Arendt & Medernach

Combining 'exceptional legal expertise' with a 'practical and solutions-oriented approach', developed over many years at the vanguard of the domestic banking and finance market, Arendt & Medernach is a popular choice among funds, corporates and banks seeking or providing finance for a myriad purposes. Matthieu Taillandier, who heads up the overarching finance team, delivers 'very knowledgeable and calm' advice to creditors and debtors seeking or providing finance throughout the credit spectrum, including to facilitate real estate, projects and M&A purposes. He is also well-versed at handling debt and equity capital markets transactions, and along with Grégory Minne spearheads the team's growing fund finance offering. The team's 'deep knowledge of banking and finance regulations' pervades a good deal of its transactional work, as well as in the context of advice on standalone matters, including in relation to payments and fintech. Marc Mouton, who leads the financial institutions and insurance industry group, has a 'deep knowledge of the market and the regulator's expectations', ensuring that he is regularly sought out on big-ticket and sophisticated matters, including large-scale financial services M&A. Banking head Glenn Meyer also has strong knowledge of regulatory concerns impacting the sector, information which he puts to good use on banking M&A, as well as compliance, risk management and litigation in the context of ever evolving legislative changes in the sector. Other key practitioners include vastly experienced banking litigator Philippe Dupont; capital markets expert François Warken; Laurent Schummer, who regularly advises on equity capital markets matters; senior statesman Paul Mousel, who has vast financial services regulatory knowledge; and the 'clever and commercial' Lynn Alzin, whose work includes advice on high yield issuances and on fund finance matters.