As a fund attorney, Joel advises managers of venture capital, growth, buy-out as well as social-impact funds on the structuring of their domestic (German) and foreign fund structures. In addition, he assists them with their worldwide fundraising as well as with tackling supervisory and compliance requirements.
In particular, his advice covers conceptualizing the fund structure, drafting the fund documentation, establishing the necessary legal entities, assisting with obtaining regulatory permissions under the German Capital Investment Code (KAGB), the German Banking Act (KWG) and the EU Regulation on European venture capital funds (EuVECA), as well as fundraising and investor onboarding including aspects relating to compliance with anti-money-laundering provisions and other norms, both leading up to closing and during the term of the fund.