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Norton Rose Fulbright > The Legal 500 Rankings

Luxembourg > Tax Tier 2

Combining an 'exceptional' blend of local knowledge with a strong international perspective, the 'technically excellent and user friendly' team at Norton Rose Fulbright is best-known for its ability to advise on the tax structuring pursuant to the office's growing fund, corporate and banking transactional practices. Here the team, which often works alongside lawyers from other international firmwide offices, excels in providing 'solutions that are both innovative and compliant with local and international tax laws'. Team head Florent Trouiller, who 'stands out for his exceptional expertise and strategic thinking in the field of taxation', takes the lead on the most complex tax structuring, including as it relates to private equity-led M&A, as well as with regard to the establishment of regulated and unregulated investment funds.      

Luxembourg > Commercial, corporate and M&A Tier 3

Norton Rose Fulbright is gaining increasingly strong market recognition since establishing its Luxembourg office in 2017 as a result of its versatile corporate offering, which includes day-to-day corporate advice and structuring on big-ticket cross-border M&A transactions. ‘Responsive and user-friendly’ team head Torsten Sauer has been pivotal to this success, developing strong ties with private equity sponsors and real estate funds, as well as handling some work in the thriving domestic venture capital ecosystem.

Luxembourg > Fintech Tier 3

Norton Rose Fulbright acts on its own as well as providing the Luxembourg-related advice pursuant to projects handled by the firm's broader global fintech offering. 'Highly skilled' counsel Dorothée Ciolino combines her commercial, corporate and IT-related legal skills to good effect for a range of stakeholders in the sector, and is particularly well-versed at advising on payments-related matters. Funds partner Geoffroy Hermanns also handles some fintech work, including as it relates to NFTs, and is also increasingly active establishing funds investing in fintech assets.

Luxembourg > Investment funds Tier 3

Forming an increasingly important part of the firm's global offering in the asset management space, Norton Rose Fulbright's compact but growing Luxembourg team acts on its own as well as frequently alongside other key European and Middle Eastern offices across a wide range of fund formation, operational and regulatory within the alternatives space. As well as representing many international asset managers, the team is also well-versed at handling work for institutional investors, including development financial institutions on their investments into funds (including those focused on ESG strategies). Claire Guilbert has a strong grounding in the regulatory and structuring needs of funds implementing a myriad alternative strategies, and has recently handled a considerable volume of work within the thriving debt funds space. Guilbert co-heads the team alongside Geoffroy Hermanns, who has particular knowledge on mandates with a Middle Eastern component, and is familiar with Shari'ah compliant funds.

Luxembourg > Banking, finance and capital markets Tier 5

Leveraging 'broad knowledge across all legal and regulatory issues', Norton Rose Fulbright is well-positioned to advise lenders and borrowers across a myriad capital markets and lending transactions, often working alongside practitioners throughout the firm's extensive global network. Stéphane Braun takes the lead on much of the transactional work, including advice on debt and equity capital markets and securitization transactions. Dorothée Ciolino spearheads the regulatory offering and has particular expertise in relation to fintech and payments matters.