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Darren Stolzenberg

Partner

CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP
Cannon Place
78 Cannon Street
London
EC4N 6AF
United Kingdom
Languages English

Darren is a Partner in our Funds and Indirect Real Assets team. He is qualified in Australia and England, and has been practising law in London since 1999.

Darren’s practice focuses on structuring transactions through indirect vehicles such as companies, limited partnerships, unit trusts and offshore vehicles. He advises on UK and international fund establishments (including co-investment and management incentivisation), clubs, joint ventures, corporatised transactions and also advises investors looking to invest in UK, pan-European and global funds.  

Darren’s clients include UBS, Tristan Capital Partners, PATRIZIA, Man Group, Lendlease, ICG, Goodman and Delancey. 

Darren is ranked as a leading individual in Legal 500 and Chambers which states “he is always available, responsive and reliable” and “He takes an excellent holistic approach to problems and requirements”.

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"Very good, practical, knowledgeable and responsive"

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Relevant experience

  • UBS on their open-ended Long Income Fund, global private equity fund of funds, PEG IV, and their Participating Real Estate Mortgage Fund.
  • Tristan Capital Partners on their closed ended fund series EPISO and Curzon Capital Partners and their long-life fund CCP V. 
  • PATRIZIA on their open-ended pan-European fund and closed TransEuropean fund series.
  • Man Group on the launch of their UK Affordable Housing Fund. 
  • Lendlease on their joint venture to develop The International Quarter, London with a leading Canadian pension fund. 
  • Goodman on their tripartite and bipartite joint ventures to develop logistic assets with leading Dutch and Canadian pension funds. 
  • Delancey on the launch of their first Credit and Income fund. 
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Memberships & Roles

  • Darren is a member of the AREF (Association of Real Estate Funds) Training and Education Committee and sits on the AREF Management Board. He is also actively involved in INREV (European Association for Investors in Non-listed Real Estate Vehicles and regularly leads training programs for them. 
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Education

  • 1992 – Bachelor of Commerce (Honours Class IIA), University of Queensland, Brisbane.
  • 1994 – Bachelor of Laws, University of Queensland, Brisbane.  
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12/04/2022
Focusing on Funds - New Register for overseas legal entities and their...
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11/01/2022
CMS advises Lendlease on joint venture with CPP Investments
International law firm CMS has advised international property and infrastructure group, Lendlease, on a long term strategic 50:50 partnership with Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments)...
24/05/2021
Focusing on Funds – Merger Control: Part 1
This Focusing on Funds is topical for fund managers and investors as merger control enforcement continues to strengthen around the world and the number of jurisdictions where the issue is relevant continues...
24/05/2021
Focusing on Funds – AIFMD Consultation Paper
This Focusing on Funds looks at some of the European Commission consultation paper on the AIFMD. Background The Consultation follows an intervention by ESMA with its letter to the Commission raising numerous...
24/05/2021
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) confirms that Sustainable Finance Disclosure...
This Focusing on Funds looks at new changes in the UK's approach to the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR). The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has confirmed that the SFDR will not apply...
01/04/2020
CMS - Focusing on Funds – Impact of Coronavirus Outbreak on Fund Managers
This Focusing on Funds briefing is to assist fund managers and investors in the wake of the disruption caused by the novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak. In addition to observing investor transparency...
21/08/2019
CMS - Focusing on Funds – Luxembourg Brexit
This Focusing on Funds is an alert with respect to the Brexit reminders issued by the Luxembourg regulator ("CSSF") to all firms currently authorised under CRD, MiFID II, PSD 2 or EMD in the United Kingdom...
23/10/2018
CMS - Focusing on Funds - AIFMD pre-marketing proposals
This Focusing on Funds update looks at the hot topic of funds marketing and proposals for a pre-marketing regime for alternative investment funds. This is an area we are often asked to advise on as various...
08/10/2018
FCA consults on illiquid open-ended retail funds
Today, the FCA has launched a consultation paper (CP 18/27) on open-ended retail funds investing in illiquid assets. After the Brexit vote in 2016, there were significant investor outflows from open-ended...
15/03/2018
Pre-marketing - Proposed changes to AIFMD
On 12 March 2018, the European Commission published a proposed directive and a proposed regulation amending the AIFMD and UCITS IV to facilitate cross-border marketing of funds. Importantly, these proposals...
20/07/2017
German Investor Requirements for Real Asset Funds
The second of our on-going series of fund manager roundtables looked at various ways in which fund managers can accommodate the particular quirks of German institutional investors. We have picked out...
07/07/2017
Fund vehicles in Luxembourg and France
The first in our on-going series of fund manager roundtables looked at the latest in fund structuring technology in France and Luxembourg. We have picked out highlights below. Luxembourg’s RAIF –...