Mr Laurent Schummer > Arendt & Medernach > Luxembourg, Luxembourg > Lawyer Profile

Combining ‘exceptional legal expertise’ with a ‘practical and solutions-oriented approach’, developed over many years at the vanguard of the domestic banking and finance market, Arendt & Medernach is a popular choice among funds, corporates and banks seeking or providing finance for a myriad purposes. Matthieu Taillandier, who heads up the overarching finance team, delivers ‘very knowledgeable and calm’ advice to creditors and debtors seeking or providing finance throughout the credit spectrum, including to facilitate real estate, projects and M&A purposes. He is also well-versed at handling debt and equity capital markets transactions, and along with Grégory Minne spearheads the team’s growing fund finance offering. The team’s ‘deep knowledge of banking and finance regulations’ pervades a good deal of its transactional work, as well as in the context of advice on standalone matters, including in relation to payments and fintech. Marc Mouton, who leads the financial institutions and insurance industry group, has a ‘deep knowledge of the market and the regulator’s expectations’, ensuring that he is regularly sought out on big-ticket and sophisticated matters, including large-scale financial services M&A. Banking head Glenn Meyer also has strong knowledge of regulatory concerns impacting the sector, information which he puts to good use on banking M&A, as well as compliance, risk management and litigation in the context of ever evolving legislative changes in the sector. Other key practitioners include vastly experienced banking litigator Philippe Dupont; capital markets expert François Warken; Laurent Schummer, who regularly advises on equity capital markets matters; senior statesman Paul Mousel, who has vast financial services regulatory knowledge; and the ‘clever and commercial’ Lynn Alzin, whose work includes advice on high yield issuances and on fund finance matters.

Able to draw upon the expertise of a large pool of lawyers across all levels of experience, and also leveraging the firm’s unique in-house regulatory and consulting service, Arendt & Medernach can provide ‘high-quality tailored solutions’ to domestic and international clients across the full scope of their corporate activity. On the M&A front, Bob Calmes is ‘hardworking, proactive and smart’, traits which endear him to both corporates and funds on high-profile cross-border deals, often involving a US nexus (where he adds insight as a result of his previous role heading the firm’s New York office). Laurent Schummer is also a key member of the team and as well as his work for private equity firms and corporates on large-scale transactions, he also excels in helping startups/entrepreneurs from emerging sectors securing investment throughout their growth cycle. Philippe Harles ‘ ‘work attitude, knowledge, and willingness to strike a deal are standout traits’, ensuring that his popularity continues to grow among start-ups, funds and corporates across a wide variety of private and public M&A. Team head Carsten Opitz is skilled at handling M&A matters, including those with a German nexus, as well as excelling in corporate governance advice. Founding partner Guy Harles has vast experience in the field and remains a trusted adviser to many corporates as is underscored by several board-level appointments by major clients.

Led by Adrian Aldinger , Arendt & Medernach‘s ‘proactive, hardworking and smart’ multidisciplinary team has the strength-in-depth and resources to handle a tremendous range and volume of work for many of the largest global private equity sponsors, from the initial fund structuring, ongoing regulatory advice and on the pursuant downstream M&A. Laurent Schummer has wide-ranging sectoral knowledge (including in tech-heavy industries) which he implements to good effect on venture capital/growth capital mandates through to core private equity leveraged buyout (LBO) work. Pierre Beissel has deep insight into the private equity space not only through the institutional knowledge garnered through his many years’ in private practice but also his affiliation with major trade associations, including the LPEA.