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