
Practices
Being Your Strategic Partner.
Corporate, M&A, Insolvency, restructuring and domiciliation of companies
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assistance in the incorporation and liquidation of companies;
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assistance in the governance of companies;
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assistance on transactions and in the due diligence process;
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assistance on the drafting of intercompany documentation such as interest bearing loan agreements, interest free loan agreements, profit participating loan agreements, loan facilities, contribution agreements;
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assistance in share capital increases by contribution in cash or in kind or capital decreases;
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assistance in the amendment to the articles of associations of companies;
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issuance of legal opinions;
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assistance in the issuance of (convertible) bonds, financing instruments and beneficiary shares;
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assistance in corporate structuring;
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assistance in joint-ventures, club-deals or co-investments;
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assistance in the set-up of management incentives plans;
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drafting of shareholders' agreements;
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protecting intellectual property and drafting of license agreements;
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assistance on operational issues;
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acting as a director in client companies and strenghtening of substance; and
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Where needed, rendering domiciliation services for client companies or provision of premises in Luxembourg, while accounting services can be provided through privileged external partners.

Estate Planning
assisting individuals and families with an international ambit in estate planning and relocations;
assistance in the set-up of trusts and fiduciary arrangements; and
assistance in asset protection strategies and art-lending solutions.

Tax planning and wealth management
structuring of international investments and exits;
tax advice in transactions;
structuring of management incentive plans;
tax due diligence and tax review of agreements;
management of tax exposures and tax leakages;
assistance in tax audits and litigation;
preparing tax returns;
assistance in exchange of information procedures; and
assistance in obtaining advance certainty with the Luxembourg tax administrations.

Investment Funds and Securitisation
structuring of the best set-up for the contemplated investment strategy;
set-up of alternative investment funds and securitisation vehicles;
assistance in the drafting of the fund or securitisation vehicle documentation;
negotiations of the SLAs with Luxembourg service providers;
assistance in the issuance and listing of bonds with the Luxembourg stock exchange; and
representation of the client before the Luxembourg regulator, the CSSF (Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier).

Real Estate
drafting or review of leases;
assistance in real estate transactions;
homeownership and estate managers; and
assistance in the mediation of disputes.

Legal Consulting and Secondments
AML consulting;
drafting of procedures;
provision of in-house secondments in order to assist client companies in their backlog,navigating increase of activities or filling-in gaps in recruitments in the legal services units;
as a testimonial to this activity, past consulting activities can be mentioned including most recently a successful secondment of 20 months at a major listed US investment firm.

Responsive. Diligent. Competitive.