International & Cross-Border Capabilities | Global

A&O Shearman has a truly top-tier international practice and is an exceptional choice to handle cross-border matters involving Luxembourg. The team coordinates with the law firm's wide network of European and global offices, providing an integrated, streamlined legal service to national and international clients, with particularly strong links to its London hub. Legal practitioners in Luxembourg play an important role in contributing towards the law firm's overall European strength, acting admirably on Luxembourg aspects of cross-border deals and being very well established in the local market.

The firm's high-end legal practice offers a full service of distinguished capabilities. The law firm's main strengths include market-leading M&A, finance, capital markets fund structures and tax, assisting a varied client base of global banks, asset management companies and other financial institutions. The law firm also offers solid expertise in dispute resolution, where it has a notable track record of working on cross-border matters. 

Arendt & Medernach is a market-leading independent law firm with a formidable reputation. The firm offers exceptional international and cross-border capabilities and is regarded as a counsel of choice for international matters that require Luxembourg law input. Clients praise the law firm's collaborative work with partner firms on cross-border issues, and the firm maintains good relationships abroad via a number of small offices around Europe and in New York and Hong Kong. The law firm is also the sole member of the Lex Mundi network for Luxembourg, playing a significant role in advising many international clients on Luxembourg aspects of deals.

Arendt & Medernach provides a distinguished full-service practice for international legal work. It excels across a range of areas, which include transactional and contentious work, particularly in banking and finance, M&A, investment structuring and fund formation. The team routinely adopts international roles, acting for a multitude of national and global companies and financial institutions. 

A highly rated international law firm in Luxembourg, Clifford Chance has a strong international identity, making it an excellent choice for global and multinational clients. The law firm's international network is a strong source of appeal for clients and the team can coordinate with other Clifford Chance offices to provide an integrated and well-connected service. Through the team's long-established presence in the market, the law firm has built a robust reputation and frequently advises on Luxembourg legal elements of cross-border deals.

Clifford Chance is particularly formidable in investment funds, banking and finance, and dispute resolution, and offers tried and tested international and cross-border capabilities across these areas, often advising global financial institutions and asset management companies. Clients point out that the Luxembourg office works particularly well in conjunction with colleagues in France and Germany, covering several important financial hubs in the European market, as well as with their counterparts in New York. The firm also possesses strength in M&A matters.

Elvinger Hoss Prussen is a highly reputable independent law firm offering a full-service scope of high-calibre practices. The law firm is well embedded in the local market and has excellent capabilities to handle international matters. The firm is adaptive in cross-border scenarios and forms allegiances with peer firms to cater for the specific demands of different clients and matters. With an additional offices in New York and Hong Kong, the law firm routinely advises international and Asian-based clients on legal and regulatory matters in the Luxembourg market. Clients recognise the law firm for its good understanding of Japanese clients and culture. 

Elvinger Hoss Prussen excels across a number of transactional areas, with particular strengths in investment funds, and M&A. It is also well regarded for its abilities in banking and finance and cross-border tax matters, as well as hosting an outstanding team in dispute resolution. These are all areas in which the team frequently takes on international roles and is known for working with a number of jurisdictions.

Linklaters has developed respectable international capabilities in its Luxembourg office, emerging as a strong choice of firm to handle cross-border matters. Legal practitioners in Luxembourg frequently collaborate with colleagues from other Linklaters offices and it maintains particularly strong ties to its head office in London. The Luxembourg team plays an important role in strengthening Linklaters' global practice by routinely acting on Luxembourg aspects of deals for clients investing in European jurisdictions. 

Linklaters has notable appeal for cross-border work, particularly in the areas of capital markets, banking and finance, and investment funds, and the firm also hosts a robust dispute resolution team. Clients often turn to Linklaters for its international footprint, with an impressive following from international financial institutions, multinational companies and blue-chip asset managers.

Loyens & Loeff is a renowned Benelux law firm with a well-established presence in Luxembourg. Alongside offices in the Netherlands, Belgium and Switzerland, the Luxembourg team acts as one of the law firm's central hubs. Loyens & Loeff also has a presence outside Europe, with offices in the USA and Asia playing a key role in maintaining relationships with firms and clients in other jurisdictions. The firm's lawyers routinely advise on local legal aspects of cross-border matters, providing an integrated and seamless service for clients.

Like other Loyens & Loeff offices in Europe, the legal team is renowned for its expertise in tax law and handles matters that often involve pan-European or US cross-border elements. The law firm also offers strong cross-border capabilities across its banking and finance, M&A, investment funds and disputes practices, in which matters regularly involve several jurisdictions, making the law firm an excellent choice for handling cross-border matters.

Baker McKenzie offers one of the most expansive and established international footprints in the legal industry, and its global reach is frequently referred to by clients as one of its primary assets. Its global reach means Baker McKenzie is well versed in handling cross-border matters from its Luxembourg office, offering an integrated and streamlined legal service to clients, a key element of its international strategy. 

Baker McKenzie's Luxembourg office plays a critical role in the law firm's international investment funds practice, which often services global asset managers and public or private institutional investors in Luxembourg. The law firm also has a transactional focus on M&A and banking and finance, and their cross-border transactions tend to involve a mixture of clients in the real estate and private equity sectors, often incorporating multiple jurisdictions. 

BSP is an excellent independent law firm that is well established in the local market. The law firm has a notable capacity to advise international clients on Luxembourg aspects of a wide range of transactional and contentious cross-border legal matters, which makes BSP a strong contender to handle international mandates. 

BSP is particularly well versed in dispute resolution, corporate/M&A, and banking and finance, where mandates regularly involve international components, and the firm is considered top-tier in the region when it comes to tax matters. The firm also has international desks focused on serving French, German and Italian clients and frequently coordinates with legal practitioners based in these European jurisdictions, as well as partnering with other law firms to handle cross-border matters.

Stibbe is a well-reputed Benelux law firm with solid international and cross-border capabilities. The Luxembourg team works closely with Stibbe's international network and offices, which are located across the Benelux region, as well as in the key market of London. As part of its strategy, Stibbe also coordinates with other leading law firms, having built effective and non-exclusive relationships with firms globally.

The Stibbe team in Luxembourg has a good record in handling M&A, banking and finance, and tax matters involving international components. It has an impressive following from international corporations and financial institutions, typically advising these clients on Luxembourg aspects of cross-border deals, often involving European jurisdictions.

DLA Piper is a well-respected international law firm with a strong footprint around the world and a growing presence in the Benelux region. The law firm's Luxembourg office in particular has a notable cross-border offering, able to leverage its network of offices across the globe to provide seamless support and an integrated service to national and multinational clients. 

DLA Piper possesses a respected team in Luxembourg that excels across a number of practice areas including intellectual property and TMT. The law firm also has good capabilities in banking and finance and tax, and clients often turn to the firm for its specialist knowledge in fund structuring and private equity matters, where the firm often acts as lead counsel.