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Gersende Masfayon LL.M.

Counsel
About

Gersende Masfayon focuses on corporate projects, advising private equity firms, real estate funds as well as private companies on a wide range of domestic and international transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, disposals, corporate reorganisations and corporate governance matters in general.

Bar AdmissionsAdmitted to the Barreau de Luxembourg under her professional home titleAvocat admitted to the Paris Bar

EXPERIENCE

  • Advising investment management firms on the acquisition of real estate assets across various jurisdictions in Europe, either directly or through joint-venture vehicles.
  • Advising Hyundai/KIA Motors on the Luxembourg aspect of its EUR100 million Series A investment in Arrival SARL, a Luxembourg-based company focused on creating and designing state-of-the-art electric vehicles.
  • Advising Kleos Space, a Luxembourg space tech company, on the issuance and listing of securities on the Australian Stock Exchange and additional fund raising through convertible instruments.
  • Advising asset management firms on various acquisitions, such as wind farm projects in Scandinavian countries.
  • Advising international firms on cross-border restructuring such as cross-border mergers, liquidations and migration of companies.
  • Advising Luxembourg companies on funding rounds through, among others, issuance of preferred shares and warrants.
  • Advising management on management incentive plans.
Languages
  • English
  • French
  • German
Education
  • Paris Bar School, France, 2013

  • Queen Mary, University of London, United Kingdom, LL.M, 2013

  • University of Paris, Panthéon Sorbonne, France
    University of Cologne, Germany
    Master's Degree in French and German Law, LL.M, 2011

Prior Experience

  • 2023: Counsel, DLA Piper, Luxembourg
  • 2018-23: Senior Associate, DLA Piper Luxembourg
  • 2013-18: Top-tier law firm, Luxembourg 

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