Armel Waisse > MOLITOR Avocats à la Cour SARL > Luxembourg, Luxembourg > Lawyer Profile
MOLITOR Avocats à la Cour SARL Offices
8 RUE SAINTE ZITHE
PO BOX 690
2016 LUXEMBOURG
Luxembourg
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Armel Waisse
Work Department
Banking & Finance
Litigation & Dispute Resolution
Position
Partner
Career
Armel is highly regarded for her sound knowledge in banking, insolvency, commercial and financial law.
She advises on cross-border and domestic financing, and assists lenders and corporate clients on restructuring deals involving the enforcement of Luxembourg security interests. Armel also acts for creditors in open insolvency cases for both regulated and unregulated Luxembourg based entities.
Her practice involves the provision of day-to-day advice to banks and financial institutions on various topics, such as contract law and regulatory issues.
She is also an accomplished litigator and acts as legal counsel for a wide array of institutional and corporate clients before arbitration tribunals and Luxembourg judicial courts. Over the years, she has demonstrated her natural talent for negotiation and pleadings, and has successfully dealt with an extensive range of intricate legal issues (such as shareholder disputes, banking liability and director liability).
Armel’s academic activities as a lecturer at the University of Luxembourg (in contract law) and the Luxembourg Bar School (in personal guarantees and property security rights), as well as her numerous publications in high-profile legal journals in Luxembourg led to her appointment as legal expert in international arbitration cases.
Languages
French and English
Memberships
Member of ALJB (Association luxembourgeoise des juristes de droit bancaire)
Treasurer of LAA (Luxembourg Arbitration Association)
Member of the Luxembourg Group of Association Henri Capitant des amis de la culture juridique française
Member of the legal affairs committee of the Luxembourg Bankers’ Association (ABBL)
Education
Master’s degree in Private Law (DEA) at University of Strasbourg (1997)
Certificate of Aptitude for the profession of Avocat at the Ecole Régionale des Avocats du Grand Est, Strasbourg (2011)
Lawyer Rankings
Luxembourg > Banking, finance and capital markets
The ‘responsive and creative’ team at MOLITOR Avocats à la Cour SARL
handles a range of finance transactions for borrowers and lenders, often handling the Luxembourg law advice pertinent to international matters. Armel Waisse is a key contact and has recently been particularly active on distressed transactions, both for creditors in insolvency scenarios, as well as on light touch refinancings. Michel Molitor
co-heads the team alongside Waisse and often handles litigation in the sector.
Luxembourg > Dispute resolution
(Leading individuals)Forming one of the lynchpins of MOLITOR Avocats à la Cour SARL‘s full-service offering, litigation is very much in the firm’s DNA, ensuring that clients receive a ‘commercial, responsive and user-friendly’ service throughout the life-cycle of a litigation procedure. A good deal of the work relates to financial and corporate disputes, an area that many of the lawyers have particular expertise, including on matters involving a multi-jurisdictional angle. Paulo Lopes Da Silva provides ‘very clear and accurate technical legal advice’ to banks and funds across a range of commercial litigation, and is appreciated for his ‘understanding of the practical inter-relationships between the law and procedure, and legal authorities.’ Philippe Thiebaud specialises in insolvency, corporate and fund litigation and is noted for his ‘strong understanding of cross-border issues.’ The firm also excels in managing disputes utilising ADR techniques, with the ‘outstanding’ Armel Waisse and Jacques Wolter noted for their arbitration skills, with Wolter also an accredited mediator. Managing partner Michel Molitor co-heads the team alongside Da Silva.
Lawyer Rankings
- Dispute resolution Luxembourg
- Leading individuals Luxembourg > Dispute resolution
- Banking, finance and capital markets Luxembourg