Olivier Coekelbergs

Olivier Coekelbergs leads Ernst & Young’s Private Equity Practice for audit, advisory and tax services in Luxembourg.
With more than 12 years experience in servicing major private equity houses and small and mid-sized general partners around the globe, Olivier has gained an in-depth knowledge of the private equity and venture capital industry. Olivier is a recognised expert in the valuation of illiquid assets and in the application of the International Private Equity and Venture Capital Valuation Guidelines.

Over the past few years, Olivier has led audit assignments for a large number of private equity and venture capital funds investing in a wide range of underlying assets and following different strategies. Olivier has led major advisory engagements for general partners and fund administrators to assist them in the implementation of valuation methodologies, risk control procedures and reporting frameworks, as well as IFRS and US GAAP conversions. Moreover, Olivier has advised multinational and local fund administrators and depositaries in the set-up of their private equity desks. Olivier has also led several due diligences for large and mid-sized general partners in the context of international acquisitions.

Olivier further provides expertise on the set-up and structuring of direct private equity and venture capital vehicles in Luxembourg, such as SICARs, SIFs and SOPARFIs.

Currently Olivier advises various general partners and service providers on the implications of the Alternative Investment Fund Managers (AIFM) Directive.

Olivier holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business having majored in auditing and accountancy from the Facultés Universitaires Catholiques de Mons (Belgium). He is “Réviseur d’entreprises agréé” - Luxembourg chartered accountant - and is a member of the Private Equity, Venture Capital and SICAR Committee of the Association of the Luxembourg Fund Industry (ALFI). He is equally a member of the Accounting and Valuation group of the Luxembourg Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (LPEA) and acts as instructor on private equity valuations at the European Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (EVCA) Institute in Brussels.
Olivier is fluent in English and French and has basic knowledge of Italian and Dutch.

Private Equity at Ernst & Young, Luxembourg

With over 100 professionals fully and exclusively dedicated to private equity, Ernst & Young has the largest and leading private equity practice on the local market providing audit, advisory, tax, transactions and valuation services to the industry. Ernst & Young, Luxembourg, is a key supporter of the private equity industry both in Luxembourg and abroad. The Ernst & Young Private Equity Practice has contributed to the design of the SICAR law and is one of the founding members of the LPEA, which represents and promotes private equity and venture capital locally as well as globally. Furthermore, Ernst & Young, Luxembourg, actively supports private equity industry associations such as ALFI, EVCA and LPEA in their contribution to the implementation of the AIFM Directive.