Led by Bernard Beerens, the ‘pragmatic and customer-oriented’ team at Stibbe regularly works alongside international law firms as co-counsel to financial sponsors, providing the structuring of the Luxembourg investment vehicles and the execution of the pursuant transactions. The ’solutions-oriented’ Gérald Origer is vastly experienced in the space and is a trusted adviser to a number of large international funds, advising them on downstream investments and applicable management incentive plans, as well as on portfolio management work.
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- 'The team is very pragmatic and customer-oriented.'
- 'Gérald Origer has deep knowledge of PE and Luxembourgish corporate law. His clients profit from this and his pragmatic, solutions-oriented, but always academically sound approach.'
Key clients
- AccorInvest Group S.A. (Essendi) AUNA S.A. Corsair Capital InvestIndustrial New Mountain Capital New York Life Insurance Company Rhône Capital Zydus Lifesciences Ltd Eurazeo UK limited
Work highlights
Advised AccorInvest on all Luxembourg legal aspects of two bond issuances totalling €1.4bn and a comprehensive €2.2bn debt refinancing. The transactions supported the group’s capital structure optimisation, extended its debt maturity profile, and reinforced its long-term financing strategy.
Advised Investindustrial on Luxembourg legal aspects of its acquisitions of Fassi Holding, a global leader in lifting equipment, and Virospack, a premium cosmetics packaging manufacturer.
Advised New Mountain Capital on Luxembourg legal and regulatory aspects of its strategic investment in Grant Thornton Luxembourg, as part of the creation of a new transatlantic professional services platform.
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Practice head
Bernard Beerens
Other key lawyers
Claire-Marie Darnand; Gérald Origer; François Bernard; Sabrina Lai Cheong; Frédéric Pilorget