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Dr. Daniel Krauspenhaar

Lawyer, Avocat à la Cour │ Partner

Luxembourg

+352 27484 1

daniel.krauspenhaar@luther-lawfirm.com

Areas of practice

Capital Markets, Banking & Finance

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Financial Services Investment Funds & Alternative Investments

Dr. Daniel Krauspenhaar is a Partner at Luther’s Luxembourg office and key contact for Financial Services, Investment Funds & Alternative Investments.

He advises domestic, international, and particularly German speaking clients on investment fund related matters. His advice ranges from the corporate and regulatory aspects of fund structuring and set up to the distribution and ongoing operations of regulated and unregulated vehicles.

Daniel has also experience in handling financial transactions and regulatory banking matters.

Vita

Daniel Krauspenhaar studied at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich and completed his legal traineeship in Munich and Washington, D.C. He also obtained a doctorate degree (Dr. jur.) from the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. He was admitted to the Bar Association in Germany in 2011 and to the Luxembourg Bar in 2015.

Prior to joining Luther in 2020, Daniel worked for renowned international and independent law firms in Luxembourg and Germany.

Honors and distinctions

Legal 500 EMEA (2025): Recognized for "Investment Funds". (“Daniel Krauspenhaar is an awesome lawyer in terms of know-how and responsiveness.”)
Leaders League (2025): Highly recommended for "Private Equity – Fund structuring" (first recommendation in 2024).
JUVE (2024/2025): Recognized for "Investment Funds". (“[With] the appointment of Dr Daniel Krauspenhaar as a partner in Luxembourg, [Luther] reinforces its growth ambitions.”)
IFLR1000 (2024): Ranked Rising star for "Investment Funds". (“Technical knowledge, responsiveness.”)
Legal 500 EMEA (2024): Recognized for "Investment Funds". (“Daniel Krauspenhaar has a good overview of complex structures and relationships and also quickly grasps supervisory law issues in the cross-border area.”)
IFLR1000 (2022): Recognized for "Investment Funds". ("Calm, competent, structured, great knowledge.")
Legal 500 EMEA (2022): Recognized for "Investment Funds". ("Daniel Krauspenhaar displays a very high degree of dedication to our projects and is very focused on us as a client. He provides excellent coordination between teams in Germany and Luxembourg as well as external service providers or clients.")
Legal 500 EMEA (2020): Recognized for "Investment Funds". ("Daniel Krauspenhaar was always very precise and quick in answering our numerous questions.")

Clients

Advised fund sponsors, alternative investment fund managers and management companies on structuring and set-up of investment funds and therefore on the preparation of the fund documentation, drafting/review/negotiation of service provider and other agreements (such as side letters), establishment of the downstream structure etc. as well as on modifications to all these documents and/or corporate actions (merger, liquidation, change of legal form, listing of fund shares etc.).
Providing ongoing advice and assistance to various alternative investment fund managers, management companies and investment funds regarding their day-to-day business and/or in context with (de-)investments.
Advised market participants on authorisation procedures under the Luxembourg AIFM Law, the UCI Law, the SIF Law, the Financial Sector Law and the ELTIF Regulation.
Advised on structuring and set-up of Luxembourg securitisation vehicles, the securitisation of fund units and issuance of (rated) bonds/notes.
Advised on the distribution of Luxembourg investment funds.
Performed due diligence on investment funds and assisted investors before and after having invested into investment funds.
Advised on Luxembourg banking and insurance secrecy obligations.

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