Linklaters LLP

The firm: As a leading global law firm, Linklaters aims to build relationships that last. Major companies and financial institutions seek our support for their complex and challenging assignments. A client-focused approach and deep understanding of the broader economic picture enable us to deliver solution- driven results. With 30 offices in 20 countries, our 2,300 lawyers are working closely together, advising clients across practices, sectors and jurisdictions.

Our Luxembourg office alone encompasses 16 nationalities with 20 languages spoken. By combining the expertise of over 80 lawyers, we can meet the business objectives and needs of a diverse client base. Linklaters is at the forefront of legal innovation taking an active role in many consultative and advisory committees and industry representative bodies. This presence in the wider legal landscape allows us to deliver clarity of focus and coherent, streamlined outcomes. We act with responsibility and integrity toward our communities and the environment.

Areas of practice: With a strong global network built on several pillars of expertise, we help clients achieve their objectives by resolving their most challenging transactions:

• Capital Markets and Banking: sophisticated banking transactions, structured finance, securitisation, innovative capital markets transactions and listings, including RMB issuance, Islamic finance and loan participation notes;
• Corporate/M&A: active in private equity and some of the market’s most significant IPO transactions;
• Investment Funds: specialists in sophisticated fund structures across all asset classes, with intricate investment strategies;
• Tax: cross-border and transactional tax matters, M&A joint ventures, private equity and investment funds, capital raising, structured finance, real estate;
• Litigation: comprehensive contentious and arbitration services in sensitive, complex and challenging cases;
• Intellectual Property and Technology, Media, Telecommunications (TMT): national and international IP enforcement strategies, defending IP rights; multijurisdictional transactions;
• Employment: strategic advisory, transactional involvement and contentious advice for commercial solutions for demanding legal matters;
• Real Estate: global and local specialists in M&A, estate investment and development, finance, tax and real estate funds, derivatives, structured finance, environment and planning and zoning.