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Kremer Associés & Clifford Chance

4 PLACE DE PARIS, BP 1147, 1101 LUXEMBOURG

Washington DC, Warsaw, Tokyo, Sydney, Singapore, Shanghai , and 28 more

What we say about the firm's legal practice in Luxembourg

Banking and finance

Within Banking and finance, Clifford Chance is a first tier firm,

Kremer Associés & Clifford Chance is frequently instructed on many of Luxembourg’s key banking and finance mandates. The firm gained widespread recognition for its innovative work for the senior lenders on the landmark €2bn restructuring of Monier. Its ‘excellent service’ is thanks to a ‘very professional’ approach and ‘in-depth knowledge’. The ‘exemplary’ department head Steve Jacoby has ‘superb knowledge of the industry’ and is able to ‘lead difficult commercial negotiations’. Marc Mehlen is ‘fast’, ‘reliable’ and ‘pragmatic’ and Christian Kremer is recommended for debt capital markets and structured finance.

Corporate and M&A

Within Corporate and M&A, Clifford Chance is a second tier firm,

Kremer Associés & Clifford Chance combines a fervent private equity practice with an eminent corporate M&A and restructuring workload. In 2009, it represented eBay on the headline $2bn sale of its controlling share in Skype to Silver Lake. The firm also has a particularly strong transactional record in the financial services sector, including insurance and re-insurance. Christian Kremer is highly regarded.

Dispute resolution

Within Dispute resolution, Clifford Chance is a first tier firm,

Albert Moro heads Kremer Associés & Clifford Chance’s litigation and dispute resolution practice. The broad scope of the practice encompasses shareholder disputes, contentious insolvency cases, freezing injunctions, as well as arbitrations. It is particularly well known for financial sector, employment and real estate disputes.

Employment

Within Employment, Clifford Chance is a second tier firm,

Kremer Associés & Clifford Chance is most active in the banking and financial services sector, with issues such as transfer of employees and the application of TUPE regulations. Much of the firm’s work is of a transactional nature, although the department head Albert Moro has a fine contentious record.

Insurance

Within Insurance, Clifford Chance is a second tier firm,

With its tremendous connections to the financial services industry, Kremer Associés & Clifford Chance has handled quite a number of transactions in the insurance and reinsurance sector. The firm has exceptional regulatory expertise in this environment.

Investment funds

Within Investment funds, Clifford Chance is a second tier firm,

Kremer Associés & Clifford Chance is widely commended for its work in the real estate and private equity funds segment. Needless to say, the practice is much broader than this, with the firm advising Algebris in connection with a Luxembourg SICAV-SIF feeder fund for investing in equity and debt securities. Joëlle Hauser is highly recommended.

Real estate

Within Real estate, Clifford Chance is a first tier firm,

Kremer Associés & Clifford Chance is widely acknowledged as having a leading real estate funds practice. The firm has also illustrated its expertise in debt restructuring, refinancing and M&A in this segment with a number of challenging mandates from illustrious clients. Albert Moro and Claudie Grisius are the lead partners.

Tax

Within Tax, Clifford Chance is a second tier firm,

Kremer Associés & Clifford Chance is commended for banking and finance, private equity, and more recently, VAT issues. Clients highlight the firm’s response times, client focus, industry knowledge and ‘in-depth knowledge of local Luxembourg tax laws’. Counsel Christophe Clément is ‘highly technical’, ‘efficient’, and has ‘very good industry knowledge’, while François-Xavier Dujardin is ‘very smart’ and has ‘very strong knowledge’.

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France

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Ghana

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Italy

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Japan

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Kuwait

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London

Offices in London E14 and London EC2R

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United States

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