Codrina Constantinescu

Codrina Constantinescu is a partner in the Private Investment Funds practice at Goodwin. She joined Goodwin in 2024.

Codrina has more than 15 years’ experience advising on the structuring, establishment, fundraising and on-going operations of all types of regulated and unregulated alternative investment funds, co-investment vehicles, SMAs and similar structures/arrangements while acting on behalf of fund sponsors. She also assists institutional investors in relation to their participation/investments in Luxembourg or foreign investment funds and has a strong regulatory background particularly in regard to AIFMD, MIFiD, AML and the SFDR.

Representative clients include the following*: 

• Amundi
• Ardian
• Astorg
• Axa Investment Managers
• Bain Capital
• Compass Asset Management Latin America
• DWS
• EQT
• European Investment Fund
• European Investment Bank
• Ferrero
• Heritage Holdings
• Hines Real Estate
• Icamap
• M&G
• Natixis
• Partners Group
• PAI Partners
• Pictet
• Prime Capital
• Oaktree Capital
• OFI Invest
• Paref
• Schroders
• Starwood Capital
• Tishman Speyer
• Ufenau Capital Partners

• Assisting a large US asset manager with respect to the set-up and listing of an evergreen private equity Luxembourg fund on the Italian professional stock exchange
• A large Swiss based manager with the set-up and operation of an evergreen multi-strategies fund with several compartments
• A large French manager with the set-up of an ELTIF investing in private debt
• Two large French managers with respect to the structuring, launch and fundraising of their flagship Private Equity funds*
• Two large US managers with respect to the structuring, launch and fundraising of their flagship Private Equity funds*
• A global financial institution with respect to the structuring and launch of a special situations debt fund*
• A client with respect to the structuring launch of a debt platform investing in LatAm targets*
• A large European financial institution with respect to its investments in underlying PE/VC funds *
• An EU supranational entity with respect to the launch of a fund focusing on connectivity projects*
• A mid-size Swiss manager with respect to the structuring, launch and fundraising of four successive generations of Private Equity funds
• An Italian multinational company with respect to the set-up of a dedicated compartment within a Luxembourg pension fund organised as an ASSEP*
• A large Nordics manager with respect to the structuring, launch and fundraising of their flagship Private Debt funds*
• A large German Manager with respect to the set-up of a Luxembourg infrastructure debt platform*
• A multinational company with respect to the set-up of a multi-compartment pension fund and its operation*
• Several EU managers with the set-up and operation of their EUVECA entities and their EUVECA funds*
• A French entity with respect to its investments in real estate funds operated by a large US manager*
• A French fund manager with the set-up an operation of its Luxembourg AIFM*
• Assisting sponsors with the negotiations and entry into fund bridge facilities and NAV facilities*
• Assisting various clients on ESG disclosures and compliance matters*

* Denotes experience gained prior to joining Goodwin.

Member of the ALFI ESG Group

Member of the ALFI PEPP/Pension funds Group

Member of the LPEA Debt Funds Group

Member of the LPEA CMU Committee

Member of the LPEA ESG Committee

Member of the Invest Europe ESG Committee

Members of the EFAMA Pensions Committee

• Co-Author, “The Impact of Covid-19 on Private Equity Funds and their Managers,” LPEA magazine, February 2021
• Author, “Pre-contractual disclosure obligations,” AGEFI Luxembourg, March 2021
• Author, “SFDR downgrades and upgrades: avoid the roller coaster ride!,” Paperjam Carte Blanch
• Panelist, ALFI Global Asset Management Conference, 2024
• Pnelist, LuxFlag Sustainable Investment Week, 2023
• Speaker, “Article 8 Taxonomy reporting obligations ,” University of Luxembourg, June 2022
• Regular participation in the IPEM, MIPIM, LPEA, ALFI events and forums