Dr Stefan Staedter is a Partner in the Investment Management practice of Arendt & Medernach. He specialises in regulated and unregulated investment fund work, and mainly advises clients on the structuring and life cycle management of alternative investment funds – including real estate/infrastructure funds, private equity funds and debt funds, RAIFs / SIFs / SICARs and Luxembourg part II funds, as well as their respective management entities. Stefan is also one of the firm’s experts on European long-term investment funds (ELTIFs), and he advises the majority of ELTIFs established in Luxembourg.

He has been a member of the Koblenz Bar (Germany) and the Luxembourg Bar since 2015.

Prior to joining Arendt & Medernach, Stefan worked for several international law firms in Berlin, London and Luxembourg.

Stefan studied in Potsdam (Germany) and Paris (France). He holds a Master's in Law from the University of Paris-X (France), the German first (2009) and second (2014) state exams in law, and a German doctorate (2013). Stefan regularly publishes articles in European law journals and is a member of ALFI’s ELTIF Working Group and the ELTIF Task Force of Invest Europe. He also organises round-table discussions on ELTIF-related topics and is a frequent speaker at conferences.