Centred around some key marquee clients, BSP handles a range of major instructions where it acts on the Luxembourg structuring associated with cross-border M&A transactions. Team head Linda Harroch is the relationship partner for Advent, with longstanding ties to the US-headquartered global private equity fund which have seen her involved in many important acquisitions and exits. Michaël Kitai is the main contact for Goldman Sachs, and is a key member of the team alongside corporate and tax expert Cécile Jager and Christèle Pierre-Alexandre, who has developed a particular strength in infrastructure-related work through her ties with GIP.
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Work Department
Private Equity | Corporate, M&A | Banking & Finance | Real Estate & Construction
Position
Partner
Career
- Linda is a Partner and a member of the Corporate Law, the Mergers & Acquisitions, the Private Equity and the Real Estate practices.
- She is the Head of the Private Equity practice within the firm.
- Linda specialises mainly in the corporate law, corporate finance, the mergers and acquisitions, the transaction business law and the real restate.
- She regularly advises major international companies, private equity firms and real estate funds on funds structuring and formation as well as on the structuring and financing of international buy-out transactions, joint ventures, corporate reorganizations, merger & acquisition as well as corporate governance matters including litigation between co-investors.
- Linda has been active in the field of joint ventures and investment structures advising on the private equity firm’s side and on the management side.
- She has further advised major international groups of companies for corporate reorganizations, financings, listing and re-financing as well as in relation to their capital markets transactions.
- In addition to her corporate expertise, Linda has been involved in a number of capital markets transactions advising international firms on various types of financing, such as refinancing packages and debt restructurings.
Languages
English, French.
Memberships
- Luxembourg Private Equity Association (LPEA)
- Board member of various Luxembourg SPVs for various private equity houses
- International Bar Association (IBA)
Education
- Admitted to the Luxembourg Bar, 2011.
- Université Nancy II, France, Maîtrise en Droit des Affaires et Fiscalité (Master in Business Law and Tax Law), 1999.
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Key clients
- Goldman Sachs
- Global Infrastructure Partners, a part of BlackRock
Work highlights
Advising Goldman Sachs within the framework of its launching and development of a biomethane business called Verdalia Bioenergy with the aim to invest in Europe.