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

  • Arendt & Medernach assisted Partners Group with the acquisition of ROSEN Group.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Guy Harles
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Guy Harles
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Senior Statespeople

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

Guy Harles is an excellent lawyer on all fronts and a real support to our business.

Guy Harles is one of the most respected and influential figures in Luxembourg. His expertise is beyond question.

Laurent Schummer
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Laurent Schummer
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Eminent Practitioners

One of the prominent 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 one of the most experienced and commercially minded lawyers in the market.

Pierre Beissel
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Pierre Beissel
2
Band 2

The highly esteemed Pierre Beissel frequently advises leading international private equity houses on high-value, cross-border acquisitions and divestments.

Pierre Beissel has great commercial acumen and is fun to work with.

Pierre's knowledge of the regulatory framework makes him a sought-after attorney to partner with in the region.

Alexander Olliges
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Alexander Olliges
3
Band 3

Alexander Olliges advises leading international private equity houses on high-value, cross-border acquisitions. He has further experience in de-SPAC transactions and joint ventures.

Alexander Olliges is an ideal partner for our needs. He is consistently reliable and always available to support us.

Alexander Olliges is extremely hard-working, very proactive and responsive.

Sébastien Binard
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Sébastien Binard
3
Band 3

Sébastien Binard advises major corporate and private equity firms on cross-border mergers, acquisitions and sales. He highlights recent strength in the retail and healthcare sectors.

Sébastien Binard gives excellent, clear and concise advice and is very user-friendly.

Sébastien Binard is a great professional with strong knowledge of his practice and market. He is always available, pragmatic and nice to work with.

Ranked Lawyers at
Arendt & Medernach

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Luxembourg

Corporate/M&A

Guy Harles
S
Guy Harles
S
Senior Statespeople
Laurent Schummer
E
Laurent Schummer
E
Eminent Practitioners
Pierre Beissel
2
Pierre Beissel
2
Band 2
Alexander Olliges
3
Alexander Olliges
3
Band 3
Sébastien Binard
3
Sébastien Binard
3
Band 3

Members

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Alexander Olliges

Astrid Wagner

Carsten Opitz

Sophie Wagner-Chartier

Sébastien Binard