IFLR 1000
CAPITAL MARKETS
IFLR1000 recommends Arendt & Medernach: ranked first tier
BANKING
IFLR1000 recommends Arendt & Medernach: ranked first tier
MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS
IFLR1000 recommends Arendt & Medernach: ranked first tier
INVESTMENT FUNDS
IFLR1000 recommends Arendt & Medernach: ranked first tier
MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS
"Arendt & Medernach is our preferred law firm in Luxembourg and has always done a great job for us," says one client. "They are always responsive, very commercial and happy dealing with some very complicated multijurisdictional transactions." ...In another notable deal, Guy Harles advised reinsurer Swiss Re on a merger between Swiss Re Europe and a Dutch company of the group. "He's an impressive corporate lawyer who's very charismatic," says one rival of Harles.
Elsewhere Paul Mousel assisted satellite services company SES on its € 1.2 billion split-off transaction with largest shareholder General Electric, the US technology conglomerate. SES contributed assets and cash in exchange for General Electric's entire shareholding in SES.
Mousel co-heads the banking department with Philippe Dupont. "He has a pretty good imagination when it comes to finding solutions to problems that one hasn't encountered before," says one peer of Dupont.
This year Ari Gudmannsson took the lead on the firm's most notable banking transactions, advising Deutsche Bank on the € 3.3 billion financing for private-equity firm Novator's buyout of Icelandic drug company Actavis Group, and acting for RBS on the $ 1.5 billion financing of CVC Capital Partners' acquisition of travel accessory manufacturer Samsonite.
Gudmannsson also assisted Citigroup on the $ 12 billion sale of a series of loan portfolios.
"They have a broad spectrum and a dense presence which is impressive," says one rival.
LEADING LAWYERS
Philippe Dupont
Guy Harles
Paul Mousel
Jean-Marc Ueberecken
INVESTMENT FUNDS
"Claude Niedner and Claude Kremer head Arendt & Medernach's funds practice, and are both highly respected in the market. Kremer receives particular credit from peers for helping to draft the new Sif structure.
Competitors also feel the firm has a very strong new generation coming through, highlighting the contributions of partners Isabelle Lebbe and Michèle Eisenhuth. "Being able to reconcile the business of the industry with the law is really important and that's what she's good at, " says one client of Eisenhuth.
"They really know everything about us," says a client of the firm. "It's like they're part of our organisation. What I really appreciate is that they are very orientated towards activity, rather than towards the theory of the law. They find solutions to accommodate the business."
The client adds: "If there is a law and you applied it very strictly and would be prevented from carrying out certain activities, they go to the authority and present arguments on your behalf straight away. They have a really good relationship with the authority: they know everyone there and they really obtain a lot for the client from the authority."
LEADING LAWYERS
Claude Kremer
Claude Niedner
