Two big international law firms have added investment fund partners in Luxembourg, a thriving market for funds formation, private equity capital raising and mergers and acquisitions transactions.

White & Case has hired veteran global investment funds attorney Emmanuel Gutton as a partner to help meet growing client demand for specialist funds advice and develop new market opportunities. Goodwin Procter has brought in private investment funds partner Virginie Leroy for its growing office in Luxembourg. She arrives from Benelux firm AKD, where she was a partner and co-head of the investment management practice.