Mr Philippe Dupont > Arendt & Medernach > Luxembourg, Luxembourg > Lawyer Profile

The ‘deal oriented’ team at Arendt & Medernach provides a ‘high-quality’ service to a loyal and large pool of lenders and borrowers across the spectrum of new money financings, restructurings and regulatory matters. Matthieu Taillandier, who heads the firm’s transactional offering, advises lenders and borrowers on fund financing matters. On the capital markets front, François Warken has a strong grasp of regulatory and transactional procedures and remains a popular choice for issuers, in particular, across a plethora of debt and equity capital markets work. Displaying a ‘keen understanding of cross-border issues,’ Grégory Minne has ‘quickly grown to be well respected in the banking field,’ handling new money and restructuring mandates. Glenn Meyer heads the overarching banking practice and handles AML and terrorist financing matters. Philippe Dupont also remains ‘a key figure in the Luxembourg market’, providing transactional, litigation and regulatory expertise to banking clients. At a more junior level Emmanuelle Mousel excels at regulatory matters, Nicolas Tintanne has a broad transactional finance practice and Dominik Pauly is ‘an impressive expert in complex cross-border finance’ mandates, including those with a German nexus. Other recommended practitioners include founding partner Paul Mousel, for his insurance regulatory knowledge, and Laurent Schummer for equity capital markets work.

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.