Mr Michel Molitor > MOLITOR Avocats à la Cour SARL > Luxembourg, Luxembourg > Lawyer Profile

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.

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.

Led by the ‘very responsive and efficient’ Régis Muller, MOLITOR Avocats à la Cour SARL provides ‘sound advice’ across a wide array of employment issues, including on remuneration matters and contract drafting for banking and private equity firms. As well as employer-side work, Muller and managing partner Michel Molitor also have experience representing executives in negotiating settlement agreements.

Drawing upon an ‘excellent knowledge of insurance law’, MOLITOR Avocats à la Cour SARL provides a ‘professional and highly skilled service’ to domestic and international insurance companies across a range of advisory and disputes work. Team head Michel Molitor is a prominent figure on the contentious front, combining strategic nous with a deep knowledge of the black letter law to good effect across a myriad of cases relating to liability and coverage, inter alia.

Led by counsel Virginie Liebermann and managing partner Michel Molitor, MOLITOR Avocats à la Cour SARL provides ‘responsive, practical and pragmatic advice’ to clients in the retail, financial services, automotive and health sectors, in particular, across a wide range of IP/IT-related matters, including issues relating to privacy law, trade marks/copyright and regulatory clearance of media and advertising projects.