Corporate/M&A
Europe Guide 2024 : Luxembourg
Band 1
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Provided by Arendt & Medernach
The lawyers in Arendt's corporate law, mergers and acquisitions practice offer comprehensive legal services covering the full spectrum of corporate transactions to clients including multinational corporations, major commercial companies, ambitious domestic entrepreneurs and visionary start-ups.
Our mergers and acquisitions lawyers provide legal services to public and private companies on:
- Domestic and cross-border merger and acquisition transactions
- Complex multi-jurisdictional corporate restructuring
- Change of control transactions, including tender and exchange offers
- Fundraising
- Acquisition, sale or reorganisation of subsidiaries
- Division and asset deals
- Joint ventures
- Strategic alliances
- Recapitalisations and liquidations
The corporate lawyers also provide ongoing advice to clients’ in-house legal teams on general company law matters and all corporate law issues affecting day-to-day operations.
Our corporate and mergers and acquisitions lawyers additionally advise companies, their directors and executives regarding all corporate governance, fiduciary duty, compliance, and director and officer liability issues.
We also advise creditors and financially-distressed entities on insolvency, bankruptcy and forced reorganisation proceedings.
Chambers Review
Arendt & Medernach is a corporate powerhouse with a deep bench of practitioners advising on high-value cross-border deals. The team frequently assists with acquisitions and joint ventures, representing multinational private equity houses and corporate entities from a variety of industries, including financial services and TMT. The law firm also represents special purpose acquisition companies in business combinations. Additionally, its lawyers have notable experience acting for clients on satellite and space law transactions.
Work Highlights
- The team at Arendt & Medernach advised Oaktree Capital Management on its voluntary public takeover offer for all no-par value shares of Deutsche EuroShop.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"The lawyers at Arendt & Medernach are absolutely responsive, commercially aware and flexible."
"Arendt & Medernach provides great service, having an extremely deep and talented team."
"The lawyers at Arendt & Medernach are absolutely responsive, commercially aware and flexible."
"Arendt & Medernach provides great service, having an extremely deep and talented team."
Notable Practitioners
Guy Harles has noteworthy experience advising international clients on the Luxembourg aspects of high-value cross-border mergers.
One of the leading lawyers in the Luxembourg market, Laurent Schummer assists clients with business combinations, public takeovers and mergers, as well as advising private equity houses on transactions.
"Laurent Schummer is a talented lawyer who knows us very well."
The highly esteemed Pierre Beissel frequently advises leading international private equity houses on high-value cross-border acquisitions and divestments.
Alexander Olliges advises leading international private equity houses on high-value cross-border acquisitions. He has further recent experience in de-SPAC transactions and joint ventures.
"Alexander Olliges' calm demeanour is always appreciated and he is always available to discuss any matter."
Sébastien Binard joins the rankings this year following his involvement on the firm's key mandates. He advises major corporate and private equity firms on cross-border mergers transactions.
"Sébastien Binard is talented and knowledgeable."
Ranked Lawyers at
Arendt & Medernach
Luxembourg
Members
Provided by Arendt & Medernach
Astrid Wagner
Bob Calmes
Carsten Opitz
Sophie Wagner-Chartier
Sébatien Binard