Karl Pardaens

Practice Areas

Structured finance and securitisations

Finance

Capital markets (debt and equity)

Corporate, mergers & acquisitions

Private wealth & estate planning

Career

Karl Pardaens’ principal fields of activity are corporate law, securitisation, mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, financial and securities law, and aviation law.

Karl is also involved in Fintech developments, more particularly in relation to digital ledger technologies (DLT) such as blockchains, smart contracts and virtual currencies.

Professional Memberships

Member of the Securitisation Committee of ALFI (Association of the Luxembourg Fund Industry).

Member of the Digital Strategy Committee of ABBL (The Luxembourg Bankers' Association).

Prior to joining the firm, Karl worked as an associate with the Brussels office of two major international law firms.

Member of the Luxembourg Bar since 2008.

Member of the Luxembourg Bar under his home title in 2005.

Member of the Brussels Bar since 1999.

Work Highlights

Elvinger Hoss Prussen advised Carlyle on the acquisition of Meopta

Sustainability-linked Revolving Credit Facility

Elvinger Hoss Prussen advised Apollo in connection with the establishment of Apollo Accord+ Fund, SCSp

Elvinger Hoss Prussen advised Apollo in connection with the set-up and close of Apollo Hybrid Value Overseas Partners (Lux) II, SCSp

Iconex - acquisition and financing

https://www.elvingerhoss.lu/news/selected-deals

Publications

Issues with trading of tokenized securities in Luxembourg: the DLT Pilot Regime as solution?

The future of issuance and trading of tokens (other than Financial Instruments) in Luxembourg: a MiCA preliminary analysis

Tokenised securities in Luxembourg: concept and legal considerations to be taken into account upon an issuance

Education

Languages Spoken

English

French

German

Luxembourgish

Dutch