A specialist in corporate law, joined Clifford Chance as a Partner in 2016 and represents the firm on the board of the Luxembourg Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (LPEA) and is a member of its Legal Technical Committee.

Gauzès has plenty of experience advising clients from the private equity and real estate industry on the structuring of complex international transactions, corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions as well as the reorganisation and setting up of various company structures and joint ventures in Luxembourg.

She started her career in Luxembourg at Arendt & Medernach in 2002 and rose to become a partner in 2011.

In a statement from the law firm, Gauzès, who is also a French foreign trade advisor and a former member of the Luxembourg Bar Council, said she was grateful for the opportunity. “The Luxembourg office has been growing steadily, attracting great and diverse talents across all our practices,” she added. “Our Luxembourg team plays a key role on both a local, European and global level, advising our clients on their most critical and complex cross-border matters.”

Steve Jacoby, who previously held the post of managing partner of the Luxembourg office and who is now regional managing partner for continental Europe welcomed her appointment. ”I look forward to working closely together with Katia to deliver our One Europe strategy, contributing to make our client and market share grow, attracting and retaining the best talents in our region, and further strengthening our position as the leading global law firm in Europe,” he said in a statement.

Clifford Chance global managing partner also added his congratulations, saying he was confident that “Gauzès would be of great value to both our Luxembourg office and our European team.”