Arendt & Medernach

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.

Lynn Alzin

Lynn Alzin advises clients on all types of international and domestic finance transactions, such as fund financing, asset financing and real estate financing. She also advises clients in setting up regulated and unregulated securitisation vehicles, and generally on debt instrument issuances (including high yield bonds). Lynn focuses on the bank and private lending matters, closely following the development of the market.

Stéphane Badey

Stéphane Badey is a Partner at Arendt. Stéphane is a seasoned regulatory expert within Arendt Regulatory & Consulting (ARC), where he leads initiatives to help management companies establish and grow their presence in Luxembourg. He specialises in designing consolidated and harmonised compliance and risk control frameworks that align with regulatory expectations and support clients in navigating complex and evolving regulations. With deep expertise in compliance and governance, Stéphane provides strategic guidance that strengthens internal structures, optimises operations and enhances stakeholder relationships across the financial sector. He is also a member of the Arendt ESG Steering Committee.

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.

Fouzia Benyahia

Fouzia Benyahia is a Partner in the Corporate Law, Mergers & Acquisitions, Private Equity & Real Estate and Restructuring & Insolvency practices of Arendt & Medernach. She specialises in corporate law, advising multinational companies, financial institutions, PE/RE funds on the structuring, financing and implementation of domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, leveraged buy-outs, corporate reorganisations and refinancing.

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.

Camille Bourke

Camille Bourke is a fund formation Partner at Arendt. Camille worked at our Luxembourg and Brussels offices and founded the London office in 2007 where she is the resident partner.

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.

Gregory C. Beltrame

Gregory C. Beltrame is a Partner in the Investment Management / Private Equity & Real Estate practice of Arendt & Medernach. He primarily specialises in investment funds, advising domestic and international clients on the corporate and regulatory aspects of creating, structuring, and operating regulated and unregulated investment fund vehicles (SCSp/RAIFs/SIFs/SICARs) and also advises clients on the structuring and setting up of European long-term investment funds (ELTIFs). He represents and supports sponsors and investors in connection with their investments in different types of alternative assets, including private equity, real estate, venture, infrastructure, debt. He also has expertise in secondary transactions, regulatory matters and restructuring of private equity groups. Gregory served as Head of the firm's Paris office from its opening in 2016 until 2022, gaining deep knowledge of the French market. Since 2023, he is the coordinator of the “Team Italy” in order to promote and coordinate the development of Arendt within the Italian market.

Sophie Calmes

Sophie Calmes is a Senior Associate in the Data, Tech & Commercial practice of Arendt & Medernach.

Lorraine Chéry

Lorraine Chéry is a Partner in the Employment Law, Pensions & Benefits practice of Arendt & Medernach. She advises employers on a wide range of employment law matters. Her practice focuses in particular on individual termination of employment contracts and complex separation cases, collective employment disputes, including collective dismissal procedures, employment litigation before labour courts, and negotiation and settlement strategies. She has extensive experience in contentious employment matters, representing employers in numerous individual and collective disputes. Lorraine combines solid technical expertise with a pragmatic and strategic approach tailored to employers’ operational and reputational considerations. In addition to her advisory and litigation practice, Lorraine regularly speaks at conferences and professional events on current and emerging employment law topics.

Carl de La Chapelle

Carl de La Chapelle is a Partner in the Investment Management practice of Arendt & Medernach, where he advises fund sponsors on all of the regulatory and corporate law aspects of the structuring and ongoing operations of alternative investment funds. His focus in this area is on private equity and venture capital. Further fields of expertise include fund governance, downstream assistance with respect to fund investments, carried interests and co-investment arrangements, as well as corporate reorganisations.

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.

Fiona de Watazzi

Fiona de Watazzi is a Partner in the Investment Management practice of Arendt & Medernach and co-leads the Regulated AIF practice. She advises sponsors on the structuring, establishment and day-to-day management of Luxembourg evergreen private-wealth funds across a range of asset classes, including private equity, private credit, infrastructure and secondaries. Fiona is also one of the firm’s experts on European long-term investment funds (ELTIFs).

Rodrigo Delcourt

Rodrigo Delcourt is a Partner in the Private Equity & Real Estate practice of Arendt & Medernach. He assists fund sponsors and managers with all legal and regulatory aspects of the structuring, set-up and ongoing operations of regulated and unregulated alternative funds, with a special interest in real estate, private equity, infrastructure, renewable energy, private debt and related acquisition structures. Rodrigo coordinates the initiatives of Arendt on the French market.

François Deprez

François Deprez is a Partner in the Corporate Law, Mergers & Acquisitions practice of Arendt & Medernach. He advises asset managers from the private equity and real estate industry, as well as other investors, on the structuring of international transactions, corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions. He also advises on the reorganisation and setting up of company structures in Luxembourg. François joined Arendt & Medernach in 2003. François was seconded to the New York office of Arendt & Medernach between December 2010 and June 2012, where he provided corporate advice to US clients in connection with the acquisition, disposal and restructuring of businesses and assets.

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.

Yann Fihey

Yann Fihey is a Partner and a member of the Management Committee of Arendt Regulatory & Consulting. After joining Arendt Regulatory & Consulting in 2013, Yann put together a regulatory reporting team servicing fund managers and vehicles subject to Luxembourg and EU reporting obligations, with a particular focus on FATCA, CRS and AIFMD Annex IV returns. He also developed a specialisation in regulatory matters applicable to fund depositaries. At Arendt, Yann is involved in the implementation of digital solutions and the creation of new services.

Julien Ganter

Julien Ganter is a Partner at Arendt (ARC). His work focuses on managed services, transformation and ESG-related products. Julien contributes to the development of our managed services in the ongoing transformation in the fields of asset management and private asset, as well as consulting services. His field of expertise includes defining business and operational strategies and driving large transformation projects, ranging from operational processes and IT application reviews, smart-sourcing strategy design and deployment and change management.

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.

Piotr Giemza-Popowski

Piotr Giemza-Popowski is a Partner in the Investment Management practice of Arendt & Medernach. He specialises in the setting-up of and management work relating to UCITS, with a particular emphasis on complex, structured UCITS, and has a broad expertise in all areas of legal and regulatory requirements applicable to UCITS. He regularly provides training courses and speaks at conferences and webinars dedicated to UCITS fund governance, eligible assets analysis and/or rules applicable to benchmarks. He also has broad experience in the formation of alternative investment funds (including Specialised Investment Funds and Reserved Alternative Investment Funds) and joint ventures, fund restructuring, managed account mandates, insurance linked fund arrangements and secondary transactions in fund interests, primarily in relation to private equity and private debt funds.

Błażej Gładysz-Lehmann

Błażej Gładysz-Lehmann is a Partner in the Corporate Law, Mergers & Acquisitions practice of Arendt & Medernach. He advises institutional and individual investors, as well as private equity funds, on local and international transactions, reorganisations and mainstream corporate matters relating to the structuring and set up of companies and joint ventures in Luxembourg. His practice increasingly focuses on transactions involving regulated financial institutions and investment platforms, including asset management M&A, secondaries and GP- stakes, where regulatory scrutiny and transactional complexity continue to increase. Błażej has also gained expertise in emerging regulated and strategically sensitive industries, with a particular focus on the space, security and defence sectors, where he assists clients on financing rounds, buyout and M&A transactions, as well as on the corporate regulatory, authorisation and licensing regimes applicable to these industries.

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.

Shekhar Guin

Shekhar Guin is a Partner in the Investment Management and Private Equity & Real Estate practices of Arendt & Medernach. He specialises in the structuring, setting up and organisation of regulated and non-regulated alternative investment funds (AIFs) and their managers (AIFMs) as well as on the structuring of European long-term investment funds (ELTIFs). He also advises domestic and foreign asset managers on private equity and real estate acquisitions, restructuring and financing activities.

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.

Philippe Harles

Philippe Harles is a Partner in the Corporate Law, Mergers & Acquisitions and Finance & Capital Markets practices of Arendt & Medernach. He specialises in corporate projects, advising domestic and global companies, including financial and insurance companies, as well as private equity houses on the structuring of international transactions, private equity investments, corporate reorganisations, mergers and acquisitions and governance matters. He also specialises in capital markets transactions. Philippe is heading the APAC activities of Arendt & Medernach. He has also developed proficient knowledge and expertise in environmental, social and governance (ESG) matters and regularly advises, together with the Arendt ESG team, clients on any corporate requirements deriving therefrom.

Arnaud Huguenel

Arnaud Huguenel is an Associate Partner in the Tax Law practice of Arendt & Medernach, working closely with the Employment Law, Pensions and Benefits team. Arnaud leads a specialist team advising employers, executives, entrepreneurs and private individuals on Luxembourg and cross-border personal taxation, social security and remuneration matters.The team focuses on delivering pragmatic, fully compliant and business-oriented solutions in complex, high-value situations, including international mobility, executive remuneration and Luxembourg-related investments and structuring. Arnaud is also an active member of Arendt’s Private Clients group, which supports individuals and families in structuring their personal and professional assets through an integrated corporate, real estate, civil law and tax approach. He advises individuals, as well as shareholders and executives of both international and domestic companies operating across a wide range of industries.

Michael Jonas

Michael Jonas is a Partner in the Investment Management practice of Arendt & Medernach. He advises fund sponsors on the structuring, formation and ongoing operation of regulated and unregulated alternative investment funds across all asset classes, with a particular focus on private equity and venture capital. Additional areas of expertise include GP-led secondaries, fund governance matters, carried interest and co-investment arrangements. He also advises asset managers on investment fund transactions and related acquisition structures and regulatory compliance.

Philipp Jost

Philipp Jost is a Partner in the Tax practice of Arendt & Medernach. He specialises in tax structuring for investment funds (private equity, infrastructure, real estate, venture capital and debt funds), particularly with respect to German investments and German investors. Philipp advises clients on all tax aspects in connection with cross-border M&A transactions, corporate reorganisations and joint venture structures. He has extensive experience in the restructuring of distressed companies. In addition, he advises on the structuring of capital markets transactions, such as IPOs and debt issuance (specifically in the context of securitisation matters). Philipp coordinates the firm’s German market activities between the Frankfurt office and Arendt’s headquarters in Luxembourg.

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.

Alexandra Leininger

Alexandra Leininger is an Associate Partner at Arendt Regulatory & Consulting, where she leads the Cross‑Border Fund Marketing & Distribution practice. With almost 25 years of experience in the asset management industry, she advises global asset managers on the registration, marketing and distribution of UCITS and AIFs across multiple jurisdictions. Her work spans the full life cycle of cross‑border distribution strategies, from initial structuring and product authorisation to ongoing regulatory compliance and market‑specific requirements. Since joining Arendt in 2013, she has developed extensive expertise in fund distribution rules, licensing frameworks and large‑scale pan‑European distribution projects. She supports several major clients in coordinating the distribution of multiple funds and share classes, with a particular focus on alternative investment fund managers and their regulatory obligations. She acts as a single point of contact for clients seeking fully coordinated regulatory and advisory support by leveraging Arendt’s international network of local distribution specialists. She helps firms design and implement robust, efficient and jurisdiction‑tailored distribution strategies that maximise market access and ensure long‑term compliance. In addition to her advisory work, she is a regular speaker on fund distribution topics and serves as a trainer at Arendt Institute.

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.

Stéphanie Lhomme

Stéphanie Lhomme is a Partner at Arendt. She heads the Forensic Investigations, Corporate Intelligence & Litigation Support practice at Arendt Regulatory & Consulting. She specialises in complex engagements for corporates, private equity houses, financial institutions, and public organisations, covering fraud, misconduct and corruption investigations, worldwide asset searches, AML investigations, anti-bribery and corruption reviews and strategic intelligence assignments.

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.

Sandrine Margetidis-Sigwalt

Sandrine Margetidis-Sigwalt is a Partner in the Litigation and Dispute Resolution practice of Arendt & Medernach. Specialising in insurance coverage disputes, she has acquired wide-ranging expertise in areas as diverse as professional liability, construction and industrial risks, major accidents, personal injury, and directors’ and officers’ liability. She has also gained specific expertise in medical and hospital matters, as well as in cases related to the civil liability of public authorities. Building on this very solid knowledge basis, Sandrine is expanding her expertise into additional areas such as fund industry litigation. Sandrine acts both in an advisory capacity and as counsel, having successfully represented her clients in various courts including the Supreme Court of Luxembourg (Cour de cassation) and the European Court of Human Rights.

Stéphanie Maschiella

Stéphanie Maschiella is a Partner at Arendt. She heads the Arendt Tax Compliance Services. Stéphanie advises on both national and international tax issues, with practical implementation as part of her tax compliance expertise. She works on private equity, real estate and finance transactions, with a particular focus on the Italian market. She seamlessly integrates her extensive legal expertise in tax with practical considerations, delivering clients an efficient, unique and comprehensive service.

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.

Allison Norie

Allison Norie is a Counsel in the Investment Management practice of Arendt & Medernach. She became Head of the Paris office in January 2024. She advises domestic and international clients on all legal and regulatory aspects linked to the formation and ongoing operations of regulated and unregulated investment funds, with a particular emphasis on complex, structured UCITS.

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.

Sandrine Périot

Sandrine Périot is a Partner at Arendt. Her role is to strengthen and develop the firm’s service offering around AML/CFT. Over the years, she has acquired considerable knowledge and expertise in the regulatory framework for the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing. Sandrine is a subject matter expert, helping clients in the banking, asset management and insurance industries to face the many challenges entailed by their AML/CFT obligations. Her experience ranges from the prevention and detection of ML/TF concerns and risks, to the implementation of corrective/responsive measures, including relations with competent authorities, to address potential deficiencies and ensure an adequate AML compliance programme.

Yves Philippart de Foy

Yves Philippart de Foy is a Partner in the Tax Law practice of Arendt & Medernach. He primarily advises UK-based and Spanish asset managers on Luxembourg tax matters, with a particular focus on private equity, private debt and fund-related financing structures. His practice covers both regulated and unregulated fund structures, co-investment arrangements, and complex holding and financing platforms. Yves plays an active role in cross-border transactions involving Luxembourg and regularly works alongside leading UK and Spanish law firms, as well as Arendt’s investment management, corporate and finance teams. He is a key point of contact for asset managers investing through Luxembourg structures in a UK and Iberian context.

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.

Stefan Staedter

Stefan Staedter is a Partner in the Investment Management practice of Arendt & Medernach. He became Head of the New York office in 2023, focusing on developing relations with markets in the US and more widely in North America. He promotes Arendt’s entire value chain, which encompasses the Luxembourg Legal & Tax, Regulatory & Consulting and Investor Services aspects. Stefan specialises in regulated and unregulated investment funds work, and mainly advises clients on the structuring and life cycle management of alternative investment funds – including real estate/infrastructure funds, private equity funds and debt funds, RAIFs/SIFs/SICARs and Luxembourg Part II funds, as well as their respective management entities. Stefan is also one of the firm’s experts on European long-term investment funds (ELTIFs), and he advises the majority of ELTIFs established in Luxembourg.

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, heading the Data, Tech & Commercial practice of Arendt & Medernach. She is specialised in the areas of data protection and privacy, data compliance, cybersecurity and ICT resilience, TMT, artificial intelligence, commercial contracts, e-commerce, consumer protection, the full spectrum of IP rights (trademarks, patents, designs and copyright), advertising, unfair competition and product regulation. In addition to her advisory and transactional expertise, Astrid Wagner represents her clients in litigation cases. Astrid Wagner further handles corporate and commercial law matters, advising operational companies on their establishment in Luxembourg.

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.

Serge Zeien

Serge Zeien is a Partner in the Finance & Capital Markets practice of Arendt & Medernach. He specialises in capital markets regulations and securities law. Serge advises clients on the entire range of debt and equity capital markets transactions, including debt issuance programmes, securitisation, structured products, equity offerings, takeovers, buy-backs and tender and exchange offers. He also advises on securities listing and admission to trading on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange, on the regulatory compliance arising from such listings and on corporate governance matters for public companies.