Tiana Rambatomanga
Partner, Asset Management
Tiana Rambatomanga is a partner in the Asset Management Department in Paris.
Tiana’s practice covers all segments relating to private funds, with a particular focus on private equity, infrastructure, renewable energies, debt and real estate funds. She specializes in advising investment managers on legal, regulatory and commercial matters relevant to the creation and fundraisings of private funds and investment platforms.
Tiana’s experience covers a broad range of products and strategies, from large private funds to smaller market players and bespoke products in particular regarding « retailization » of private markets.
She has extensive experience in particular concerning the formation of general and sector-based French, Luxemburg and pan-European it regulated and unregulated funds, including LBO funds, mezzanine funds, venture capital funds, funds of funds, secondary funds, master/feeder structures. She regularly acts for LPs in relation to their funds’ investments and advises on secondary transactions.
Tiana also advises portfolio managers and institutional investors throughout their business development, including co-investments, joint-venture, club-deals, spin-offs, set-up of French approved management companies and investment advisers.
Tiana is a member of Level 20, a European association that promotes the presence of women in the private equity industry and is a member of the legal committee of France Invest.
She regularly lectures on investment funds and GP/LPs relationships in France and the UK (Master ESCP Paris, MBA Oxford University) and has been involved in student mentoring programs to promote equal opportunities.
In 2022, Tiana lectured a virtual Masterclass "Finance Sociale et Durable/Sustainable Finance" session at Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers on the ESG Revolution: Regulatory framework and key benefits for Private funds.
Tiana Rambatomanga also authored an article in CF – Le Courrier Financier on the FCPR Evergreen funds dedicated to unit-like insurance policies, as she’s the first practitioner on the French market to have structured this type of new private equity products.
Tiana has also been ranked by Legal 500 EMEA 2024 as “Leading Individual." With a client remarking that “‘Tiana Rambatomanga and her team are impactful and innovative in the solutions they provide to clients. Tiana is very creative, which customers really appreciate."
Chambers Europe 2024 recognizes Tiana in Band 3 for Private Equity: Fund Formation – France.
Tiana has also been recognized by Best Lawyers 2024 in Private Equity.
She has also been recognized by leading corporate publication CFnews as an outstanding business women in the Infrastructure industry in France in 2022.
Experience
- Chambers Europe 2024 recognizes Tiana in Band 3 for Private Equity: Fund Formation – France.
- The Legal 500 EMEA 2024 ranks Tiana as “Leading Individual”
- Best Lawyers 2025 recognizes Tiana Rambatomanga in Private Equity
- Leading corporate publication CFNews recognizes Tiana as an outstanding business women in the Infrastructure Industry in France in 2022.
Publications
- Client Alert : SFDR 2024 : Bilan et première mise en pratique des rapports périodiques pour des fonds « durables » (art. 8 et 9) – Mars 2024
- Interview in the Private Equity Magazine, along with Guillaume Cousseran (Seven2) – “La structuration d'APEO a permis de faire tomber les barrières de la liquidité et du ticket minimum d'entrée » - March 2023
- Publication in the Private Equity Magazine – « Loi ELTIF 2.0 et la loi industrie Verte : décryptage des nouveautés 2024 pour le Private Equity » November/December 2024
- Interview in CFNews : « Les fonds Evergreen font mouche dans l’épargne française » February 2024
- Publication in Option Finance – « Private Assets : 2024, l’année du PER » - May 2024
- Interview in the Private Equity Magazine – “La Réglementation se met à l’heure de la démocratisation du Private Equity » February 2024
Speaking Engagements
- PEWIN - Private Equity Women Investor Network
- PEWIN French Chapter – June 2024
- Tiana is a lecturer on Private Funds topics at the Université de Montpellier for 11 DJCE (Diplôme de Juriste Conseil d'Entreprise) at Montpellier's Faculty of Law and Political Science)
- Elevation Capital Partners in the structuring of the FCPR funds Elevation Miriad-Vie and Elevation Immo-Vie
- Bpifrance Investissement on the structuring of the "Bpifrance Entreprises Avenir 1" fund
- Seven2 (formerly Apax) on the structuring of the APAX APEO Evergreen fund
- Indigo Capital on the structuring of and fundraising for Indigo Capital III
- Epopée Gestion on the structuring of and fundraising for the Epopée Infra Climat I fund
- Demeter on the structuring of and fundraising for its Climate Infrastructure Fund
Credentials
Education
Université Paris I - Panthéon-Sorbonne, DEA, 2003 London Metropolitan University, LL.M., 2001