Our History

Arendt & Medernach is a leading Luxembourg full service law firm. The main office of Arendt & Medernach is in Luxembourg, one of the world's major financial centres. Within the EU, Luxembourg is second only to London in terms of concentration of financial and banking activity. Luxembourg's flexible banking and investment fund legislation and extensive network of double tax treaties have enabled it to emerge as a leading centre for international lending, investment funds and private banking.

Our firm was formed in 1988 by the merger between the two Luxembourg law firms of Arendt & Harles and Mersch & Medernach. We offer to both our institutional Luxembourg and foreign clients a comprehensive legal service in the key areas of Financial Services, Corporate, Tax and Intellectual Property, Investment Management and Litigation. We are dedicated to providing legal advice and services of the highest quality characterised by a flexible approach and a responsive attitude to client relationships. Since its foundation our firm has expanded considerably. Arendt & Medernach acts on behalf of a large number of Luxembourg banks, financial professionals and investment funds in addition to being involved in a steady flow of cross-border transactions. As the largest Luxembourg law firm, with 290 legal professionals, Arendt & Medernach provides clients with excellent advice combining an in-depth understanding of the financial markets with specialised knowledge of the legal considerations.

Arendt & Medernach continues to expand and to develop the services it offers to both its institutional Luxembourg and foreign clients. This expansion has included the establishment of an office in Brussels as well as the opening, in September 2005, of a representative office in New York so as to improve its services to its North American clients and their intermediaries. Other representative offices were opened in London (September 2007), Dubai (November 2008) and Hong Kong (November 2009).