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Adrian Aldinger

Adrian Aldinger is a Partner in the Private Equity & Real Estate practice of Arendt & Medernach where he advises fund sponsors on all legal and regulatory aspects related to the structuring, formation, marketing and ongoing operation of alternative investment funds with a particular focus on real estate, private equity, debt and venture capital funds. Further areas of expertise include primary and secondary fund investments, fund governance and compliance, separately managed accounts, joint ventures as well as carried interest and co-investment arrangements.

Pierre Beissel

Pierre Beissel is a Partner and a member of both the Investment Management 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.

Sébastien Binard

Sébastien Binard is a Partner in the Private Equity & Real Estate, Corporate Law, Mergers & Acquisitions and Restructuring & Insolvency practices of Arendt & Medernach. He specialises mainly in corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, private equity transactions and restructuring & insolvency matters.He advises major private equity firms and alternative fund managers on the structuring and financing of cross-border buy-out transactions and private investments, the formation of joint venture companies and private investment vehicles, corporate restructurings, exit strategies, corporate governance matters and shareholder relations.He also represents institutional investors acting as shareholders or creditors of companies experiencing financial difficulties (whether solvent or insolvent) as well as such companies, including in relation to financial restructurings, COMI shifts, distressed business transactions, cross-border reorganisations and insolvency proceedings.

Nicolas Bouveret

Nicolas Bouveret is a Partner in the Investment Management practice of Arendt & Medernach. He advises global asset managers and institutional clients on the structuring, formation and marketing of Luxembourg private funds, with a particular focus on private credit strategies.He regularly advises on the establishment of Luxembourg alternative investment fund structures, including partnership and corporate structures, evergreen and semi-liquid vehicles. He also advises sponsors on retail private market offerings such as ELTIFs and Part II funds. His practice covers a broad range of private market strategies. He has extensive experience advising sponsors on complex cross-border investment platforms and ongoing fund operations.Nicolas has a strategic focus on the private credit funds industry and leads the private credit fund structuring team within the Investment Management practice at Arendt.

Pierre-Michaël de Waersegger

Pierre-Michaël de Waersegger is a Partner in the Insurance & Reinsurance Law practice and the Banking & Financial Services practice.Pierre-Michaël assists insurance and reinsurance companies, as well as banks and professionals of the financial sector regarding all Luxembourg legal and regulatory aspects of their activities. It includes licencing requirements, capitalising opportunities, merger and acquisition operations, and new products and services development.

Philippe Dupont

Philippe Dupont is a Founding Partner and Chairman of Arendt & Medernach.

Gilles Dusemon

Gilles Dusemon is a Partner in the Investment Management practice and a Co-Chair of Arendt. He specialises in the formation of alternative investment funds (AIF) with a particular focus on private equity, infrastructure and private credit funds including secondaries, funds of funds and special situation funds. He is qualified in investment management related regulatory, corporate and tax law matters, in particular advising AIFMs on strategic and operational matters. He is also assisting clients on high profile litigation cases involving alternative investment funds and AIFMs.

Michèle Eisenhuth

Michèle Eisenhuth is a Partner in the Investment Management practice. She has a deep expertise on regulatory issues related to the setup and functioning of UCITS, alternative investment funds and investment fund management companies.Over her 30 years career at Arendt, Michèle has represented large international asset management groups in their fund structuring and complex reorganisation operations.

Bruno Gasparotto

Bruno Gasparotto is a Principal in the Tax practice of Arendt & Medernach where he specialises in VAT law, advising on both national and international issues.He focuses on the VAT aspects of financial transactions involving amongst others banks, SOPARFIS, investment funds and real estate companies.He also has extensive knowledge in the fields of industry, trading, retail and information technologies.

Alain Goebel

Alain Goebel is a Partner in the Tax Law practice of Arendt where he advises on the tax and transfer pricing aspects of Luxembourg and cross border transactions, in particular corporate reorganisations, acquisitions and financing structures. Alain Goebel also handles transfer pricing litigation, APA and MAP procedures.

Guy Harles

Guy Harles is a Founding Partner and former Chairman of Arendt & Medernach.He advises multinational, domestic and HNWIs companies on the structuring of international transactions, private equity investments, corporate reorganisations, mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, and private wealth management.

Francis Kass

Francis Kass is a Partner in the Investment Management practice of Arendt & Medernach. He became Head of the Frankfurt office in 2025, focusing on actively engaging with German clients and business partners. In this role, he promotes Arendt’s entire value chain, which encompasses expertise in Luxembourg Legal & Tax, Regulatory & Consulting and Investor Services.Francis specialises in regulated and unregulated investment funds and advises clients on the structuring and life cycle management of alternative investment funds, as well as their respective management entities. He also advises on corporate governance matters related to Luxembourg funds.

Claude Kremer

Claude Kremer is a Founding Partner of Arendt & Medernach. His whole professional career has been devoted to the global fund and asset management industry advising clients on the setting up of Luxembourg investment and pension funds and providing legal support to asset managers, depositaries and other asset servicers with regard to the structuring and development of their businesses in Luxembourg.

François Kremer

After 30 years leading Arendt’s litigation practice as a Partner, François Kremer has now moved on to the position of Of Counsel with a focus on Alternative Dispute Resolution and mediation.François Kremer is currently focused on Alternative Dispute Resolution, a field where his extensive experience stands out. Over the years, he has cultivated a deep understanding of this practice through his active involvement at the Civil and Commercial Mediation Centre and his various roles within the Luxembourg bar. Particularly, he has focused on handling disputes in civil and commercial matters such as corporate affairs, real estate, and inheritance.

Max Kremer

Max Kremer is a Partner in the Private Clients practice of Arendt & Medernach SA.He advises on all aspect of corporate law, tax law, real estate law and civil law for the benefit of private clients and privately held businesses.

Yves Lacroix

Yves Lacroix is a Partner in the Investment Management practice of Arendt & Medernach. He advises international clients on the structuring of private funds and SMAs and their operations in the private equity, private debt, infrastructure and real estate investment space.Yves also advises international clients in their design and organisation of alternative investment management operations in Luxembourg (e.g. through AIFM set-up or other structures).He serves as a non-executive board member of a select number of corporate entities providing them with his ongoing support and expertise in the design and implementation of their investment programs and operations.

Isabelle Lebbe

Isabelle Lebbe is a Partner in the Investment Management practice of Arendt & Medernach. She specialises in a wide range of investment funds with a focus on regulated funds. She advises clients on the corporate, regulatory and tax aspects of the creation, marketing and operation of investment funds and management entities. In addition to advisory activities, Isabelle launched and supervises Arendt Institute, Arendt’s learning organisation which provides open courses through training agendas, digital modules and dedicated training programmes designed to meet the specific context of clients’ organisations. Isabelle also leads the diversity and sustainability initiatives within Arendt.

Thierry Lesage

Thierry Lesage is a Partner in the Tax Law practice and a Co-Chair of Arendt. He advises on both national and international tax issues. He is mainly active on private equity, real estate and M&A transactions. He also assists private clients and family offices.

Vincent Mahler

Vincent Mahler is a Partner in the Tax Law practice at Arendt & Medernach and Head of the Paris Tax Desk.He advises on both national and international tax issues, focusing on the tax aspects of unregulated and regulated real estate structures as well as private equity and finance transactions.

Clara Mara-Marhuenda

Clara Mara-Marhuenda is a Partner in the Litigation & Dispute Resolution and Commercial & Insolvency practices of Arendt & Medernach. She specialises in civil and commercial law focusing on corporate and finance disputes, asset tracing, arbitration and mediation as well as insolvency and restructuring.

Glenn Meyer

Glenn Meyer is a Partner in the Banking & Financial Services practice of Arendt & Medernach.He is an expert in all regulatory and compliance issues impacting the financial sector, assisting numerous clients on various regulatory projects and matters (such as PSD 2, MiFID II, CRR, CRD, AML and all aspects relating to governance in the financial sector) and also handles a number of litigations matters in this very specific field. Combining the regulatory and advisory know-how, he has a proven expertise in banking M&A and asset deals.Glenn is broadly recognised as one of the most prominent experts in banking and financial services regulatory matters and more specifically also in all matters relating to the combat against money laundering and terrorist financing and is an author of various publications in such field. He also performs multiple awareness and training sessions to Arendt's clients (on MiFID II, AML-KYC, and governance topics).

Grégory Minne

Grégory Minne is a Partner in the Banking & Financial Services, the Finance & Capital Markets and the Restructuring & Insolvency practices of Arendt & Medernach. He specialises in banking and finance, in particular in acquisition, fund, real estate, project, aircraft, rail, ship, and structured finance, securities transactions, payment and securities settlement systems, refinancing, restructuring and insolvency. He also advises clients on complex private international law matters and on the legal enforceability of set off, netting and collateral arrangements with respect to cross border transactions and related insolvency risks and regulatory requirements.

Emmanuelle Mousel

Emmanuelle advises banks, investment firms and other financial sector professionals, as well as payment service providers, insurance and reinsurance undertakings, insurance intermediaries and insurance sector professionals on regulatory, civil, commercial and insolvency law matters. Her areas of special expertise include licensing requirements, mergers and acquisitions, drafting and review of contractual and business documentation, as well as issues pertaining to anti-money laundering and anti-terrorism financing measures. She also advises on questions relating to pension funds.Emmanuelle further assists institutional clients with criminal and regulatory investigations and litigation cases. She has received high praise for her work as an attorney in finance litigation.Emmanuelle has developed proficient knowledge and expertise in environmental, social and governance (ESG) matters and regularly advises clients on any requirements deriving therefrom, including disclosure, risk management, product governance as well as organisational and conduct of business rules.

Paul Mousel

Paul Mousel is a Founding Partner of Arendt & Medernach. He is a member of the Banking and Financial Services practice where he specialises in securities law, regulatory matters involving banks, investment firms, insurance and reinsurance companies as well as all aspects of organisation, reorganisation, mergers & acquisitions and liquidation of financial institutions.

Marc Mouton

Marc Mouton is a Partner in the Banking & Financial Services practice. He advises financial institutions such as banks, investment firms, payment institutions and electronic money institutions. He is an expert in financial regulatory matters, mergers and acquisitions in the financial sector, financial litigation and general banking law.Marc further specialises in emerging sectors such as Fintech and the digitalisation of payment services and assists both new market entrants and established financial institutions.He advises on a large number of areas, including authorisation requirements, organisational and governance requirements applying to financial institutions, rules of conduct (including MiFID), outsourcing arrangements, laws and regulations relating to anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT), rules applying to payment services (including PSD), capital requirements (including CRD/CRR), data confidentiality requirements as well as any matters requiring contact with the supervisory authorities of the financial sector.Marc’s expertise also includes the handling of litigation cases and customer claims relating to financial services.

Jan Neugebauer

Jan Neugebauer is a Partner in the Tax practice, with a specialisation in the realms of national and international tax structuring and tax litigation for a diverse range of clients, including private investment funds and multinationals. His areas of expertise are notably in sectors like private equity, secondaries, and debt funds, where he provides comprehensive advice on fund structuring as well as transactions that include leveraged buyouts, restructurings as well as intricate finance transactions.Financial institutions also benefit from Jan's expertise, particularly in navigating the complex requirements of compliance with international information exchange regulations, including FATCA and CRS. His profound understanding of the tax domain, combined with his international outlook and academic involvement ensure strategic and nuanced tax solutions from tax advisory to tax litigation.Additionally, Jan contributes to the academic field as a lecturer on international taxation at the University of Luxembourg and by regularly speaking at conferences and contributing to publications on domestic and international tax matters.

Claude Niedner

Claude Niedner is a Partner in the Investment Management practice of Arendt, with a particular focus on regulatory advisory work concerning UCITS, alternative investment funds and investment fund management companies. Claude is recognised as a leading lawyer in the investment fund area in Luxembourg and has been recommended by legal directories including Chambers Global, IFLR 1000 and Legal 500.Claude joined Arendt in 1993 and served in a variety of leadership roles at Arendt, including Co-Chair from 2020 to 2026. Claude also serves as the chairman of the board of directors of Arendt Investor Services S.A., the corporate and investor services arm of Arendt.

Danil Nikolaev

Danil Nikolaev is a Counsel in the Litigation & Dispute Resolution practice of Arendt & Medernach.He specialises in civil and commercial law, advising and assisting domestic and international clients with all stages of corporate, commercial and financial disputes, including pre-litigation actions, court proceedings, enforcement and settlement.He also advises clients on procedural aspects of VAT-related disputes.Danil’s focus lies in litigation in the field of corporate law (shareholder disputes), recovery measures and liability claims.

Alexander Olliges

Alexander Olliges is a Partner in the Private Equity & Real Estate and the Corporate Law, Mergers & Acquisitions practices of Arendt & Medernach where he specialises in corporate law, advising domestic and foreign clients in particular from the private equity and real estate industry on the structuring of international transactions, corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions as well as the reorganisation and setting up of various company structures and joint ventures in Luxembourg.

Carsten Opitz

Carsten Opitz is a Partner and head of the Corporate, M&A practice of Arendt. He specialises in corporate law, advising primarily large private equity, real estate funds and international companies, in connection with mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, complex international corporate restructurings, corporate finance and transactional business law. He also advises regularly on corporate governance matters.

Philippe-Emmanuel Partsch

Philippe-Emmanuel Partsch is the Partner in charge of the EU Financial & Competition Law practice of Arendt & Medernach. He specialises in EU and Luxembourg competition law, regulatory aspects of mergers and acquisitions, State aid rules, EU banking and financial law, tax law, telecommunications, public procurement and environmental law.Philippe-Emmanuel advises a wide range of public and private clients, both nationally and internationally, on EU and competition law and sectoral regulation. He represents them before regulatory authorities and the EU and national courts.

Dominik Pauly

Dominik Pauly is a Partner in the Finance & Capital Markets and Restructuring & Insolvency practices of Arendt & Medernach . He has a particular focus on special situations, lending and financial restructurings.He advises banks, debt funds, alternative lenders, investors and corporate borrowers on complex financing and restructuring transactions, including distressed debt investments, liability management exercises, recapitalisations, rescue financings, security enforcement and cross-border debt restructurings.Dominik regularly assists clients in financially stressed and distressed situations, combining financing and restructuring expertise to deliver pragmatic and commercially focused solutions. His experience includes the structuring and implementation of innovative Shareholding as a Service solutions in complex special situations, supporting consensual and non-consensual restructurings, value preservation strategies and coordinated exit processes.In addition, he advises on syndicated lending, acquisition finance and real estate finance transactions.

Christian Point

Christian Point is a Partner and a member of both the Administrative Law, Property, Construction & Environment and the Dispute Resolution practices of Arendt & Medernach.He assists clients in real estate transactions. He also specialises in civil and commercial disputes.

Corinne Prinz

Corinne Prinz is a Partner in the Investment Management practice of Arendt & Medernach where she specialises in regulated investment funds with a focus on UCITS and open-ended AIF. She primarily advises clients on the regulatory, corporate and organisational aspects of the formation, structuring, re-structuring, marketing and ongoing operations of liquid investment funds. Corinne focuses on undertakings for collective investment in transferable securities (UCITS) and alternative investment funds and their managers under the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD). She specialises in UCITS KIIDs and PRIIPs KIDs.

Jean-Luc Putz

Jean-Luc Putz is a Partner in the Business Crime and Employment Law, Pensions & Benefits practice areas of Arendt & Medernach. He specialises in criminal law, with a focus on cybercrime as well as white-collar, financial, and corporate crime, together with money laundering and corrupt practices issues. Jean-Luc assists his clients at all levels of criminal risk management through the upstream assessment and avoidance of criminal risks related to their business; and by representing clients, whether as defendants, victims or merely involved parties, at all stages of criminal proceedings, including in the recovery of fraud proceeds through civil actions in the criminal courts. Jean-Luc also has extensive knowledge in both individual and collective labour law.

Philippe Schmit

Philippe Schmit is a Partner in charge of the Employment Law, Pensions Benefits practice.Philippe advises employers in the financial and industrial sectors on all aspects of the employment relationship (including its termination). He also specialises in all matters related to restructuring and reorganisation, negotiation in the context of collective dismissals and collective bargaining procedures, as well as any other HR aspects triggered by corporate restructuring, including M&A (e.g. transfers of undertakings). Conscious of the topics that impact employees today, he also provides legal support in the context of ESG considerations, whistleblowing, harassment and discrimination in the employment relationships.Philippe is highly specialised in both employment-related litigation and advisory services.His practice encompasses advice on compensation and benefits schemes, equity schemes, share options plans and pension schemes, including social security and taxation aspects.Philippe also has extensive knowledge of expatriation matters and provides legal advice with respect to business immigration and all related aspects.

Gaëlle Schneider

Gaëlle Schneider is a Partner in the Investment Management practice of Arendt & Medernach. She has considerable experience in investment fund regulatory matters at Arendt, advising clients on the structuring, creation and organisation of management companies, their investment funds and related asset servicers. Gaëlle also has significant operational experience in the management company business as she launched and headed AManco, the investment fund manager within Arendt, as CEO from 2020 to 2025.

Laurent Schummer

Laurent Schummer is a Partner and a member of the Corporate Law, Mergers & Acquisitions, the Private Equity & Real Estate and the Capital Markets practices of Arendt & Medernach.

Henning Schwabe

Henning Schwabe is a Partner in the Investment Management practice of Arendt & Medernach where he specialises in investment fund law, advising both national and international clients in particular on the regulatory, corporate and organisational aspects of the structuring, creation and marketing of investment funds and investment companies. He advises clients on a wide range of traditional investment funds (UCITS) and alternative investment funds as well as on the legal aspects of complex investment strategies, derivatives and risk management.

Florence Stainier

Florence Stainier is a Partner in the Investment Management practice of Arendt & Medernach where she specialises in legal and regulatory matters relating to investment funds and management entities. She advises clients on the creation, structuring, marketing and operations of investment funds with a particular focus on UCITS including ETF as well as liquid alternatives funds and hedge funds.

Matthieu Taillandier

Matthieu Taillandier is the head of the Finance & Capital Markets practice of Arendt. He advises on all types of financing transactions, including secured and unsecured bank lending, funds finance, structured finance, acquisition finance and asset finance. Matthieu also specialises in securitisation, advising clients on all aspects of regulated and non-regulated securitisation transactions as well as in capital markets issues focusing on debt issuance and listing. Matthieu also has a strong expertise in financial restructuring including security enforcement.

Nicolas Tintanne

Nicolas Tintanne is a Counsel in both the Finance & Capital Markets and the Restructuring & Insolvency practices of Arendt & Medernach.Nicolas advises on all types of secured and unsecured financing transactions, including real estate finance, fund finance, acquisition finance and asset finance.Nicolas also advises client on the legal enforceability of set-off, netting and collateral arrangements with respect to cross-border transactions, and on the related insolvency risks and regulatory requirements.Nicolas is also involved in restructuring matters and has a wide experience in the enforcement of security interests.

Jean-Marc Ueberecken

Jean-Marc Ueberecken is the Managing Partner of Arendt & Medernach, Luxembourg's leading legal, tax and business services firm with over 1.250 professionals.We are lawyers, regulatory consultants, business advisors, tax, corporate and funds services experts.Jean-Marc focuses his leadership on driving innovation at Arendt & Medernach in order to continue creating new services, new products and above all, new ways of providing our services to our clients.Arendt & Medernach’s technological innovation aims to integrate people and technology, thereby creating new ways of working with the objective of a close connection between our experts and the needs of our clients.Jean-Marc considers that great lawyers are made, not born and believes that training is essential to allow our people to meet rising regulatory complexity, the requirements of the digital revolutions and changing needs of our clients, while motiving and engaging every one. We thus aim to develop our people’s capabilities, skills and competencies throughout their journey at Arendt with specialised learning plans which are central to our wider learning and development strategy.Jean-Marc is a Corporate Law and Mergers & Acquisitions Partner by trade, with wide experience in the provision of advice to multinational corporations, major commercial companies and ambitious domestic entrepreneurs in connection with mergers and acquisitions, complex multi-jurisdictional corporate restructurings, change of control transactions including tender and exchange offers, acquisitions and sales of companies, joint ventures, as well as voluntary or forced liquidations.

Astrid Wagner

Astrid Wagner is a Partner in the IP, Communication & Technology practice area of Arendt & Medernach. She is in charge of specialised areas of the law such as data protection and privacy questions, e-commerce and distance contracts, consumer protection, IT and outsourcing issues, the full spectrum of IP rights (trademarks, patents, designs and copyright), media and telecommunications, advertising, unfair competition and product regulation. Astrid also handles corporate law matters, advising operational companies on their establishment in Luxembourg (including required licences) and multinational companies on the structuring and financing of domestic and cross-border transactions and corporate reorganisations.

François Warken

François Warken is a Partner in the Finance & Capital Markets practice of Arendt & Medernach. He specialises in securities laws as well as in capital markets and stock exchange regulation where he advises on all aspects of debt and equity capital markets transactions.He has extensive experience with initial public offerings, takeovers securities offerings, including offerings of structured and hybrid products, repackagings and liability management transactions such as buybacks or tender offers, exchange offers, consent solicitations and open market strategies. His practice further focuses on regulatory compliance and related corporate governance.