Corporate, M&A

Corporate and M&A are core practices of our firm.

With an innovative and pragmatic oriented approach we offer our clients legal services in the full spectrum of corporate work.

Our corporate M&A team has significant expertise representing domestic and international leading corporations, public and private companies, investment banks, private equity firms and other investors in complex M&A transactions. We provide ongoing advice on general company law matters and solutions on all corporate law issues that affect the day-to-day business of our clients.

Our corporate M&A team advises public and private companies, including listed companies, small and medium size enterprises, on all aspects of corporate law such as incorporation; corporate restructurings; re-domiciliation; capital markets law applicable to public companies and groups; preparation and holding of shareholders’ meetings of listed (and non-listed) companies; advising senior management and boards of directors and their committees on a wide range of issues, including corporate governance and liability management; corporate housekeeping and corporate compliance.

Our corporate M&A team acts on all types of major M&A deals as well as on smaller transactions, either domestic or with a cross-border character. More particularly, we have extensive experience in representing Luxembourg and foreign companies in corporate acquisitions (share and asset deals); public takeovers, including representation and negotiations with the Luxembourg financial supervisory authorities (“Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier”, “Commissariat aux Assurances”, etc.); mergers; spin-offs; changes of corporate form and other forms of corporate restructuring; management and leveraged buy-outs; and joint ventures.

Our corporate M&A team practice covers a range of major industries including, but not limited to pharmaceutical and food & beverage, manufacturing, financial services, asset management, energy, telecommunications, IT, transport and real estate. We act for corporate buyers and sellers, private investors as well as private equity funds and their financial advisors.

We regularly advise senior management and boards of directors on corporate governance issues in order to enable them to achieve their business objectives within the framework of best practice for investors protection. One of our partners was a member of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange’s working group that published the first corporate governance code “The Ten Principles of Corporate Governance of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange”.

Our corporate M&A team closely works with lawyers from other departments of our firm in order to combine their extensive experience and capabilities in areas such as tax, competition, litigation, employment and banking law. In cross-border transactions and depending on the needs of our clients, we cooperate seamlessly with lawyers from our large international network of leading top tier law firms. We consider the ability to provide a timely and integrated assistance as vital to the success of complex corporate and M&A transactions.

Considering the need to find efficient solutions to complicated issues that often occur in cross-border M&A transactions we always strive to have a tailor-made approach for every client not only in creating and implementing the structure but also in negotiating with the administrative authorities.

Our corporate M&A team practice covers a range of major industries including, but not limited to pharmaceutical and food & beverage, manufacturing, financial services, asset management, energy, telecommunications, IT, transport and real estate. We act for corporate buyers and sellers, private investors as well as private equity funds and their financial advisors.

Contacts

Pierre-Alexandre DEGEHET
Laurent LAZARD
Evelyn MAHER
Alain STEICHEN
Jean STEFFEN