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Xavier Norlain est associé en M&A, responsable du bureau de Paris et membre du groupe Private Capital. Xavier conseille des fonds d’investissement et des family offices sur des opérations de LBO, de venture capital et de capital-développement, ainsi que des groupes industriels et de services dans le cadre de leurs opérations de financement, de restructuration et de croissance externe. Il accompagne également les dirigeants dans la négociation de leur statut, de leur rémunération, ainsi que dans le cadre d’opérations impliquant des fonds d’investissement. Parmi ses clients figurent notamment Bpifrance, Bridgepoint, The Carlyle Group, ICG, Circet et Dentressangle.

Agnès Rossi is a partner in Proskauer's Private Funds Group and a member of the firm’s Private Capital Industry group. With nearly 20 years of experience, she is a leading expert in international fund structures and regulatory matters, including AIFM and ELTIF approvals. Throughout her career, Agnès has worked extensively on private investment funds across France, London, and Luxembourg. She advises both European and global asset managers on the structuring, establishment, and operation of private investment funds, spanning a wide range of strategies such as infrastructure, energy, buyouts, venture capital, debt, and real estate. Agnès also specializes in GP-led fund restructurings and liquidity solutions transactions. Additionally, she has in-depth expertise in pan-European carried interest and co-investment schemes, with a particular focus on the specificities of French regulations. Agnès is a regular speaker at leading industry seminars and conferences, a member of the legal committee of France Invest, and participates in INSEAD’s courses on the Future of Private Equity twice a year.

Peter Sherwin is a partner in Proskauer's Litigation Department, head of the International Arbitration Group, head of the Commercial Real Estate Litigation Group, and a member of the Latin America Practice. Peter counsels clients in complex cross-border commercial disputes, often involving a joint venture, a licensing or distribution relationship, or an acquisition, most of which are resolved in international arbitration and the rest in federal and state courts in the United States. He has significant experience in the pharmaceutical, lodging, real estate, and sports industries and, when necessary, regularly takes cases through evidentiary hearings. Peter also regularly serves as an arbitrator in proceedings before the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and the International Centre for Dispute Resolution (ICDR) and is the U.S. member of the ICC International Court of Arbitration and the Chair of the ICC U.S.A. Arbitration Committee.

Ana Vermal is a partner in Proskauer's Litigation Department and co-head of the firm’s International Arbitration Group. Ana Vermal is a quadrilingual common law and civil law lawyer with over 20 years of experience representing corporations from around the world in complex arbitrations arising out of their cross-border business transactions such as acquisitions, joint ventures, distribution and licensing agreements. Ana handles arbitral proceedings under the rules of all major arbitral institutions. Ana is also frequently appointed to serve as arbitrator. In addition, Ana represents clients before courts in France and the United States in connection with the enforcement or annulment of arbitral awards. From 2018 to 2024, Ana sat on the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC). In that capacity, Ana participated in the Court’s judicial supervision of ICC arbitrations, including the appointment of arbitrators, decisions on challenges against arbitrators and the scrutiny and approval of ICC arbitral awards. Ana is Vice Chair of the Arbitration Committee of the International Bar Association, and also serves as the Argentine representative to the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR. She is a frequent speaker on international arbitration topics. The wealth of Ana’s legal and cultural experience is highly sought after by our clients. An Argentine and Spanish national, she has lived in Germany, Spain, the United States and France, and is fluent in English, French, Spanish and German. Ana is qualified to practice in both New York and Paris.