About

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

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Corporate/M&A - Luxembourg

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Band 1

What the Team is Known For

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-related transactions.

Work Highlights

Provided by Arendt & Medernach

  • Arendt & Medernach acted for Tokeny in relation to a strategic investment by Apex.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Guy Harles
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Guy Harles
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Eminent Practitioners
Guy Harles has noteworthy experience advising international clients on the Luxembourg aspects of high-value cross-border mergers.

I have a lot of respect for Guy Harles. He is a nice guy who is an expert in the law in Luxembourg.

Laurent Schummer
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Laurent Schummer
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Band 1
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 very good lawyer who has many years of experience.

Laurent Schummer is just outstanding. He is a wonderful lawyer who is extremely sharp. He is intellectual, extremely legally competent and can answer any question.

Pierre Beissel
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Pierre Beissel
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Band 2
The highly esteemed Pierre Beissel frequently advises leading international private equity houses on high-value cross-border acquisitions and divestments.
Alexander Olliges
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Alexander Olliges
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Band 4
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 is a fantastic person. He is extremely knowledgeable and always offers us the most efficient advice. He is always calm, friendly, available and explains things to us very easily.

You can tell he enjoys his work from how he handles his clients.

Alexander Olliges is a very good technician who is very hard-working.

Sébastien Binard
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Sébastien Binard
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Band 4

Sébastien Binard advises major corporate and private equity firms on cross-border mergers, acquisitions and sales.

Sébastien Binard is a good technician.

Sébastien Binard is quite commercial and always available, which we really like.

Bob Calmes
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Bob Calmes
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Foreign Expert

Bob Calmes has notable experience advising US-based clients on sales and acquisitions involving Luxembourg.

Bob Calmes is a great operator and is very experienced in international transactions.

Ranked Lawyers at
Arendt & Medernach

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Luxembourg

Corporate/M&A

Guy Harles
E
Guy Harles
E
Eminent Practitioners
Laurent Schummer
1
Laurent Schummer
1
Band 1
Pierre Beissel
2
Pierre Beissel
2
Band 2
Alexander Olliges
4
Alexander Olliges
4
Band 4
Sébastien Binard
4
Sébastien Binard
4
Band 4
Bob Calmes
F
Bob Calmes
F
Foreign expert for USA

Members

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Alexander Olliges

Astrid Wagner

Carsten Opitz

Sophie Wagner-Chartier

Sébastien Binard