Sophie Minette is a Counsel in the Investment Management practice of Arendt & Medernach.
She focuses on regulatory matters. In her role, she advises Luxembourg and international clients on the legal and regulatory aspects of investment funds and fund managers, including product and licence authorisations, organisation and governance, delegation arrangements, marketing and restructurings. She also assists clients across the financial sector in their dealings with the supervisory authority, from regulatory requests and inspections to enforcement proceedings.
- She holds a PhD in Law from the Université catholique de Louvain (Belgium), with doctoral research in public international law and human rights law.
- She has an Advanced Master’s (Master de spécialisation) in Human Rights Law from Université Saint-Louis Bruxelles (Belgium).
- She holds a Master’s in Law from the Université catholique de Louvain (Belgium) and the Université de Montréal (Canada).
- 2016-2026: She worked at the Luxembourg financial sector supervisory authority (CSSF), where she spent four years in the department in charge of investment funds and fund managers, working on regulatory analyses, investigations and enforcement files. She then spent more than six years in the legal department, of which she was deputy head from 2022 to 2026, dealing with questions arising in relation to the full remit of the regulator.
- 2014-2016: Sophie previously worked at the Investment Management practice of Arendt & Medernach, advising Luxembourg and international clients on the structuring and setting up of investment funds and fund managers.
- 2013-2017: She held academic positions in Belgium as a post-doctoral researcher and teaching assistant in law faculties and as a visiting professor in international and European law.