Drawing upon the expertise of a number of 'excellent commercial all-round corporate lawyers' in Luxembourg as well as Belgium and the Netherlands, NautaDutilh remains a very popular firm for handling Benelux-related M&A, as well as for more general cross-border deals involving Luxembourg structuring. In this context, the team handles a significant volume of work for financial sponsors, including in the energy, manufacturing and TMT sectors. Romain Sabatier, who provides 'responsive, sensible and effective' advice, co-heads the team alongside Margaretha Wilkenhuysen and Caroline Notté.
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Testimonials

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  • 'The team delivers an impressively high quality level of work.'
  • 'The team combines sharp legal judgement with strong commercial insight, standing out for their clarity, speed and calm under pressure.'
  • 'Romain Sabatier is always responsive, sensible and effective.'
  • 'They have a number of excellent commercial all-round corporate lawyers.'

Key clients

  • Younited Financial Lauxera Capital Partners MidEuropa Brookfield Corporation RTL Group Engie Azenta Gamuda Berhad RTX Corporation Ripplewood Apollo Capital Partners YLS S.à r.l. Oaktree Taconic Capital Alcentra Alchemy GREYKITE Leon Grosse

Work highlights

Advised Iris Financial (now Younited Financial) on its €152m acquisition of Younited S.A.
Advised RTL Group on its sale to Media Group.
Assisted MidEuropa with the sale of Profi Food Rom to Ahold Delhaize.
Practice head

Margaretha Wilkenhuysen; Romain Sabatier; Caroline Notté

Other key lawyers

Aline Nassoy