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Mr Pierre Beissel
Work Department
Corporate Law, Mergers & Acquisitions ; Private Equity & Real Estate
Position
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.
Career
Pierre Beissel is teaching Corporate and Commercial Law at the Luxembourg School for Commerce. He is a lecturer in Contractual Law at the Luxembourg bar school.
Languages
English, French, German and Luxembourgish.
Memberships
He has been a member of the Luxembourg Bar since 1999 and of the New York Bar since 2001.
He is an active member of the Luxembourg Private Equity Association and of the American Bar Association and he was President of the Luxembourg Young Bar Association in 2007/2008.
Education
Pierre Beissel holds a Master’s degree in law, a diplôme de juriste conseil d’entreprise (DJCE) and a diplôme d’études supérieures spécialisées in business law (DESS droit des affaires) from the Université Montpellier I (France), as well as a Master of Laws degree (LL.M.) from Cornell Law School (U.S.A.).
Lawyer Rankings
Luxembourg > Private equity
(Leading individuals)The ‘proactive and responsive’ team at Arendt & Medernach has ‘extensive knowledge of the industry’ and provides ‘a business-oriented approach’ to a myriad of large global sponsors, including Bain Capital and Oaktree Capital, across the spectrum of work throughout the value chain, including on their downstream investment activity. Laurent Schummer‘s work in the space runs the gamut from venture capital/growth capital mandates through to core private equity leveraged buyout (LBO) work for clients including Astorg – which he recently advised on a complex co-investment acquisition with Epiris of London-based Euromoney Institutional Investor. Pierre Beissel, who has excellent industry insight through his LPEA board membership, is also a prominent figure in much of the large-scale private equity-related transactional work handled by the team, as well as for restructuring and corporate governance. Adrian Aldinger heads the team.
Luxembourg > Real estate and construction
With ‘excellent knowledge of the Luxembourg market’ gleaned over many years’ experience handling work at the very top end of the market, Arendt & Medernach provides a ‘very diligent and effective’ service for “bricks and mortar” mandates as well as corporate and finance work in the space. The ‘outstanding’ Christian Point has a wide-ranging offering which encompasses advice on leases, development of land and corporate real estate, as well as representation of clients in construction disputes. Working closely with its first-rate investment management offering, the team is also very adept at handling work for real estate funds on formation matters as well as their subsequent real estate investments. Claude Niedner is regularly engaged in structuring fund vehicles which invest in real estate assets, while Pierre Beissel, who co-heads the team alongside Point, is noted for his work on structuring and subsequent downstream investments and financing for private equity funds focusing on real estate assets.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading individuals Luxembourg > Private equity
- Private equity Luxembourg
- Real estate and construction Luxembourg
Top Tier Firm Rankings
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- Private equity
- Real estate and construction
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