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Sabrina is Head of the Employment Law team at Stellan Partners. Before joining Stellan Partners(previously PwC Legal) in January 2010, Sabrina worked in the legal department of a company quoted on the Paris Stock Exchange (CAC 40) and in the Labour Law department of a famous business law firm in Paris. Thus Sabrina had the opportunity to specialize in employment law from the beginning of her career. At Stellan Partners, she focuses on employment, social security and immigration law matters (legal advice and litigation). She advises a wide range of Luxembourg and foreign clients in these areas. As part of her expertise, Sabrina notably advises international clients wishing to establish operational businesses in Luxembourg, supports clients in their day-to-day HR issues (drafting of contracts and internal policies, assistance with respect to disciplinary procedures, harassment claims and investigations), assists clients in their business reorganizations (outsourcing, M&A deals, redundancies) and deals with international mobility issues (secondment, expatriation).

Catherine Baflast

Catherine is the partner leading the Corporate practice of Stellan Partners (Luxembourg) and has an extensive experience in advising private equity clients in the setting-up, acquisition or sale of investments structures, targets or joint ventures. Her practice covers a broad spectrum of corporate and transactional matters involving both international and domestic real estate deals as well structuring, financing of leverage and management buy-out transactions, domestic and cross-border mergers, corporate reorganisations, management teams and corporate governance matters. Catherine is also well versed in assisting operational companies running their activities in Luxembourg.

Serge is a partner in our corporate and M&A department, heading the Real Estate practice at Stellan Partners in Luxembourg. With more than 20 years experience of legal expertise, including an outstanding record of performance in preparing and negotiating real estate transactions, Serge is a nationally renowned legal real estate expert. Serge specialises in national and international real estate and construction issues. He advises on all aspects of real estate investment projects, including, among other things, real estate asset acquisitions and disposals (share or asset deals), the choice of vehicle, financing, complex lease negotiations, authorization requirements and environmental aspects. He advises clients on a wide range of real estate transactions, share and asset deals, be it on the buyer or seller side, and including Luxembourg-based real estate assets

Jean-Yves Lhommel

Jean-Yves has a strong background with more than 20 years of experience in international tax and international business reorganisations. He has notably spent more than 10 years with “Magic Circle” law firms. He experienced amongst: post-acquisition simplification of the Luxembourg holding structure of a multinational industrial group; implementation of the financing and cash pooling center for a Swedish industrial group; rationalisation of the holding structure of the real estate part of a sovereign fund; partial demerger of the management entity of a regulated life insurance company; cross-border merger of a German operating company into a Luxembourg company being active in the same sector; debt to equity swaps for the Luxembourg companies of several international groups. Jean-Yves is responsible for Luxembourg corporate services, assisting mainly multinational groups through their implementation and restructuring processes. This notably includes in-bound and out-bound migrations, domestic and cross-border mergers, demergers, liquidations, etc. He is also involved in both international and domestic real estate deals.

Cédric Raffoul

Cedric is heading the Banking and Capital Markets practice of Stellan Partners in Luxembourg. He advises clients on all type of financing transactions, including secured and unsecured bank lending, acquisition and asset finance and has an extensive experience in securities law and capital markets regulation. He advises Luxembourg and foreign corporate clients and financial institutions on capital markets and financing transactions, including debt and equity transactions, initial public offerings, takeovers, placement of securities, buy-backs of securities, liability management transactions, listings and all related regulatory matters.

Wim is heading our Alternative Funds & Investor Services practice. With over 25 years of experience across legal practice, board positions and senior leadership roles in regulated financial institutions throughout Europe, the U.S., and Asia, Wim joined Stellan Partners to offer something different: legal advice shaped by the realities of fund operations & investor needs. Wim focuses on what matters most to fund managers, platforms, and investors: clear structures, regulatory confidence, and practical solutions that work across borders. His advice is built on lived experience: he understands how decisions play out not just in legal documents, but in boardrooms, investor meetings, and day-to-day operations. Clients turn to Wim because he speaks their language. He thinks like an entrepreneurial owner, not just a lawyer, and brings a business mindset to every mandate, always anticipating the operational impact behind every legal decision.

Audrey Rustichelli

Audrey Rustichelli is the head of our Technologies & IP department. She advises clients on a wide range of information technology and communications matters and has extensive experience in outsourcing agreements, Internet and e-commerce, telecommunications and data protection issues including assisting clients getting GDPR ready. Her extended experience, notably as head of the IP/ITc practice in the Luxembourg office of the largest American business law firm, is also an asset to handle issues related to commercial agreements, queries for regulated companies or enforcing intellectual property rights.