Arendt & Medernach — Luxembourg
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- About Arendt - your legal, tax and business services firm in Luxembourg Arendt combines the entire value chain of services dedicated to asset managers, banks, insurers, public institutions, commercial companies and private clients operating in Luxembourg. - Legal and tax - Regulatory and consulting - Investor services Legal and tax: We assist clients in structuring and running their business from a legal and tax standpoint across Luxembourg. Our teams directly serve international clients or work in close collaboration with foreign partner law firms. Together, with our regulatory consultants and investor services experts, we bridge the gap between legal/tax advice and its implementation. We deliver best-in-class services for our clients’ business life cycle. With over 450 legal experts at Arendt & Medernach, we are able to advise you in the following areas: - Administrative law, property, construction and environment - Banking and financial services - Business crime - Commercial and insolvency - Corporate law, mergers and acquisitions - Litigation and dispute resolution - Employment law, pensions and benefits - EU financial and competition law - Finance and capital markets - Data, Tech & Commercial - Insurance and reinsurance law - Investment management - Private clients - Private equity and real estate - Tax law Regulatory and consulting: We help clients remain compliant while running a profitable business. What sets us apart is our ability to combine our business consulting skills with our extensive regulatory knowledge. Our regulatory and consulting services complement the legal expertise and investor services of Arendt. This allows us to advise and support companies as they navigate legal and regulatory challenges, enabling them to run their business in an efficient and compliant manner. With over 120 regulatory specialists at Arendt Regulatory & Consulting, we are able to assist you in: - Regulatory and AML/CFT compliance - ESG strategies - Cross-border distribution - Business and tech transformation - Forensic investigations, compliance and litigation support - Managed services Investor services: We help clients efficiently run the operational side of their business by providing a comprehensive suite of investor services. Deploying market leading technology, our 300 strong team provide clients with an integrated suite of fund and corporate services, delivered to the highest market standards. Our investor services complement the legal expertise and regulatory and consulting services of Arendt. We are a Professional of the Financial Sector (PFS) supervised by the CSSF and ISO 22301 certified. With over 300 investor services experts at Arendt Services and AManco, we are able to provide you with: - Corporate services - Fund administration services - Governance services - Operational AML and compliance services - Tax compliance services - Third party AIFM services Luxembourg, a European hub: The Luxembourg office of Arendt & Medernach, which is also the head office of the firm, was founded in 1988. Since its establishment with four founding partners, the firm has expanded considerably and now counts more than 470 legal experts. The teams are multi-cultural with more than 30 languages spoken. As the largest Luxembourg law firm, Arendt & Medernach provides clients with high-quality advice combining an in-depth understanding of the financial markets with specialised knowledge of the law. The service is characterised by a flexible approach and a responsive attitude to client relationships ### Languages ### More than 30 languages icnluding - Arabic - Polish - Portuguese - Russian - Spanish - Chinese (Mandarin and Cantonese) - Dutch - English - French - German - Greek - Italian - Luxembourgish ### Memberships - Lex Mundi - TerraLex - World Law Group (WLG) - World Services Group (WSG) ### Staffing Figures - 470 Number of lawyers - 63 Number of Partners
Office locations
Head Office
Head Office
41a Avenue Jf Kennedy 2082 Luxembourg Luxembourg L-2082
Practice areas
Lawyers in this office
Adrian Aldinger
Adrian Aldinger is a Partner in the Private Equity & Real Estate practice of Arendt & Medernach where he advises fund sponsors on all legal and regulatory aspects related to the structuring, formation, marketing and ongoing operation of alternative investment funds with a particular focus on real estate, private equity, debt and venture capital funds. Further areas of expertise include primary and secondary fund investments, fund governance and compliance, separately managed accounts, joint ventures as well as carried interest and co-investment arrangements. · Private Equity
Alain Goebel
Alain Goebel is a Partner in the Tax Law practice of Arendt & Medernach where he advises an international clientele on the tax and transfer pricing aspects of Luxembourg and cross border transactions, in particular corporate reorganisations, acquisitions and financing structures. · Tax Law
Alexander Olliges
Alexander Olliges is a Partner in the Private Equity & Real Estate and the Corporate Law, Mergers & Acquisitions practices of Arendt & Medernach where he specialises in corporate law, advising domestic and foreign clients in particular from the private equity and real estate industry on the structuring of international transactions, corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions as well as the reorganisation and setting up of various company structures and joint ventures in Luxembourg. · Private Equity & Real Estate
Astrid Wagner
Astrid Wagner is a Partner in the IP, Communication & Technology practice area of Arendt & Medernach. She is in charge of specialised areas of the law such as data protection and privacy questions, e-commerce and distance contracts, consumer protection, IT and outsourcing issues, the full spectrum of IP rights (trademarks, patents, designs and copyright), media and telecommunications, advertising, unfair competition and product regulation. Astrid also handles corporate law matters, advising operational companies on their establishment in Luxembourg (including required licences) and multinational companies on the structuring and financing of domestic and cross-border transactions and corporate reorganisations. · Intellectual Property
Bruno Gasparotto
Bruno Gasparotto is a Principal in the Tax Law practice of Arendt & Medernach where he specialises in VAT law, advising on both national and international issues where he focuses on the VAT aspects of financial transactions involving amongst others banks, SOPARFIS, investment funds and real estate companies. He also has extensive knowledge in the fields of industry, trading, retail and information technologies. · Tax Law
Carsten Opitz
Carsten Opitz is a Partner in both the Private Equity & Real Estate and the Corporate Law, Mergers & Acquisitions practices of Arendt & Medernach. He specialises in corporate law, advising primarily international companies, large private equity and real estate funds in connection with mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, complex international corporate restructurings, corporate finance and transactional business law. · Private Equity
Christian Point
Christian Point is a partner and a member of both the Administrative Law, Property, Construction & Environment and the Dispute Resolution practices of Arendt & Medernach He specialises in real estate law and insurance, both contentious and non-contentious. · Administrative Law
Clara Mara-Marhuenda
Clara Mara-Marhuenda is a Partner in the Litigation & Dispute Resolution and Commercial & Insolvency practices of Arendt & Medernach. She specialises in civil and commercial law focusing on corporate and finance disputes, asset tracing, arbitration and mediation as well as insolvency and restructuring. · Litigation & Dispute Resolution
Claude Kremer
Claude Kremer is a Founding Partner of Arendt & Medernach. · Investment Funds
Claude Niedner
Claude Niedner is a Partner in the Investment Management practice of Arendt, with a particular focus on regulatory advisory work concerning UCITS, alternative investment funds and investment fund management companies. Claude is recognised as a leading lawyer in the investment fund area in Luxembourg and has been recommended by legal directories including Chambers Global, IFLR 1000 and Legal 500. Claude joined Arendt in 1993 and served in a variety of leadership roles at Arendt, including Co-Chair from 2020 to 2026. Claude also serves as the chairman of the board of directors of Arendt Investor Services S.A., the corporate and investor services arm of Arendt. · Investment Management
Corinne Prinz
Corinne Prinz is a Partner in the Investment Management practice of Arendt & Medernach. She specialises in regulated and unregulated investment funds, including real estate and private equity funds. She primarily advises clients on the regulatory, corporate and organisational aspects of the formation, structuring, re-structuring, marketing and ongoing operations of investment funds. Corinne focuses on undertakings for collective investment in transferable securities (UCITS) and alternative investment funds and their managers under the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD). She specialises in UCITS KIIDs and PRIIPs KIDs. Further areas of expertise include fund governance and compliance. · Investment Management
Danil Nikolaev
Danil Nikolaev is a Counsel in the Litigation & Dispute Resolution practice of Arendt & Medernach. He specialises in civil and commercial law, advising and assisting domestic and international clients with all stages of corporate, commercial and financial disputes, including pre-litigation actions, court proceedings, enforcement and settlement. He also advises clients on procedural aspects of VAT-related disputes. Danil’s focus lies in litigation in the field of corporate law (shareholder disputes), recovery measures and liability claims. · Litigation
Dominik Pauly
Dominik Pauly is a Partner in the Finance & Capital Markets and Restructuring & Insolvency practice. Dominik Pauly specialises in acquisition finance, real estate finance and financial restructurings and advises domestic and international clients on all aspects of syndicated lending, asset finance transactions, financial restructurings and enforcement of collateral. He has a special focus on finance transactions and financial restructurings that concern the German market or involve German stakeholders and he coordinates the German market activities between Arendt’s representative office in Frankfurt office and the headquarters in Luxembourg. · Acquisition Finance
Emmanuelle Mousel
Emmanuelle advises banks, investment firms and other financial sector professionals, as well as payment service providers, insurance and reinsurance undertakings, insurance intermediaries and insurance sector professionals on regulatory, civil, commercial and insolvency law matters. Her areas of special expertise include licensing requirements, mergers and acquisitions, drafting and review of contractual and business documentation, as well as issues pertaining to anti-money laundering and anti-terrorism financing measures. She also advises on questions relating to pension funds. Emmanuelle further assists institutional clients with criminal and regulatory investigations and litigation cases. She has received high praise for her work as an attorney in finance litigation. Emmanuelle has developed proficient knowledge and expertise in environmental, social and governance (ESG) matters and regularly advises clients on any requirements deriving therefrom, including disclosure, risk management, product governance as well as organisational and conduct of business rules. · Banking and Finance
Florence Stainier
Florence Stainier is a Partner in the Investment Management practice of Arendt & Medernach where she specialises in legal and regulatory matters related to investment funds and management entities. · Investment Management
Francis Kass
Francis Kass is a Partner in the Investment Management practice of Arendt & Medernach. He became Head of the Frankfurt office in 2025, focusing on actively engaging with German clients and business partners. In this role, he promotes Arendt’s entire value chain, which encompasses expertise in Luxembourg Legal & Tax, Regulatory & Consulting and Investor Services. Francis specialises in regulated and unregulated investment funds and advises clients on the structuring and life cycle management of alternative investment funds, as well as their respective management entities. He also advises on corporate governance matters related to Luxembourg funds. · Investment Management
François Kremer
François Kremer is a Partner in the Litigation & Dispute Resolution practice of Arendt & Medernach. · Litigation
François Warken
He specialises in securities laws as well as in capital markets and stock exchange regulation where he advises on all aspects of debt and equity capital markets transactions.He specialises in securities laws as well as in capital markets and stock exchange regulation where he advises on all aspects of debt and equity capital markets transactions. · Securities Law
Gaëlle Schneider
Gaëlle Schneider is a Partner at Arendt and Chief Executive Officer at AManco. · Investment Management
Gilles Dusemon
Gilles Dusemon is a Partner in the Investment Management practice and a Co-Chair of Arendt. He specialises in the formation of alternative investment funds (AIF) with a particular focus on private equity, infrastructure and private credit funds including secondaries, funds of funds and special situation funds. He is qualified in investment management related regulatory, corporate and tax law matters, in particular advising AIFMs on strategic and operational matters. He is also assisting clients on high profile litigation cases involving alternative investment funds and AIFMs. · Alternative Investment Funds
Glenn Meyer
Glenn Meyer is a Partner in the Banking & Financial Services practice of Arendt & Medernach. · Banking & Financial Services
Grégory Minne
Grégory Minne is a Partner in the Banking & Financial Services, the Bank Lending & Structured Finance and the Commercial & Insolvency practices of Arendt & Medernach. He specialises in banking and finance, in particular in acquisition, fund, real estate, project, aircraft, rail, ship, and structured finance, securities transactions, payment and securities settlement systems, refinancing, restructuring and insolvency. He also advises clients on complex private international law matters and on the legal enforceability of set-off, netting and collateral arrangements with respect to cross-border transactions and related insolvency risks and regulatory requirements. · Banking & Financial Services
Guy Harles
Guy Harles is a Founding Partner of Arendt & Medernach. · Corporate Law
Henning Schwabe
Henning Schwabe is a Partner in the Investment Management practice of Arendt & Medernach where he specialises in investment fund law, advising both national and international clients in particular on the regulatory, corporate and organisational aspects of the structuring, creation and marketing of investment funds and investment companies. · Investment Fund Law
Isabelle Lebbe
Isabelle Lebbe is a Partner in the Investment Management practice of Arendt & Medernach. She specialises in a wide range of investment funds with a focus on regulated funds. She advises clients on the corporate, regulatory and tax aspects of the creation, marketing and operation of investment funds and management entities. Isabelle also works with her colleagues in the litigation team on regulatory complaints and judicial proceedings involving regulated funds or their service providers. · Investment Management
Jan Neugebauer
Jan Neugebauer is a Partner in the Tax Law practice. · Tax Law
Jean-Luc Putz
Jean-Luc Putz is a Partner in the Business Crime and Employment Law, Pensions & Benefits practice areas of Arendt & Medernach. He specialises in criminal law, with a focus on cybercrime as well as white-collar, financial, and corporate crime, together with money laundering and corrupt practices issues. Jean-Luc assists his clients at all levels of criminal risk management through the upstream assessment and avoidance of criminal risks related to their business; and by representing clients, whether as defendants, victims or merely involved parties, at all stages of criminal proceedings, including in the recovery of fraud proceeds through civil actions in the criminal courts. Jean-Luc also has extensive knowledge in both individual and collective labour law. · Business Crime
Jean-Marc Ueberecken
Jean-Marc Ueberecken is the Managing Partner of Arendt & Medernach, Luxembourg's leading legal, tax and business services firm with over 850 professionals. We are lawyers, regulatory consultants, business advisors, tax, corporate and funds services experts. Jean-Marc focuses his leadership on driving innovation at Arendt & Medernach in order to continue creating new services, new products and above all, new ways of providing our services to our clients. He is a corporate law and mergers & acquisitions partner by trade, with wide experience in the provision of advice to multinational corporations, major commercial companies and ambitious domestic entrepreneurs in connection with mergers and acquisitions, complex multi-jurisdictional corporate restructurings, change of control transactions including tender and exchange offers, acquisitions and sales of companies, joint ventures, as well as voluntary or forced liquidations. · Corporate Law
Laurent Schummer
Laurent Schummer is a Partner and a member of the Corporate Law, Mergers & Acquisitions, the Private Equity & Real Estate and the Capital Markets practices of Arendt & Medernach. · Corporate Law
Marc Mouton
Marc Mouton is a Partner in the Banking & Financial Services practice. He advises financial institutions such as banks, investment firms, payment institutions and electronic money institutions. He is an expert in financial regulatory matters, mergers and acquisitions in the financial sector, financial litigation and general banking law. Marc further specialises in emerging sectors such as Fintech and the digitalisation of payment services and assists both new market entrants and established financial institutions. · Banking & Financial Services
Matthieu Taillandier
Matthieu Taillandier is a Partner in both the Bank Lending & Structured Finance practice and the Capital Markets practice of Arendt & Medernach. · Bank Lending & Structured Finance
Max Kremer
Max Kremer is a Partner in the Private Clients practice of Arendt & Medernach. · Private Clients
Michèle Eisenhuth
Michèle Eisenhuth is a Partner in the Investment Management practice. She has a deep expertise on regulatory issues related to the setup and functioning of UCITS, alternative investment funds and investment fund management companies. Over her 30 years career at Arendt, Michèle has represented large international asset management groups in their fund structuring and complex reorganisation operations. · Investment Management
Nicolas Bouveret
Nicolas Bouveret is a Partner in the Investment Management and Private Equity & Real Estate practices of Arendt & Medernach. He advises global asset managers and institutional clients on the structuring, formation and marketing of Luxembourg investment funds, in particular private funds set up as alternative investment funds (AIFs) under AIFMD (partnerships, RAIFs and SIFs) as well as alternative UCITS. His practice includes mainly private equity funds, private debt funds and hedge funds. · Investment Management
Nicolas Tintanne
He specialises in banking and finance, with particular expertise in acquisition finance, fund finance, real estate finance, aircraft and ship finance, securities transactions, refinancing, restructuring and insolvency. He also advises clients on the legal enforceability of set-off, netting and collateral arrangements with respect to cross-border transactions, and on the related insolvency risks and regulatory requirements. · Banking And Finance
Paul Mousel
Paul Mousel is a Founding Partner of Arendt & Medernach. He is a member of the Banking and Financial Services practice where he specialises in securities law, regulatory matters involving banks, investment firms, insurance and reinsurance companies as well as all aspects of organisation, reorganisation, mergers & acquisitions and liquidation of financial institutions. · Banking and Finance
Philippe Dupont
Philippe Dupont is a Founding Partner and Chairman of Arendt & Medernach. · Bank Lending & Structured Finance
Philippe Harles
Partner in the Corporate Law, Mergers & Acquisitions and Finance & Capital Markets, Head of Hong Kong office He specialises in corporate projects, advising domestic and global companies, including financial and insurance companies, as well as private equity houses on the structuring of international transactions, private equity investments, corporate reorganisations, mergers and acquisitions and governance matters. He also specialises in capital markets transactions. · Corporate Law
Philippe Schmit
Philippe Schmit is a Partner in the Employment Law, Pensions & Benefits practice. · Employment Law
Philippe-Emmanuel Partsch
Philippe-Emmanuel Partsch is the partner in charge of the EU Financial & Competition Law practice of Arendt & Medernach. He specialises in EU and Luxembourg competition law, regulatory aspects of mergers and acquisitions, State aid rules, EU banking and financial law, tax law, telecommunications, public procurement and environmental law. · EU Competition Law
Pierre Beissel
Pierre Beissel is a Partner and a member of both the Corporate Law, Mergers & Acquisitions and the Private Equity & Real Estate practices of Arendt & Medernach. He advises private equity firms, hedge funds and real estate funds on funds structuring and formation as well as on the structuring and financing of international buy-out transactions, joint ventures, corporate reorganisations and corporate governance matters. · Corporate Law
Pierre-Michaël de Waersegger
Pierre-Michaël de Waersegger is a Partner in the Insurance & Reinsurance Law practice and the Banking & Financial Services practice. · Insurance & Reinsurance Law
Sébastien Binard
Sébastien Binard is a Partner in the Private Equity & Real Estate, Corporate Law, Mergers & Acquisitions and Commercial & Insolvency practices of Arendt & Medernach. He specialises mainly in corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, private equity transactions and restructuring & insolvency matters. He advises major private equity firms and alternative fund managers on the structuring and financing of cross-border buy-out transactions and private investments, the formation of joint venture companies and private investment vehicles, corporate restructurings, exit strategies, corporate governance matters and shareholder relations. He also represents institutional investors acting as shareholders or creditors of companies experiencing financial difficulties (whether solvent or insolvent) as well as such companies, including in relation to financial restructurings, COMI shifts, distressed business transactions, cross-border reorganisations and insolvency proceedings. · Private Equity
Thierry Lesage
Thierry Lesage is a Partner in the Tax Law practice and a Co-Chair of Arendt. He advises on both national and international tax issues. He is mainly active on private equity, real estate and M&A transactions. He also assists private clients and family offices. · Tax Law
Vincent Mahler
Vincent Mahler is a Partner in the Tax Law practice at Arendt & Medernach and Head of the Paris Tax Desk. He advises on both national and international tax issues, focusing on the tax aspects of unregulated and regulated real estate structures as well as private equity and finance transactions. Vincent Mahler was seconded to the New York office of Arendt & Medernach from June 2014 to June 2015 with a view to overseeing the Tax Desk. In this respect he assisted North American clients who are considering investing through Luxembourg and also dealt with other Luxembourg tax issues that North American clients might have, including the restructuring, acquisition and disposal of businesses or assets. · Tax Law
Yves Lacroix
Yves Lacroix is a Partner in the Private Equity & Real Estate practice of Arendt & Medernach. He advises international financial institutions and asset managers on the organisation of international investment structures and their Luxembourg operations, as well as institutional investors on the implementation of their investment programmes and activities, with a focus on legal and regulatory matters relating to the structuring and private equity, opportunistic real estate operations of Luxembourg domiciled private funds, alternative investment funds (AIFs) and alternative investment fund managers (AIFMs). · Private Equity