Mr Alain Steichen > BSP > Luxembourg, Luxembourg > Lawyer Profile
BSP Offices
11, rue du Château d’Eau
Leudelange
Luxembourg
L-3364
Luxembourg
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Mr Alain Steichen
Work Department
Tax | Corporate
Position
Managing Partner
Career
- Alain is Managing Partner at BSP.
- He has been involved in numerous migrations of companies to Luxembourg and has advised on major domestic and international corporate restructurings, including pre-sale reorganisations and intra-group financings.
- He also advises on complex international and domestic recapitalisations, (de)mergers, acquisitions and sales of businesses, where he has vast experience in acting for banks and telecom solutions providers.
- Alain has extensive experience in tax litigation, negotiation with revenue authorities and settlement of disputes. As such, he advises multi-nationals, financial institutions, corporates and high net worth individuals on a number of ongoing tax and VAT local and cross-border disputes.
- He also regularly advises on various European tax law questions with particular focus on EU State aid.
- An Associate Professor at the University of Luxembourg in public finance, European tax, international tax and company taxation, he is the author of various books (15+) and articles on Luxembourg accounting, tax and company law.
- Former réviseur d’entreprises and former expert comptable, Alain was the head of Tax at PWC Luxembourg until 1996.
Languages
English, French, German, Luxembourgish.
Memberships
Education
- Admitted to the Luxembourg Bar, 1996; Paris, 1994.
- University of Saarbrücken, Germany, Doctorat en Droit (Ph.D. in Law), 1994.
- Université Paris I-Panthéon-Sorbonne, France, Maîtrise en Droit Privé, mention Droit des Affaires (Master in Private Law), 1984.
- Université Aix-Marseille III, France, Maîtrise en sciences économiques (Master in Economics), 1983.
Lawyer Rankings
Luxembourg > Tax
(Leading individuals)Combining ‘excellent technical skill’ with a ‘commercial and practical approach’, BSP is popular among domestic and international clients on standalone advisory work, as well as tax structuring of corporate transactions and fund formations. The team is also well regarded on the contentious front, an area in which team head Alain Steichen is particularly accomplished, having handled many high-profile cases over the years, including as these relate to VAT disputes and the implications of double tax treaties. Pol Mellina has expertise across direct and indirect taxation, both from a contentious and non-contentious perspective, including advice on fund structuring and the tax aspects of debt issuances. Daniel Riedel was promoted to partner in December 2022 and is appreciated for his ‘cost-effective, knowledgeable and straightforward advice’ on day-to-day advisory work as well as tax planning and transaction-related structuring.