Mr Adrien Pierre > Loyens & Loeff > Luxembourg, Luxembourg > Lawyer Profile

Loyens & Loeff
18-20 RUE EDWARD STEICHEN
2540 LUXEMBOURG
Luxembourg

Work Department

Banking & Finance Practice Group

Position

Adrien Pierre, senior associate, is a member of the Banking & Finance Practice Group in our Luxembourg office. He advises banks, asset managers, fintechs, payment institutions, insurance companies and other financial institutions on regulatory matters.

Career

Adrien specialises in the laws and regulations applicable to the financial services industry as well as prudential supervision requirements. He advises clients on licensing requests, payments legislation, anti-money laundering rules and M&A transactions.

Before joining Loyens & Loeff Luxembourg in 2019, Adrien spent several years as in-house counsel in a major global financial institution where he advised on a wide range of legal matters including financial regulation and finance transactions. Adrien began his career in Luxembourg, acquiring three years of experience in the Banking department of another leading Luxembourg law firm where he advised clients on national and cross-border lending transactions.

Languages

  • English
  • French
  • German

Memberships

  • Luxembourg Bar, 2013 

Education

Master’s Degree in European banking and finance law (LL.M), University of Luxembourg, 2012

Lawyer Rankings

Luxembourg > Banking, finance and capital markets

Resourcing matters with ‘responsive lawyers who are proactive and diligent,’ and who have comprehensive knowledge across loan and capital markets financial products, Loyens & Loeff provides ‘an excellent client service’ across a range of secured and unsecured new money and refinancing and distressed financings. Spearheaded by Vassiliyan Zanev, the firm has gained acclaim for its fund financing work, with a myriad of major fund clients regularly turning to the firm for credit through subscription, capital call and NAV facilities, among other methods. Zanev is also well-versed at advising on structured finance matters, structuring of securitisation vehicles and the issuances of asset-backed securities. Anne-Marie Nicolas heads the secured lending team and as well as being ‘very skilled in insolvency situations’ is also adept at advising on new money acquisition and leveraged financing transactions. Other key members of the team include Audrey Jarreton, who excels at handling acquisition and real estate finance work, and Adrien Pierre, who has ‘very strong technical skills and great market knowledge’ in the context of financial services regulatory work.

Luxembourg > Fintech

Noted for its ‘incredible ability to combine expertise from different areas,’ including corporate, regulatory, finance and litigation, Loyens & Loeff‘s multi-disciplinary offering provides ‘thorough advice’ to start-ups, financial institutions and investors across a myriad advisory, transactional, litigation and risk management mandates. ‘Pragmatic’ team head Anne-Marie Nicolas is appreciated for her ability to analyse both business and legal considerations, particularly on crypto and tokenisation-related projects. Other key contacts include Sabrina Martin, who has a focus on start-ups and new technology legal issues, and Adrien Pierre, who deploys expansive regulatory expertise to good effect for fintech entities seeking licensing approvals and in the context of AML advice to clients in the cryptoasset space.