Global law firm Clifford Chance has advised eevolve on the significantly oversubscribed final closing of its first time Fund.

With strong support from sophisticated institutional and private investors from Europe, Switzerland and the US, the Fund exceeded its original target of €350 million. The Fund will focus on SMEs in the DACH region, primarily in Switzerland. eevolve’s investment strategy revolves in particular around identifying and capitalizing on asset light champions with tailwinds from megatrends in the healthcare, services & software, and smart industrials sectors, typically accessing these through providing succession solutions as trusted partners to entrepreneurs.

The Clifford Chance team was led by partner Sonya Pauls (Funds) and comprised partners Maren Stadler-Tjan (Funds, Luxembourg), Laura Underhill (Tax, London), Geoffrey Scardoni (Tax, Luxembourg), Avrohom Gelber (Tax, New York), Andrius Bielinis (Tax) as well as senior associate Zoé Bofferding (Funds, Luxembourg), law clerk (US) Kevin Merchant (Funds, London), transaction lawyer Alina Hochberger (Funds), senior associate Lisa Giroux (Funds), associate Rick Thoben (Tax, New York), associate Joe Paddon (Financial Regulatory, London), trainee lawyer Karim Badran (Funds, Luxembourg) as well as other international team members.