Arnaud David Bio

Arnaud David is a partner in Goodwin’s Private Equity group and leads the Private Investment Funds practice in Paris. He represents many of the most prominent French and European funds on all aspects of their fund business and has been involved on many of the top mandates over the past years. He specializes in the formation and representation of investment funds including buyout, infrastructure, mezzanine, secondary, venture, tech, life sciences, real estate, funds of funds, debt and special focus funds. Arnaud also works with investors in connection with investments in many types of alternative assets including private equity, debt and equity investments. He also has in-depth expertise in incentive schemes, co-investment arrangements, fund regulation, management buyouts and the restructuring of private equity groups. Within his broader funds practice, Arnaud has also been advising clients in connection with secondary transactions, including traditional portfolio sales, preferred equity, continuation funds and GP-led transactions. He is an active member of Goodwin’s market-leading global secondaries practice. Prior to joining Goodwin in 2017, Arnaud was Co-Head of the International Funds Department of King & Wood Mallesons (formerly SJ Berwin).