Goodwin—Alexandrine Armstrong-Cerfontaine

Alexandrine Armstrong-Cerfontaine has joined Global 50 law firm Goodwin as a partner in its London office.

Prior to joining the partnership, Alexandrine served as a consultant in Goodwin’s London office. Previously, she has been managing partner of King & Wood Mallesons’ Luxembourg office, and worked at Allen & Overy.

Alexandrine works in the firm’s international Private Equity and Private Investment Funds team. Her practice focuses on fund formation and transactions, advising private equity sponsors on their investments and corporate finance, drawing on her experience on business management, corporate finance, restructuring, compensation, retirement plans and advising financial sponsors and management in setting-up complex compensation schemes as part of leverage buyout transactions. She also has a general experience in syndicated financings (including leveraged financing and restructurings) and a particular experience in fund financings.

‘In London, we have built one of the largest private equity, real estate, infrastructure and debt funds teams with leading sector specialists,’ said David Evans, chairm of Goodwin’s European offices.

‘Alex’s extensive experience and reputation as one of Luxembourg’s foremost private equity and funds lawyers will be of significant value to our private equity fund clients and further enhance our ability to offer integrated counsel as part of our overall service offerings in Europe.’

AJ Weidhaas, co-chair of Goodwin’s Private Equity Practice, said: ‘Alex’s appointment enables us to meet increasing client mandates for complex Luxembourg legal advice on both inbound and outbound cross-border transactions. It is an important step in the continued development of Goodwin’s market-leading international private equity and funds platform.’