Philippe Harles is a Partner in the Corporate Law, Mergers & Acquisitions and Finance & Capital Markets practices of Arendt & Medernach.
He specialises in corporate projects, advising domestic and global companies, including financial and insurance companies, as well as private equity houses on the structuring of international transactions, private equity investments, corporate reorganisations, mergers and acquisitions and governance matters. He also specialises in capital markets transactions.
Philippe is heading the APAC activities of Arendt & Medernach. He has also developed proficient knowledge and expertise in environmental, social and governance (ESG) matters and regularly advises, together with the Arendt ESG team, clients on any corporate requirements deriving therefrom.
- Master’s degree in law (Licence en droit) from the Université Libre de Bruxelles (Belgium).
- Master of Laws degree (LL.M.) in corporate and securities law from the London School of Economics (UK).
- Philippe participated in an exchange program with Bocconi University.
- The Legal 500 2024 – Commercial, Corporate and M&A
- “Capital Markets – Leading M&A Expert” at the Paperjam+Delano Business Club Luxembourg Finance Awards 2023
- Philippe is a teaching assistant in general corporate law (bachelor degree) and also leveraged buy-out (master degree) at the University of Luxembourg since 2016.
- He currently serves as an officer secretary of the Young Lawyers’ Committee of the IBA and is a member of the IPBA.
- He has been a member of the Luxembourg Bar since 2014.
- Philippe sits on the board of several entities, most of which are related to family businesses.
- He was treasurer of the Luxembourg Young Bar Association (2014).