Norton Rose Fulbright > Luxembourg, Luxembourg > Firm Profile
Norton Rose Fulbright Offices
16-18 BOULEVARD ROYAL
LUXEMBOURG L-2449
Luxembourg
Norton Rose Fulbright > The Legal 500 Rankings
Luxembourg > Tax Tier 2
Norton Rose Fulbright provides ‘cost-effective and commercial advice’ to standalone clients, including HNWIs, across a range of matters, as well as in support of the firm’s funds, corporate and finance practices on the tax structuring to facilitate cross-border transactions. Team head Florent Trouiller has ‘strong technical knowledge and an excellent grasp of best practices within the market’, ensuring he is able to provide very effective advice including on cross-border private equity and real estate investments, as well as capital markets and structured finance mandates. ‘Very knowledgeable and dedicated’ counsel Raphaële Kamoun is also recommended for structuring advice traversing real estate, private equity/venture capital and banking.Practice head(s):
Florent Trouiller
Other key lawyers:
Testimonials
‘The team provides cost-effective and commercial advice.’
‘Their network, their ability to introduce other partners from other practices (investment funds, real estate), their client centricity and the bespoke approach they have.’
‘Florent Trouiller has strong technical knowledge and an excellent grasp of best practices within the market. He remains permanently involved and I value his responsiveness and well-thought-out ideas.’
‘Florent Trouiller and Raphaele Kamoun are both very kind, knowledgeable and very responsive tax professionals. Their attendance to key local and international governing bodies makes them very knowledgeable of their sector as well.’
‘Raphaële Kamoun is very knowledgeable and dedicated.’
Key clients
USAA
Appian Capital Advisory LLP (UK)
Brookfield Asset Management
Cedar Oxygen
Citigroup Inc.
Generali
AG2R La Mondiale
LFIS Capital
National Bank of Canada
Deutsche Finance International
Oxus Development Network
Province of British Columbia
The Hokus Platform S.à r.l.
Tristan Capital Partners
Handicap International Luxembourg
Work highlights
- Advising Oxus Development Network on tax and transfer pricing work.
Luxembourg > Commercial, corporate and M&A Tier 4
Acting on its own but more usually forming part of a multi-office, multi-disciplinary team, Norton Rose Fulbright provides ‘very commercial and responsive advice’ to companies and funds across a range of corporate and commercial work often centring on key underlying areas of industry strength for the firm including transport, financial services, energy and real estate. Luxembourg, Paris and New York-qualified team head Torsten Sauer provides ‘extremely user-friendly’ advice on cross-border M&A and general corporate matters.Practice head(s):
Torsten Sauer
Other key lawyers:
William Tanguy
Testimonials
‘They provide very commercial and responsive advice.’
‘Torsten Sauer is extremely user-friendly.’
‘Knowledgeable and professional, but also pragmatic.’
Key clients
Ambridge European Limited
Amundi Immobilier
Blackstone Real Estate
bp
Brookfield Asset Management
Caisse Fédérale du Crédit Mutuel (Banque de Luxembourg)
Civitas Investment Management Limited
CNA Hardy
Commerzbank
Deutsche Finance International
FSN Capital
Generali
Hertz Europe Limited
INEOS
ING
J.P. Morgan
Kneip Management
LFIS Capital
Lloyds Bank PLC
Oxus Development Network
Perwyn
Real I.S.
Sandvik
Shell
Sunsuper
The Standard Club
Troy Corporation
United Services Automobile Association
VF Corporation
Warburg Pincus
Work highlights
- Frequently advised Deutsche Finance International LLP and its affiliates in connection with equity and debt financings of its real estate portfolio.
- Advised Oxus Development Network on all key developments of its operations in Luxembourg.
Luxembourg > Investment funds Tier 4
The 'approachable and client-oriented' team at Norton Rose Fulbright has developed a strong reputation advising on the structuring of regulated and unregulated investment funds across a balanced mix of alternative strategies, including debt funds and real estate. Claire Guilbert provides 'responsive and very commercial' advice from a structuring and regulatory perspective, including as it relates to SFDR compliance and AML rules. Geoffroy Hermanns co-heads the team alongside Guilbert and advises both GPs and LPs (including DFIs and sovereign wealth funds), with a particular focus on work in the Middle East and emerging markets.Practice head(s):
Claire Guilbert; Geoffroy Hermanns
Other key lawyers:
Cyril Clugnac
Testimonials
‘I highly recommend Norton Rose for their expertise in the structuring and organisation of regulated and unregulated investment funds, especially in AIFMD, AML/CFT.’
‘The team is approachable, responsive and client oriented. They always take the time to address our concerns or issues and they have a very good practice of the corporate law.’
‘Claire Guilbert is responsive and very commercial.’
Key clients
Tristan Capital Partners
Unigestion S.A.
DFC in consortium with Swedfund
Mindston Capital
FMO (Nederlandse Financierings-Maatschappij)
African Development Bank
LCN Capital Partners
AXA Investment Managers
BLI – Banque de Luxembourg Investments
Conning Holdings Limited
Chimera Capital
Generali
NewSpace Capital
Y Fund SCSp SICAV-RAIF
Shift Capital SCSp
Work highlights
- Advised Unigestion SA, a Swiss independent specialist asset manager, in the structuring, setup and launch of its third direct private equity fund.
- Advised Conning Holdings Ltd (Conning), a leading global asset manager, and its shareholder, Cathay Life Insurance Co., Ltd (Cathay Life), on Conning’s acquisition by Generali Investment Holdings S.p.A. (GIH), the asset management arm of Italian insurer Generali Group.
- Advising the United States International Development Finance Corporation and Swedfund International AB with respect to their cornerstone investment in the Gigaton Empowerment Fund, a Luxembourg SICAV-RAIF with a French AIFM and an investment manager based in the US and East Africa.
Luxembourg > Banking, finance and capital markets Tier 5
With an ‘exceptional knowledge of banking and financial law, as well as good contacts with supervisory authorities,’ Norton Rose Fulbright is well-positioned to represent funds, corporates and lenders across a wide spectrum of banking and capital markets transactions where Luxembourg is the main jurisdiction, as well as in deals where it is simply a part of the security package. ‘Very responsive’ team head Stéphane Braun takes the lead on most of the transactional matters (including corporate finance, structured finance and securitisation matters), while the ‘technically strong’ Nam Nguyen-Groza has a strong grounding in financial services regulatory matters.Practice head(s):
Stéphane Braun
Other key lawyers:
Dorothée Ciolino; Nam Nguyen-Groza; Cyril D’Herbes; Charlène Thibaudon
Testimonials
‘The team is diligent and proactive.’
‘They have an exceptional knowledge of banking and financial law, as well as good contacts with supervisory authorities, and very good networking at home and abroad.’
‘Stéphane Braun is very technical and responsive.’
‘Cyril d’Herbes is really proactive and smart.’
‘Nam Nguyen is technically strong.’
‘Proactive and engaged.’
‘The team is very technical but also friendly.’
Key clients
AIG
Bank of America
Bank of China, Luxembourg Branch
Bayerische Landesbank
Bemo Europe Banque Privée
BNP Paribas
BOS Wealth Management Europe S.A.
Cardif Lux Vie S.A.
Citibank
Cornèr Banca S.A.
Crédit Agricole
East West United Bank
European Investment Bank
FUCHS et Associés
Goldman Sachs
GP Bullhound
ING
J.P. Morgan
Kulczyk Investments SA
LFIS Capital SAS
MUFG
National Bank of Canada
National Bank of Greece S.A.
Northern Trust Global Services SE
P+
Planet Payment
Rabobank
Raiffeisen Bank International
Royal Bank of Canada
Royal Bank of Scotland
Société Générale/SGBT
Standard Chartered Bank
Standard Club Group
The Hokus Platform
The SCP Group
Toronto Dominion
United Overseas Bank
USAA
Visalux S.C.
Warburg Pincus
Wordline
Work highlights
Norton Rose Fulbright > Firm Profile
The firm: Norton Rose Fulbright is a global law firm providing the world’s preeminent corporations and financial institutions with a full business law service. The firm has 3000+ lawyers and other legal staff based in more than 50 cities across Europe, the United States, Canada, Latin America, Asia, Australia, Africa, and the Middle East.
Norton Rose Fulbright’s Luxembourg office is particularly strong in investment funds, real estate, banking and finance, mainstream corporate, M&A, litigation and disputes, employment and labor and commercial and cross-border tax planning. The firm’s lawyers also work closely with its EU investigations and risk advisory teams.
In addition to growing links with China and other Asian jurisdictions, the Luxembourg team has strong historical links with neighboring Germany and well-established connections to Canada and the US.
Main Contacts
Department | Name | Telephone | |
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Managing Partner, Luxembourg | Torsten Sauer | [email protected] |
Lawyer Profiles
Photo | Name | Position | Profile |
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Mr Stéphane Braun | Head of Luxembourg | View Profile |
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