Eversheds Sutherland has appointed a new funds team in Paris, led by Partner Tiana Rambatomanga, who will establish and lead the global law firm’s fund structuring practice in the local market. 

Tiana joins with a team of two: Brandy Keunan, Associate and Ghita Berrada, Legal Officer.

Having worked at leading international law firms and most recently a Partner at Willkie Farr & Gallagher, Tiana has nearly 20 years’ experience in structuring, fundraising and organisation of investment funds across the full spectrum of private assets, including private equity, private debt and infrastructure.

Tiana has a strong track record in establishing French, Luxembourg and pan-European structures, covering a wide range of strategies (LBO, venture, mezzanine, secondary, real estate, fund of funds, master-feeder structures), and advising both generalist and sector-focused funds. She is highly regarded by her clients for her innovative approach and her forward-thinking positioning on emerging products, including evergreen vehicles and strategies aimed at broadening access to private equity. Tiana also advises on regulatory aspects relating to investment funds and supports institutional investors, family offices, sponsors and managers in their French and international primary investments, as well as in secondary transactions.

The appointment of Tiana and her team marks a notable strategic milestone in the firm’s specialist offering within this space, strengthening its ability to provide integrated and international asset management expertise. Building on its long-standing presence in London, as well as recent growth of their teams in Luxembourg and Dublin, Eversheds Sutherland continues to reinforce its position across key European funds and asset management hubs. Paris plays a central role in this capability, particularly in light of increasing cross-border investment flows towards Luxembourg and beyondTiana’s arrival in Paris mirrors that of Codrina Constantinescu at the end of 2025, a Luxembourg-based partner leading the funds practice. Together, they intend to deliver an integrated offering for European GPs through a Franco-Luxembourg team of at least eight professionals (taking into account ongoing recruitment), with expertise in fund structuring and distribution.

The Franco-Luxembourg platform is in response to growing demand from asset managers, sponsors and investors for coordinated support in order to enable greater efficiency. While Luxembourg remains Europe’s leading domicile for investment funds, the combination of Eversheds Sutherland’s French, Luxembourg, English, Irish and US capabilities will allow the firm to support clients across the entire lifecycle of their funds, from fundraising through to European deployment.

Admitted to the Paris Bar in 2005, Tiana holds an LLM in International and Comparative Business Law from London Metropolitan University, as well as a postgraduate degree (DEA) in Business and Economic Law from Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne.

Prior to joining Eversheds Sutherland, she was a Partner in the Asset Management group at Willkie Farr & Gallagher in Paris, where she co-headed the investment funds practice. She previously worked at leading international law firms including SJ Berwin/KWM, Ashurst, Clifford Chance and Stephenson Harwood.

Deeply committed to promoting diversity, Tiana is involved in several international networks promoting better representation of women in the asset management industry. She also teaches investment fund structuring in the Master 2 Financial Law programme at Université Paris-Panthéon-Assas and regularly contributes to the DJCE network.