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Norton Rose Fulbright Offices

Norton Rose Fulbright
16-18 BOULEVARD ROYAL
LUXEMBOURG L-2449
Luxembourg
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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:

Raphaële Kamoun

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

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Norton Rose Fulbright > Firm Profile

The firm: Norton Rose Fulbright is a global law firm. We provide the world’s preeminent corporations and financial institutions with a full business law service. We have more than 4000 lawyers and other legal staff based in more than 50 cities across Europe, the United States, Canada, Latin America, Asia, Australia, the Middle East and Africa.

Areas of practice: Recognized for our industry focus, we are strong across all the key industry sectors: financial institutions; energy; infrastructure, mining and commodities; transport; technology and innovation; and life sciences and healthcare. Through our global risk advisory group, we leverage our industry experience with our knowledge of legal, regulatory, compliance and governance issues to provide our clients with practical solutions to the legal and regulatory risks facing their businesses.

Wherever we are, we operate in accordance with our global business principles of quality, unity and integrity. We aim to provide the highest possible standard of legal service in each of our offices and to maintain that level of quality at every point of contact.

Norton Rose Fulbright Verein, a Swiss verein, helps coordinate the activities of Norton Rose Fulbright members but does not itself provide legal services to clients. Norton Rose Fulbright has offices in more than 50 cities worldwide, including London, Houston, New York, Toronto, Mexico City, Hong Kong, Sydney and Johannesburg. For more information, see nortonrosefulbright.com

Offices: We have offices in the world’s most important business, financial and regulatory centres and are active in strategically important growth markets. Our offices are located in Amsterdam, Athens, Austin, Bahrain, Bangkok, Beijing, Brisbane, Brussels, Calgary, Canberra, Cape Town, Casablanca, Dallas, Denver, Dubai, Durban, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Hong Kong, Houston, Istanbul, Jakarta (in association with Norton Rose Fulbright Australia), Johannesburg, London, Los Angeles, Luxembourg, Melbourne, Mexico City, Milan, Minneapolis, Monaco, Montréal, Moscow, Munich, New York, Ottawa, Paris, Perth, Piraeus, Port Moresby, Québec, Rio de Janeiro, Riyadh (in association with Mohammed Al-Ghamdi Law Firm), San Antonio, San Francisco, São Paulo, Shanghai, Singapore, St Louis, Sydney, Tokyo, Toronto, Vancouver, Warsaw and Washington, DC. In Africa, we have alliances with firms in Kenya, Uganda, Burundi and Zimbabwe

Number of partners (worldwide): 1,000+
Number of other fee-earners (worldwide): 2,000+
Total staff: 7,500+

Global key contacts
Financial institutions: James Bateson
Energy: Anne Lapierre and John Mauel
Infrastructure, mining and commodities: Nick Merritt
Transport: Harry Theochari
Technology: Nick Abrahams
Life sciences and healthcare: Stacey Martinez and Randy Sutton

Main Contacts

Department Name Email Telephone
Financial institutions James Bateson
Energy Charles Whitney
Infrastructure, mining and commodities Dirk Trautmann
Transport Harry Theochari
Technology and innovation Sean Murphy
Life sciences and healthcare Huw Evans

Lawyer Profiles

Photo Name Position Profile
Stéphane Braun photo Mr Stéphane Braun Head of Luxembourg View Profile

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Other offices : Amsterdam
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Other offices : Austin
Other offices : Bahrain
Other offices : Bangkok
Other offices : Beijing
Other offices : Bogotá
Other offices : Brisbane
Other offices : Brussels
Other offices : Calgary
Other offices : Canberra
Other offices : Cape Town
Other offices : Caracas
Other offices : Casablanca
Other offices : Dallas
Other offices : Dar es Salaam
Other offices : Denver
Other offices : Dubai
Other offices : Durban
Other offices : Frankfurt
Other offices : Hamburg
Other offices : Hong Kong
Other offices : Houston
Other offices : Istanbul
Other offices : Jakarta (in association with Norton Rose Fulbright Australia)
Other offices : Johannesburg
Other offices : London
Other offices : Los Angeles
Other offices : Melbourne
Other offices : Mexico City
Other offices : Milan
Other offices : Minneapolis
Other offices : Monaco
Other offices : Montréal
Other offices : Moscow
Other offices : Munich
Other offices : New York
Other offices : Ottawa
Other offices : Paris
Other offices : Perth
Other offices : Piraeus
Other offices : Port Moresby
Other offices : Québec
Other offices : Rio de Janeiro
Other offices : Riyadh (in association with Mohammed Al-Ghamdi Law Firm)
Other offices : San Antonio
Other offices : San Francisco
Other offices : São Paulo
Other offices : Shanghai
Other offices : Singapore
Other offices : St Louis
Other offices : Sydney
Other offices : Tokyo
Other offices : Toronto
Other offices : Vancouver
Other offices : Warsaw
Other offices : Washington, DC
Other offices : In Africa, it has alliances with firms in Kenya, Uganda, Burundi and Zimbabwe.