Stellan Partners

Managing Partner:Catherine Baflast

Executive Committee:Catherine Baflast, Audrey Rustichelli

Head of Practice: Sabrina Alvaro, Catherine Baflast, Jean-Yves Lhommel, Cédric Raffoul, Audrey Rustichelli, Serge Hoffmann, Wim Ritz.

Firm Overview:

Stellan Partners, previously PwC Legal is an independent law firm registered to the Luxembourg Bar. We are defined by our commitment to excellence, blending solid legal expertise with extensive business acumen and rigor. With our strong international outlook, we provide sophisticated, high-end legal services that transcend traditional boundaries, offering our clients a unique blend of sound legal insight with forward-thinking solutions. Our history has been shaped by a strong international vision and business focus approach having been part for more than six years of a global network. This journey which uniquely positions us among law firms enhanced our cross-border capabilities and refined our business-focused and pragmatic approach to legal practice. Today, as Stellan Partners we continue this legacy independently, combining global insight with deep legal and business knowledge to deliver practical, tailored solutions to our clients.

Stellan Partners is a full-service law firm offering a broad spectrum of legal services across a wide range of practice areas including:

• • Alternative Funds & Investor Services
  • Banking, Finance & Capital Markets
  • Corporate, M&A, Restructuring
  • Employment Law
  • New Technologies, Data & IP
  • Private Equity
  • Real Estate

International Reach:

We also bring a strong international perspective enabling us to effectively support clients on complex cross-border projects. With six years as a member of a leading global network, we have deepened our international roots and connections, sharpened our business acumen, and advised clients across multiple jurisdictions. This extensive experience firmly establishes us as a trusted partner for your multinational projects and legal matters. Our team possesses deep expertise in navigating cross-border legal and regulatory landscapes, cultivated through long-standing relationships in key markets around the world. We serve a diverse client base including sophisticated investors, multinational corporations notably across the U.S. and Europe, as well as both established and emerging players in Latin America. This broad global footprint, combined with sharp local insights, enables us to provide seamless support on complex international matters with the rigor, responsiveness, and quality our clients expect.

Alternative Funds & Investor Services:

The Alternative Funds & Investor Services team advises and assists fund managers, depositary banks, central administrations, board of directors and any fund industry stakeholders:

• Product Life Cycle Management: From initial structuring, to day-to-day maintenance of the fund documentation up until special events that may impact the funds, such as restructurings or liquidations, covering the entire range of liquidity (from UCITS to exotic assets), whether the funds are regulated or not
• Regulatory queries impacting the asset management industry be it related to the AIFMD, UCITS Directive, SFTR, Benchmark Regulation, PRIIPS…
• Depositary Banks: impact assessment and implementation of new regulations
• Set-up and strategic or regulatory restructurings of depositary banks and management companies
• Regulatory investigations and sanctions for Luxembourg regulated entities and their service providers abroad

Contact: Wim Ritz

Email: [email protected]

Banking, Finance & Capital Markets:

The firm’s expertise covers:

• Banking: Secured lending, leveraged finance, acquisition finance, asset finance, real estate finance, restructuring and insolvency, regulatory matters relating to the financial services industry)
• Debt & Equity Capital Markets: Bond issues and debt issuance programs, Listing on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange, clearing and settlement, regulatory matters relating to the financial markets)
• Securitisation & Structured Finance: Conventional and synthetic securitisation, asset-backed securities, repackaging, derivatives, securities lending)

Contact: Cédric Raffoul

Email: [email protected]

Corporate Structuring:

The type of corporate structures implemented varies greatly from one project to another and may for instance imply:

• Setting up various types of companies (Luxembourg and foreign companies (limited liability, public limited and others), partnerships and branches, dual nationality companies)
• Migration of entities to and from Luxembourg
• Implementation of intra-group financing structures
• International mergers

Contacts: Catherine Baflast, Jean-Yves Lhommel

Emails: [email protected], [email protected]

M&A, Private Equity:

The M&A team advises and assists buyers, sellers and management teams on:

• Due diligence on Luxembourg companies and coordination of due diligence abroad
• Negotiation and drafting of letters of intent, confidentiality agreements, term sheets, shareholders agreements, articles of incorporation and mergers corporate documentation, shared and asset purchase agreements and any other corporate or contractual documentation necessary
• Regulatory aspects; particularly for private equity clients
• Financing structures such as negotiation of loan documentation, security package, legal opinions
• Employment aspects including transfers of undertakings, stock options and other incentive plans The firm has experience in numerous sectors: holding companies, operational companies and professionals of the financial sector.

Contact: Catherine Baflast

Email: [email protected]

Employment:

The firm’s expertise covers:

• Day-to-Day Employment Law: Employment and consultancy agreements, restrictive covenants, disciplinary procedures, dismissals and negotiation of settlements
• Employee Incentive & Pension Scheme: Stock option plans, share option and any other incentive schemes with a multidisciplinary approach involving tax, corporate and regulatory aspects
• Corporate Reorganisation & Restructuring Operations: Transfer of undertaking, collective dismissal procedures and negotiation of social plan
• International Mobility: Expatriations, secondments and other cross-border employment situations

Contact: Sabrina Alvaro

Email: [email protected]

New Technologies, Data & IP:

The firm’s expertise covers:

• Data Protection: Personal data processing, data transfer, focus on the New General Data Protection Regulation
• Information Technology: Contractual assistance, protection and licensing, outsourcing, security, regulatory
• Internet & E-Commerce: Web sites, internet service providers, use of internet and email
• Intellectual Property: Protection of IP rights, exploitation of IP rights, enforcement of IP rights
• Media & Communications: Telecom, media, advertising
• IP/IT Litigation: IP-related litigation, IP-related amicable settlements

Contact: Audrey Rustichelli

Email: [email protected]

Real Estate:

Our service offering covers the full range of real estate advice relating to retail, office, logistics, industrial and residential properties, such as:

• real estate asset acquisitions and disposals (share and asset deals),
• the choice of vehicle,
• development and construction aspects,
• drafting and negotiating lease agreements, forward leases, long leases, financial leases and joint venture agreements,
• advice on all aspects of zoning and building law,
• public-private partnerships,
• authorization requirements,
• handling property, construction and planning disputes, and
• environmental issues such as liability proceedings and pollution.

Contact: Serge Hoffmann

Email:[email protected]