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Rima Maitrehenry is a fund formation lawyer structuring private equity funds. Her practice covers: - fundraising operations on behalf of sponsors/management companies and also new entrants in this sector (first time funds/first time teams), - negotiation on behalf of investors (institutional investors, corporates, family offices, etc) of the terms and conditions of their investment in funds, - buy-side and sell-side secondary transactions, - regulatory issues relating to fund formation (AMF approvals, marketing, AIFMD and MIFID constraints, sustainability and SFDR compliance, etc.), - governance issues involving management teams (organisation, shareholding and carried interest). With this practice, Rima is frequently involved in international transactions often requiring the negotiation and implementation of market standard terms. The asset class on which Rima frequently works covers seed, venture, growth, infrastructure, real-estate, funds of fund, private debt, impact, etc. Rima is partner at Racine heading the fund formation practice. Prior to joining Racine, Rima worked at Gide Loyrette Nouel, Morgan Lewis & Brockius and Debevoise & Plimpton. She started her professional career as an in-house fund lawyer with ABN AMRO Capital France (ABENEX Capital since then). She holds a PhD in International Law from the University of Paris-Sorbonne and a Master's degree in International Law and Management from HEC. She is also a regular lecturer at the Université de Montpellier and HEAD.