Mr Bob Calmes > Arendt & Medernach > Luxembourg, Luxembourg > Lawyer Profile
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2082 Luxembourg
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Mr Bob Calmes
Work Department
Corporate Law, Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity & Real Estate
Position
Bob Calmes is a member of the Corporate Law, Mergers & Acquisitions and the Private Equity & Real Estate practice areas of Arendt & Medernach.
Career
Bob’s practice focuses on mergers & acquisitions, corporate restructurings and the setting up of joint ventures.
He also advises private equity firms, hedge funds and real estate funds on downstream acquisition financing and structuring.
Languages
English, French, German, Luxembourgish.
Memberships
Bob has been a member of the Luxembourg Bar since 2006 and has been heading the firm’s New York office from 2013 to 2017. He is a member of the American Bar Association (M&A Committee: Co-Chair of the European Private Target Deal Point Study; Space Law Committee).
Bob has been a lecturer on various topics including cross-border M&A.
Education
He holds a Master’s degree in international law from the Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne, a degree from the Institut d’Administration des Entreprises (Université Paris I Panthéon Sorbonne) as well as a Master of Laws degree (LL.M.) from Pace Law School.
Lawyer Rankings
Luxembourg > Commercial, corporate and M&A
(Leading individuals)The ‘client focused and efficient’ team at Arendt & Medernach provides a ‘very pragmatic’ service to domestic and international clients across a wide array of transactional and ongoing corporate governance and commercial work. As well as advising major multinational corporates, financial institutions and asset managers, the team has also gained a strong reputation within emerging sectors, including fintech and digitech. Laurent Schummer is one of the key practitioners in relation to work in emerging sectors, as well as regularly advising financial sponsors and large corporates on higher-value M&A matters. Guy Harles
provides ‘solutions-oriented advice’ on the buy and sell side on high-value cross-border M&A matters, while Bob Calmes also regularly advises on cross-border mandates, including those involving a US angle. As well as his work on conventional M&A, restructuring and JV transactions, Alexander Olliges has also gained a strong reputation advising on SPAC and subsequent de-SPAC mandates. Carsten Opitz is particularly adept at advising on corporate governance issues and co-heads the team alongside Schummer.
Lawyer Rankings
- Commercial, corporate and M&A Luxembourg
- Leading individuals Luxembourg > Commercial, corporate and M&A
Top Tier Firm Rankings
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- Commercial, corporate and M&A
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