Mr Glenn Meyer > Arendt & Medernach > Luxembourg, Luxembourg > Lawyer Profile
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Mr Glenn Meyer
Work Department
Banking & Financial Services
Position
Glenn Meyer is a Partner in the Banking & Financial Services practice of Arendt & Medernach.
Career
He advises banks, investment firms, payment and electronic money institutions as well as all other professionals of the financial sector on all types of financial regulatory matters as well as on general banking law. He also handles mergers and acquisitions and asset acquisition files in the financial sector.
Glenn has also acquired over the years considerable knowledge and expertise in the regulatory framework relating to the combat against money laundering (AML) and terrorist financing (CFT) as well as in handling various types of litigation and customer complaint matters involving banks and investment firms.
In Chambers Europe 2018 legal guide, clients characterise Glenn as “extremely diligent and hands-on”, adding: ”if you leave something with Meyer, you know it’s getting done”. In the 2019 edition he is again lauded by clients, who describe him as “a specialist and a trusted adviser” And other sources praise his “excellent knowledge of regulatory matters” in the 2020 edition. He is mentioned as “Highly regarded” in IFLR 1000. He is considered by clients as a “key figure” of the Banking & Finance sector in the Legal 500 EMEA 2017 guide, as well as “reactive and practical”. Glenn Meyer is also recommended in the Legal 500 EMEA 2018 edition for his ‘in-depth analysis’ of banking and finance litigation and in the 2019 edition for his ‘broad-ranging regulatory expertise’.
Languages
English, French, German, Luxembourgish.
Memberships
He has participated in a number of working groups of the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF), the regulatory authority of the financial sector in Luxembourg, and the Luxembourg bankers’ association (ABBL) on various regulatory matters (such as MiFID I, II, PSD, etc.). Glenn is also a member of the Legal Affairs Committee as well as of the Professional Obligations Committee of the ABBL.
He has been a member of the Luxembourg Bar since 2001.
Education
Glenn Meyer holds a Master’s degree in business law from the Université Robert Schuman de Strasbourg (France) as well as a DEA degree in business law from the same university.
Leisure
He is a guest lecturer at the University of Paris I (Panthéon-Sorbonne) for the Master II degree in banking and financial law, at the University of Luxembourg for the Master II degree in European banking and financial law as well as in contract law in the context of the Luxembourg bar exam. Glenn is also the author of various publications.
Lawyer Rankings
Luxembourg > Banking, finance and capital markets
(Leading partners)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.
Lawyer Rankings
- Banking, finance and capital markets Luxembourg
- Leading partners Luxembourg > Banking, finance and capital markets
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