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Mr Philippe-Emmanuel Partsch
Work Department
EU Financial & Competition Law
Position
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.
Career
Philippe-Emmanuel advises a wide range of public and private clients, both nationally and internationally, on EU and competition law and sectoral regulation. He represents them before regulatory authorities and the EU and national courts.
Prior to joining Arendt & Medernach, he was Legal Secretary at the European Court of Justice and previously worked as a lawyer at the law firm de Bandt, van Hecke et Lagae in Brussels (now part of the Linklaters network).
Languages
English, French, German.
Memberships
In addition, he is a member of several high-level Committees within the Luxembourg financial sector and of the Comité Français de l’Arbitrage.
Having qualified as a lawyer in Belgium, he is currently a member of the Luxembourg Bar.
Education
Holding a Doctorate in Law from the Université de Liège and from the Université Robert Schuman de Strasbourg (France).
Leisure
In 2009, he published the first edition of a book on European Union Banking and Financial law (“Droit bancaire et financier européen”, Larcier). The 2nd edition of the book was published in 2016. He is also the author of numerous articles and books on EU law (mainly competition and banking and financial law), private international law, company law and arbitration law. He also regularly presents at conferences on EU and competition law matters.
Philippe-Emmanuel also has a blog with the latest key developments in EU case law affecting companies: www.eucaselaw.com
Philippe-Emmanuel is also part-time Professor of European Banking and Financial Law at the Université de Liège (Belgium).
Lawyer Rankings
Luxembourg > Dispute resolution
Arendt & Medernach is a popular choice for large multinational corporates, funds and banks seeking to resolve complex matters, often with an international complexion. Clara Mara-Marhuenda, who is able ‘to keep her focus in tense situations’ is across many of these areas of law both in relation to conventional litigation and arbitration and is consequently involved with great regularity in many of the cases handled by the team. Philippe-Emmanuel Partsch is the ‘brain and spirit’ behind the firm’s EU and competition law practice, often appearing before regulatory authorities, EU and national courts in related disputes. Team head François Kremer
is ‘a very smart lawyer who combines a great legal mind with a sense of strategy and wit,’ specialising in international matters, including asset tracing and corporate disputes. Other recommended practitioners include Philippe Dupont, who excels in financial services disputes, the ‘terrific’ Christian Point, who focuses on real estate and construction disputes and Jean-Luc Putz, who heads up the business crime and white collar function at the firm.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Banking, finance and capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- Employment
- Fintech
- Insurance
- Investment funds
- IP and IT
- Private equity
- Real estate and construction
- Tax