
• Advised Armen (GP Stake Fund) in its acquisition of a minority stake in the Belgian management company Vendis Capital.
• Advising Bridgepoint on various points.
• Advising Seven2 (formerly Apax Partners) on the structuring of various funds including Apax MidMarket X and Apax Development II.
• Advising BlackFin Capital Partners on its funds.
• Advising Five Arrows Principal Investments (Rothschild & Co) on FAPI II and FAPI III.*

*Denotes transactions completed while at a previous firm.

Team recognitions

• Chambers France – Tax – Band 4, 2026
• Chambers France – Investment Funds – Band 3, 2026
• Legal 500 – Tax – Tier 3, 2025
• Legal 500 – Private Equity: Fund formation – Firms to Watch, 2025
• International Tax Ranking – Transactional Tax – Tier 2, 2026
• International Tax Ranking – General Corporate Tax – Tier 3, 2026
• International Tax Ranking – Tax Controversy – Tier 3, 2026
• International Tax Ranking – Real Estate Tax – Tier 3, 2026
• International Tax Ranking – Transfer Pricing – Tier 3, 2026

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Chambers & Partners – Tax – 2026

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Chambers & Partners – Investment Funds – 2026