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About Arendt: your legal, tax and business services firm in Luxembourg

Arendt combines the entire value chain of services dedicated to asset managers, banks, insurers, public institutions, commercial companies and private clients operating in Luxembourg.

• Legal and tax
• Regulatory and consulting
•  Investor services

Legal and tax: We assist clients in structuring and running their business from a legal and tax standpoint across Luxembourg. Our teams directly serve international clients or work in close collaboration with foreign partner law firms.

Together, with our regulatory consultants and investor services experts, we bridge the gap between legal/tax advice and its implementation. We deliver best-in-class services for our clients’ business life cycle.

With over 450 legal experts at Arendt & Medernach, we are able to advise you in the following areas:

• Administrative law, property, construction and environment
• Banking and financial services
• Business crime
• Commercial and insolvency
• Corporate law, mergers and acquisitions
• Litigation and dispute resolution
• Employment law, pensions and benefits
• EU financial and competition law
• Finance and capital markets
• IP, communication and technology
• Insurance and reinsurance law
• Investment management
• Private clients
• Private equity and real estate
• Tax law

Regulatory and consulting: We help clients remain compliant while running a profitable business. What sets us apart is our ability to combine our business consulting skills with our extensive regulatory knowledge.

Our regulatory and consulting services complement the legal expertise and investor services of Arendt. This allows us to advise and support companies as they navigate legal and regulatory challenges, enabling them to run their business in an efficient and compliant manner.

With over 120 regulatory specialists at Arendt, we are able to assist you in:

• Regulatory and AML/CFT compliance
• ESG strategies
• Cross-border distribution
• Business and tech transformation
• Forensic investigations, compliance and litigation support
• Managed services

Investor services: We help clients efficiently run the operational side of their business by providing a comprehensive suite of investor services. Deploying market leading technology, our 300 strong team provide clients with an integrated suite of fund and corporate services, delivered to the highest market standards.

Our investor services complement the legal expertise and regulatory and consulting services of Arendt. We are a Professional of the Financial Sector (PFS) supervised by the CSSF and ISO 22301 certified.

With over 300 investor services experts at Arendt Services and AManco, we are able to provide you with:

• Corporate services
• Fund administration services
• Governance services
• Operational AML and compliance services
• Tax compliance services
• Third party AIFM services

The French touch: The connections between France and Luxembourg have never been as important and numerous as today. Indeed, during the last few years French entrepreneurs have shown a real interest in the fast-evolving Luxembourg market.

In January 2016, as part of Arendt & Medernach’s continued international expansion, the firm opened the Paris representative office to react to the constant growth of the French market especially in the banking, investments funds and private equity sectors.

To answer this growing need for legal advice on investments and to facilitate the relationship with clients, the decision was taken to place a permanent team in Paris. This enables the firm to be more accessible, highly reactive, and to ensure a stronger local presence, and direct and constant support.

The team in the Paris office assists mainly clients active in the financial sector including banking, finance, private equity, real estate and hedge funds/assets managers, retail funds managers, multinational companies, private wealth and insurance companies.

Luxembourg, a European hub: The Luxembourg office of Arendt & Medernach, which is also the head office of the firm, was founded in 1988. Since its establishment with four founding partners, the firm has expanded considerably and now counts more than 450 legal experts. The teams are multi-cultural with more than 30 languages spoken. As the largest Luxembourg law firm, Arendt & Medernach provides clients with high-quality advice combining an in-depth understanding of the financial markets with specialised knowledge of the law. The service is characterised by a flexible approach and a responsive attitude to client relationships

Arendt & Medernach > Firm Profile

About Arendt – your legal, tax and business services firm in Luxembourg

Arendt combines the entire value chain of services dedicated to asset managers, banks, insurers, public institutions, commercial companies and private clients operating in Luxembourg.

• Legal and tax
• Regulatory and consulting
• Investor services

Legal and tax: We assist clients in structuring and running their business from a legal and tax standpoint across Luxembourg. Our teams directly serve international clients or work in close collaboration with foreign partner law firms.

Together, with our regulatory consultants and investor services experts, we bridge the gap between legal/tax advice and its implementation. We deliver best-in-class services for our clients’ business life cycle.

With over 450 legal experts at Arendt & Medernach, we are able to advise you in the following areas:

• Administrative law, property, construction and environment
• Banking and financial services
• Business crime
• Commercial and insolvency
• Corporate law, mergers and acquisitions
• Litigation and dispute resolution
• Employment law, pensions and benefits
• EU financial and competition law
• Finance and capital markets
• IP, communication and technology
• Insurance and reinsurance law
• Investment management
• Private clients
• Private equity and real estate
• Tax law

Regulatory and consulting: We help clients remain compliant while running a profitable business. What sets us apart is our ability to combine our business consulting skills with our extensive regulatory knowledge.

Our regulatory and consulting services complement the legal expertise and investor services of Arendt. This allows us to advise and support companies as they navigate legal and regulatory challenges, enabling them to run their business in an efficient and compliant manner.

With over 120 regulatory specialists at Arendt Regulatory & Consulting, we are able to assist you in:

• Regulatory and AML/CFT compliance
• ESG strategies
• Cross-border distribution
• Business and tech transformation
• Forensic investigations, compliance and litigation support
• Managed services

Investor services: We help clients efficiently run the operational side of their business by providing a comprehensive suite of investor services.

Deploying market leading technology, our 300 strong team provide clients with an integrated suite of fund and corporate services, delivered to the highest market standards.

Our investor services complement the legal expertise and regulatory and consulting services of Arendt. We are a Professional of the Financial Sector (PFS) supervised by the CSSF and ISO 22301 certified.

With over 300 investor services experts at Arendt Services and AManco, we are able to provide you with:

• Corporate services
• Fund administration services
• Governance services
• Operational AML and compliance services
• Tax compliance services
• Third party AIFM services

Luxembourg, a European hub: The Luxembourg office of Arendt & Medernach, which is also the head office of the firm, was founded in 1988. Since its establishment with four founding partners, the firm has expanded considerably and now counts more than 450 legal experts. The teams are multi-cultural with more than 30 languages spoken. As the largest Luxembourg law firm, Arendt & Medernach provides clients with high-quality advice combining an in-depth understanding of the financial markets with specialised knowledge of the law. The service is characterised by a flexible approach and a responsive attitude to client relationships

Press Releases

Arendt advised tonies on a EUR 60 million capital increase and related listing on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange

11th January 2023 Arendt has acted as issuer’s counsel to tonies SE, the world’s largest interactive audio platform and creator of a multi-billion Euro category in kids entertainment, on its successful 12,000,000 new class A shares placement with institutional investors, including certain existing shareholders, by way of an accelerated bookbuilding.

Arendt advised tonies on a EUR 60 million capital increase and related listing on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange

11th January 2023 Arendt has acted as issuer’s counsel to tonies SE, the world’s largest interactive audio platform and creator of a multi-billion Euro category in kids entertainment, on its successful 12,000,000 new class A shares placement with institutional investors, including certain existing shareholders, by way of an accelerated bookbuilding.

Arendt boosts its forensic investigations offering with legal technology

4th November 2022 In an environment where litigation, arbitration, risk and regulatory compliance concerns sometimes create a difficult reality for many organisations, Arendt has decided to enhance its investigations offering in order to help clients to react quickly and efficiently when confronted with the need to treat large volumes of data. With this goal in mind, Arendt has turned its attention to cutting-edge legal technology, adopting the data discovery product RelativityOne. This best-in-class solution allows the firm to confidentially and securely handle massive amounts of data to resolve complex and time-critical matters.

The SPAC is on the map – investment with a view to acquisition

19th March 2021 Arendt & Medernach advised the sponsors of Lakestar SPAC 1 SE in its IPO on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.

Arendt has been crowned European Law Firm of the Year

23rd February 2021 WE ARE PLEASED TO INFORM YOU THAT ARENDT HAS JUST WON TWO MAJOR AWARDS AT THE THE LAWYER EUROPEAN AWARDS 2020: EUROPEAN LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR AND LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR: BENELUX.

Arendt acquires digitalisation and robotisation specialist Mobilu

23rd February 2021 WITH A VIEW TO ACCELERATING ITS DIGITALISATION STRATEGY, ARENDT RECENTLY ACQUIRED A MAJORITY SHAREHOLDING IN MOBILU, A LUXEMBOURG COMPANY SPECIALISING IN OPERATIONAL PROCESSES, DIGITALISATION AND ROBOTISED AUTOMATION.

Introducing the Arendt Insights mobile app: instant access to the legal developments

23rd February 2021 DEVELOPED IN RESPONSE TO THE COVID-19 CRISIS, THE ARENDT INSIGHTS APP BRINGS BUSINESS LAW, TAX AND REGULATORY UPDATES DIRECTLY TO EVERY USER’S SMARTPHONE OR TABLET.

Arendt & Medernach appoints four new Partners

24th April 2019

Arendt & Medernach has the pleasure of announcing the appointment of four new Partners.

Arendt & Medernach appoints three new Partners

6th April 2018

Luxembourg, 25 January 2018 - Arendt & Medernach has the pleasure of announcing the appointment of three new Partners.

Eric Fort takes over as head of the New York office

5th October 2017

Arendt & Medernach is delighted to announce that as of September, Eric Fort will succeed Bob Calmes as head of our New York office. Having successfully worked with institutional and private clients operating in Luxembourg, Eric brings a wealth of experience to the US office where our aim is to continue to provide tailored advice for our clients in this market.

Arendt & Medernach: Luxembourg Law Firm of the Year

17th August 2017

Luxembourg, May 2017 – Arendt & Medernach is proud to have been named “Luxembourg Law firm of the year” both by Chambers & Partners and IFLR (International Financial Law Review). The prestigious trophies were both received in April in London at the respective ceremonies of the Chambers Europe Awards 2017 and the IFLR European Awards 2017.

The new year and what’s new regarding labour law

16th February 2017

30/12/2016

The year 2017 will kick off with three major changes involving sizeable consequences for both employers and employees: wage indexation (l), an increase of the minimum social wage (II) and a reform of the organisation of working hours (III).

Country-by-country reporting (CBCR) implementation in Luxembourg

16th February 2017

29/12/2016

​On 13 December 2016, to ensure compliance with the BEPS Action Plan, the Luxembourg Parliament adopted bill of law No. 7031 (CBCR Law) implementing Council Directive (EU) 2016/881 of 25 May 2016 (DAC IV) as regards mandatory automatic exchange of information in the field of taxation and introducing new reporting obligations for multinational companies. Based on the information attached, you should be able to assess the impact of the new legislation on your group companies by:

New Circular Letter on the tax treatment of companies engaged in intra-group financing transactions

13th February 2017

28/12/2016

On 27 December 2016 the Luxembourg Tax Authorities (Administration des contributions directes) issued Circular Letter L.I.R. – N° 56/1 – 56bis/1 (the “New Circular Letter”) on the tax treatment of companies engaged in intra-group financing transactions.

Back to 2016 – Forward to 2017

13th February 2017

20/12/2016

​2016 was a turbulent and busy year, not least in respect of legal and regulatory changes that may impact your business. We are pleased to provide you with an overview of the major legal and regulatory developments under Luxembourg and EU law.

Societal impact company

13th February 2017

15/12/2016

The law of 12 December 2016 (the “Law”) has introduced a new legal framework for companies having a social or societal impact: the société d’impact sociétal (the “SIS”).

Societal impact company

13th February 2017

15/12/2016

The law of 12 December 2016 (the “Law”) has introduced a new legal framework for companies having a social or societal impact: the société d’impact sociétal (the “SIS”).

Perfection of the New Market Abuse Regime in Luxembourg

13th February 2017

13/12/2016

Today, the Luxembourg Parliament enacted the law (the “New Market Abuse Law”) implementing Directive 2014/57/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on criminal sanctions for market abuse (market abuse directive), also known as the “Market Abuse Criminal Sanctions Directive” (“Directive 2014/57/EU”) and Commission Implementing Directive (EU) 2015/2392 of 17 December 2015 on Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards reporting to competent authorities of actual or potential infringements of that Regulation (“Directive (EU) 2015/2392”). With the transposition of Directive 2014/57/EU and Directive (EU) 2015/2392, Luxembourg has ensured the effective implementation of the new market abuse regime deriving from Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on market abuse (market abuse regulation) and repealing Directive 2003/6/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Commission Directives 2003/124/EC, 2003/125/EC and 2004/72/EC (the “Market Abuse Regulation”) and its related implementing and delegated regulations, which had already entered into force on 3 July 2016.

OECD adopts multilateral convention to implement BEPS measures

13th February 2017

2/12/2016

On 24 November 2016, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (“OECD”) adopted the multilateral convention composed of the multilateral instrument (“MLI”) and explanatory statements (“ES”). The implementation of the MLI could result in significant changes to the bilateral tax treaties concluded by Luxembourg and may affect amongst other the tax treaty access of tax transparent entities. Unfortunately the MLI does not address the tax treaty access of collective investment funds and uncertainty remains in this respect.

Comparative Guides

• Luxembourg: International Arbitration

  Published: November 2023

  Authors: Clara Mara-MarhuendaFrançois KremerSéverine HammGil Bové

  This country-specific Q&A provides an overview of International Arbitration laws and regulations applicable in Luxembourg.