Armel Waisse

Practice Areas

Banking & Finance

Litigation & Dispute Resolution

Restructuring & Insolvency

Career

Partner at MOLITOR Avocats à la Cour

Professional Memberships

Chair of the civil law committee at the Luxembourg Bar Association

Expert in private European law for the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CBBE)

Member of the Luxembourg Association of Banking Lawyers (ALJB)

Member and treasurer of the Luxembourg Association of Arbitration (LAA)

Member of the legal commission of the Association of Banks and Bankers in Luxembourg (ABBL)

Publications

Main publications include the following:

"Article 2016 du Code civil : la protection de la caution en trompe-l’œil", Journal des tribunaux Luxembourg, 2025, No. 100, pp. 127-131.

"Le banquier et l’apparence", in Droit bancaire et financier au Luxembourg, Anthemis – Larcier, 2024, vol. 2, No. 13, pp. 693–748.

"Stupeur et tremblements : un coup porté de manière inattendue au contrat de garantie financière", obs. sous Cour d’appel (9e ch.), 19 janvier 2023 et Cour d’appel (9e ch.), 11 janvier 2024, Journal des tribunaux Luxembourg, 2024, No. 92, pp. 44–52.

"Méfiez-vous de l’argent qui dort ! Analyse de la loi du 30 mars 2022 relative aux comptes inactifs, aux coffres-forts inactifs et aux contrats d’assurance en déshérence" (co-authored with Laurent Henneresse), JurisNews Droit bancaire, 2022/4 (Part I) et 2023/1–3 (Part II), pp. 159–180.

"Il faut être enthousiaste de son métier pour y exceller", in Liber Amicorum Denis Philippe, Larcier, 2022, vol. 2, Cabinets de curiosités pour un juriste passionné, under the direction de Grégory Minne and Alain Strowel, pp. 1503–1504.

"Bail commercial et Covid-19 : la réduction du loyer au nom du solidarisme contractuel. – obs. sous Trib. Luxembourg (14e ch.) 28 juin 2021, n° 2021TALCH14/00100", JurisNews Droit des obligations et des contrats spéciaux, No. 4/2021, pp. 119–124.

"Fraude et abus dans la réalisation du gage : planche de salut ou… vain espoir", Revue internationale du droit des affaires (DAOR), 2021/4, No. 140, pp. 138–144.

Note (with Alex Schmitt) under Luxembourg District Court (6th ch.), 13 February 2020, Journal des tribunaux Luxembourg, 2021, No. 76, pp. 124–126.

"Professional Payment Guarantees: no more room for doubt" (co-authored with Laurent Henneresse), JurisNews Droit bancaire, No. 3–4/2020, pp. 123–130 (Part I) et No. 1/2021, pp. 131–134 (Part II).

"Clause d’arbitrage et référé-provision : la nécessité de l’urgence", Revue des Procédures, 2021, No. 2, pp. 24–42.

"Gage, fraude et abus : les liaisons dangereuses?", in Philippe Dupont & André Prüm (dir.), Le gage de la loi du 5 août 2005 sur les contrats de garantie financière, Anthemis, 2021, pp. 199–294.

Contribution au Code Larcier Luxembourg – Code civil comparé (Luxembourg, Belgique, France), joint publication of the Groupe de réflexion en droit privé luxembourgeois, directed by David Hiez, Larcier, 2021.

"La cession de contrat en droit luxembourgeois : le triomphe du consentement?", in Mélanges en l’honneur du Professeur Pascal Ancel, Larcier, 2020, pp. 623–646.

"La pianiste, la banque commissionnaire et le fonds d’investissement: quand le rideau tombe en cours de représentation", JurisNews Droit bancaire, No. 1–2/2020, pp. 115–122.

Industry Sector Expertise

Armel is an accomplished litigator and acts as legal counsel for a wide array of institutional and corporate clients before arbitration tribunals and Luxembourg judicial courts. Over the years, she has demonstrated her natural talent for negotiation and pleadings. and has successfully dealt with an extensive range of intricate legal issues (such as shareholder disputes, banking liability and director liability).

Armel is also highly regarded for her sound knowledge in banking, insolvency, commercial and financial law. She advises on cross-border and domestic financing, and assists lenders and corporate clients on restructuring deals involving the enforcement of Luxembourg security interests and she acts for creditors in insolvency matters for both regulated and unregulated Luxembourg based entities.

Expert in these Jurisdictions

Luxembourg

Languages Spoken

English and French

Education