About

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Our Capital Markets and Banking group is known for being solution-driven and commercially aware. Our involvement in a wide range of the most complex and high-profile transactions seen in the market over the years has put our team at the cutting edge of financing solutions, ensuring we are familiar with recent developments.


It has also enabled us to offer clients constructive and practical advice, balancing the competing requirements of all involved using our knowledge of market expectations.


We advise lenders, borrowers and other financial players across the full spectrum of banking products, including acquisitions and takeover financings, bilateral and syndicated plain-vanilla credit facilities, real estate finance and bank/bond financing structures (including green and social bonds) as well as restructuring and insolvency.


Within these areas, our strength lies in our ability to handle the increasingly complex needs of the market in the current financial environment and to integrate our high yield and restructuring expertise. 


In the area of the financial regulation, we advise the whole range of regulated services with particular emphasis on regulatory matters for professionals of the financial and insurance sectors, including licensing matters, acquisition and/or reorganisations, resolution, as well as advice on market rules and regulations (AML, market abuse, EMIR, SFTR, BRRD, MiFID II, PSD II, MCD, Solvency II, IDD, CSDR) and private banking products. 

Chambers Review

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Banking & Finance - Luxembourg

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What the Team is Known For

Linklaters is esteemed for its expertise in complex and high-profile transactions, acting for lenders and borrowers on a broad spectrum of mandates, including asset finance, real estate finance, acquisition finance and restructuring. Its lawyers offer a broad range of capital markets advice, including bond offerings and MTN programmes, as well as securitisation transactions. Team members also demonstrate substantial skill in navigating clients through financial services regulations in Luxembourg. The Luxembourg office utilises its global network to win instructions from international banks.

Work Highlights

  • Linklaters advised a consortium of lenders on the EUR213 million green loan financing for Atenor's real estate project in Luxembourg's Cloche d'Or district.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Nicki Kayser
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Nicki Kayser
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Nicki Kayser has a standout capital markets practice, advising on MTN programmes and green bond issuances, as well as securitisation transactions.

If Nicki Kayser is on the banking side then transactions run like clockwork.

Patrick Geortay
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Patrick Geortay
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Patrick Geortay has a market-leading banking and finance practice advising clients in different sectors on a variety of financings, including structured and asset finance. Additionally, he is active on debt capital markets matters and his expertise also spans the regulatory aspects of transactions.

Patrick Geortay knows our company and our priorities well, and so can help quickly.

Patrick Geortay prepares advice on complex restructurings in a speedy way.

Eliane Dejardin Botelho
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Eliane Dejardin Botelho
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Band 2

Eliane Dejardin Botelho is well placed to advise international banking groups on acquisition finance and loan structuring matters, with further expertise in banking regulatory issues.

Eliane Dejardin Botelho displays excellent business and legal expertise, and is very concise in her work.

Eliane is deeply knowledgeable, responsive and has a good overview on best practice. She is also committed and really likes what she is doing.

Eliane has excellent knowledge of our activity and demonstrates a thorough approach.

Eliane is highly skilled and brings strong technical expertise to every matter. Her energetic and business-friendly approach makes her a valued and trusted adviser.

Eliane Dejardin Botelho has excellent technical and commercial skills.

Melinda Perera
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Melinda Perera
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Melinda Perera has a wide-ranging practice assisting clients with complex cross-border transactions, including refinancings, real estate financings and asset financing mandates. In addition, she advises on debt capital market transactions, such as the issuance of green bonds and EMTN programmes.

Melinda Perera is a real asset to the law firm in terms of her in-depth knowledge and approachability.

Melinda has detailed knowledge of Luxembourg and international legal aspects, paired with outstanding responsiveness and motivation.

She consistently demonstrates a deep understanding of complex legal issues, paired with a practical and solution-oriented approach that benefits her clients.

Melinda is super keen on maintaining a relationship with clients and is really on top of market updates.

She is at the top of my list of people to call when I have a Luxembourg law query.

Ranked Lawyers at
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Luxembourg

Banking & Finance

Patrick Geortay
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Patrick Geortay
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Band 1
Melinda Perera
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Melinda Perera
Head of Banking & Finance
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Band 2
Eliane Dejardin Botelho
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Eliane Dejardin Botelho
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Band 4
Banking & Finance: Regulatory

Eliane Dejardin Botelho
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Eliane Dejardin Botelho
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Band 2
Capital Markets

Nicki Kayser
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Nicki Kayser
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Band 1
Melinda Perera
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Melinda Perera
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Band 2
Patrick Geortay
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Patrick Geortay
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Band 3

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