Goodwin Procter has hired the head of CMS's tax practice in Luxembourg, furthering Goodwin's continued expansion in Europe.

Bastien Voisin advises institutional investors, asset managers, multinational technology and life sciences companies and high-net-worth individuals on all aspects of international taxation and cross-border structuring. He focuses in particular on the private investment funds industry, including private equity, real estate, venture capital and hedge funds.

Before practicing at CMS, Voisin worked at Link Asset Services, KPMG and Deloitte on international corporate tax issues. He was at CMS for about one year, according to his LinkedIn profile.

At Goodwin, Voisin will be part of the firm's international private investment funds practice, which serves the main financial services sectors, including real estate, venture capital, private equity, infrastructure, natural resources and hedge funds.

"As the go-to law firm for companies at the intersection of capital and innovation, we are seeing increased interest among our U.S. and European clients in structuring funds and doing deals in Luxembourg," David Evans, chairman of Goodwin's European offices, said in a statement. "Tax advice in our Luxembourg office has become critical as we broaden our platform in line with client demand."

Michael Halford, head of the private investment funds practice for Europe and Asia, noted that Luxembourg is now one of the major fund management centers in Europe, and is the most viable EU jurisdiction post-Brexit to handle regulatory matters.

Voisin said he decided to make the move to Goodwin because he wanted to focus more on the alternative investment and private equity sector, which is growing in Luxembourg, and Goodwin has a strong fund formation practice in the U.S., Europe and Asia. The firm also "offers me the opportunity to return to a U.S. market in the fund sector that is familiar to me and that I particularly like after my years of experience spent in New York," he said.

Goodwin has been steadily expanding in Europe. The firm said its European offices now have nearly 200 lawyers, almost all of whom are dedicated to the private equity, technology, life sciences and real estate industries. 

Last week, Goodwin hired CMS London and U.K. head of private equity James Grimwood, who had been with CMS for more than two decades. In December, it opened an office in Cambridge, England, as part of a push to break into the city's life sciences and technology market.

CMS declined to comment.

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