Bio

Yoanna Stefanova is a partner with NautaDutilh's Corporate and Investment Funds practices, focusing on private equity and alternative investment funds. She advises asset managers and private equity firms on the set-up and implementation of various structures as well as on the transactional aspects of investments and divestments, including in relation to financing, restructuring, refinancing, corporate governance and pre-insolvency matters. Prior to joining NautaDutilh, Yoanna worked for several years at other international law firms in Luxembourg. Yoanna holds a master's degree in private international law from the Robert Schuman University in Strasbourg (1999) and completed the Cours complémentaires en droit luxembourgeois (CCDL) at the University of Luxembourg (2002). She regularly publishes on selected legal topics and recently contributed to the Luxembourg Corporate Governance Guide (The Legal 500, 2019) and a compendium released by Wolters Kluwer to mark the 100th anniversary of the Luxembourg Companies Act. Yoanna is a member of the editorial committee of ACE magazine, a monthly Luxembourg periodical on business, tax and accounting law. Yoanna is recommended by Chambers Europe 2019 and The Legal 500 2019 for her "strong private equity focus" and IFLR 1000 2020 for being "very responsive and helpful." Yoanna was admitted to the Luxembourg Bar in 2002.