EY is a global leader in assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services. We are 167.000 people based in over 150 countries and the most globally integrated professional services organization. In Luxembourg, with over 1,100 professionals, we combine our European and global capability with our local knowledge to deliver a full range of services to meet our clients’ business needs. Our Luxembourg office provides services to banks, financial institutions, insurance/reinsurance, technology, media and communications companies, EU institutions and to the commercial, industrial and public sector.

EY Luxembourg is the leading audit and advisory firm for alternative investments with fully integrated and multi-disciplinary private equity, real estate and hedge fund teams including more than 250 professionals. Our team members provide audit, advisory, valuation and tax services to both fund promoters and service providers. In addition to our traditional services, we offer an integrated suite of specialty services designed to meet the needs of the rapidly changing and increasingly complex alternative investment industry. We have a leading market position auditing around 40% of all Luxembourg hedge funds, 45% of all Luxembourg private equity funds and 37% of all Luxembourg real estate funds.

We have led the most significant advisory engagements in the local market and abroad. In the context of the Alternative Investment Fund Manager Directive (AIFMD), our advisory team assists alternative investment fund managers, custodians and administrators in a strategic as well as operational review of their business platform in order to align their organization, products and distributions with new requirements.

In the field of private equity, our clients are active all along the range of private equity, including venture capital, mezzanine, distressed debt, buyout etc. EY Luxembourg is a key supporter of the private equity industry both in Luxembourg and abroad. The EY private equity practice has been instrumental in the design of the SICAR law and is one of the founding members of the Luxembourg Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (LPEA), which represents and promotes private equity and venture capital locally as well as globally. EY Luxembourg has actively supported private equity industry associations such as ALFI, EVCA and LPEA in their contribution to the implementation of the AIFM Directive.