Ms Elodie Duchêne > Baker McKenzie > Luxembourg, Luxembourg > Lawyer Profile

Although it handles some purely domestic work – including on day-to-day operational corporate compliance/governance matters for multinational and local companies doing business in Luxembourg – Baker McKenzie is best-known for its skill at handling the necessary Luxembourg structuring pursuant to large-scale cross-border M&A mandates. Here, the team, which is led by the ‘outstanding’ Jean-François Findling and Elodie Duchêne, can provide a one-stop-shop approach to corporates and funds on the buy and sell-side working in close co-operation with lawyers from throughout the firm’s vast global network. Another strength is the team’s ability to handle large-scale restructuring mandates.

Baker McKenzie‘s cross-disciplinary private equity group, which draws from the office’s corporate, tax and investment funds practice areas, handles work for sponsors throughout their investment life-cycle. On the downstream investment front, the team regularly works alongside other offices from the firm’s expansive international network to provide a one-stop-shop service on cross-border mandates. Jean-François Findling is key to the firm’s M&A in the sector, including for private equity funds acquiring assets in the financial services sector and for infrastructure funds on their transactional work. Elodie Duchêne also handles a considerable amount of private equity-related investment work, as well as regularly providing advice on management incentive plans.