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OUR BUSINESS IS ABOUT SUPPORTING YOURS!

As a full-service law firm since 1923, we continue to assist our clients in achieving their goals. With many years of

experience across multiple industry sectors, our lawyers facilitate the most complex financial procedures and

transactions for our clients.

Our award-winning teams offer first-class service and a customer-focused approach to a wide range of clients. As a

fully independent law firm, our international network of experts enables us to provide the very best advice in every

circumstance while avoiding any conflict of interest. The diversity of our clients pushes us to excel because

supporting their success is our main concern.

HOW WE CAN ASSIST YOU

Setting up a business or a joint venture, merging,

restructuring or choosing the right approach to a

business project — all of these are crucial steps in

preparing for success, but they can be tedious and

complex. Our expert consultancy and experienced

advisors help our clients to make the right decision.

Our team deals with all legal issues, offering high

quality outcomes across the full spectrum of corporate

transactions, defining a strategy and guiding our clients

along each step at both domestic and international

levels, including compliance services. We adopt a

practical and interdisciplinary approach to every

transaction, always taking account of our clients’ aims

and needs.

We draw on the full range of our resources and practice

areas to advise our clients on the most appropriate

options, assisting in pending procedures and

representing our clients in court when required. Our

ongoing involvement in a large number of complex

transactions has enabled us to develop in-depth

experience in all key areas of corporate law.

In response to increased interest in the Luxembourg

market and following the announcement of Brexit, we

decided to expand into the UK. Opening a London

representative office allows us to provide a better

service to our UK clients at local level, as well as

facilitating cross-border matters.

HOW WE CAN HELP YOU TO REACH

YOUR GOALS

→ by guiding you through each aspect of the

law with clear, bespoke and innovative

advice

→ by providing relevant expertise and

experience

→ by delivering results and values

→ by serving as a one-stop-shop, in close

cooperation with the firm’s other practice

groups

→ by working with an international network

of business partners and service

providers

ADDITIONAL SERVICES WE CAN PROVIDE:

→ invitation to regular free-of-charge

seminars and information sessions on the

Luxembourg legal and regulatory

environment

→ organizing presentations and training

sessions

→ preparation of dedicated newsletters, as

well as legal and regulatory alerts

→ access to our legal library and knowledge

base.

CORPORATE PRACTICE

STRUCTURE YOUR

BUSINESS WITH US

OUR CORPORATE PRACTICE GROUP

OUR SERVICES AT A GLANCE

CORPORATE FINANCE

• Structuring and restructuring of loans

• Financing by debt and equity

• Securities

CORPORATE LAW

• Incorporation of companies and tailor-made

structures

• Corporate governance

• Cross-border and domestic redomiciliation

• Day-to-day transactions

• Legal opinions for support of transactions

EUROPEAN COMPANY (SE)

• Cross-border reorganization

• Setting up European structures (SE, European

Cooperative Societies, European Economic

Interest Groupings)

• Joint ventures

MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS

• Due diligence on Luxembourg companies

• Domestic and cross-border merger and demerger

• Advising international groups on acquisitions in

Luxembourg or abroad

• Multi-jurisdictional corporate restructuring and

creation of joint ventures

• Drafting of shareholder agreements

PRIVATE EQUITY AND VENTURE CAPITAL

• LBO (Leveraged Buyout) structuring

• Venture capital and development capital

• Private equity funds structuring

• Debt financing and restructuring

• Management incentive schemes/stock option plans

RECAPITALISATION, INSOLVENCY AND

RESTRUCTURING

• Internal restructuring and refinancing

• Spin-off

• Insolvency prevention proceedings, debt

renegotiation

• Safeguard and insolvency proceedings

• Distressed acquisitions

OUR RENOWNED CLIENTS

• Multinational corporations

• Banks and financial institutions

• Investment and pension funds

• Private equity houses

• Asset managers and family offices

• Insurance and reinsurance companies

• Real estate agencies

• Maritime and aviation groups

• Telecommunications groups

• Healthcare and pharmaceutical companies

• Biotechnological companies

• Energy companies

• HNWIS

WHAT OTHERS SAY

The 'approachable, responsive and partner-driven'

team at Wildgen provides a 'practical service' to clients

including Murex Group, Platinum Equity and Pacific

Drilling, across a range of cross-border transactional

work. Led by François Brouxel and with considerable

assistance from the 'outstanding' Yann Payen, the firm

recently advised Schneider Electric in the

reorganisation of the Luxembourg entities of the group.

Isabelle Charlier is also recommended.

Legal 500 2019

Clients appreciate that the M&A team's

"responsiveness is good and they are close to their

clients." Other clients report they have found that "the

lawyers have always been responsive and helpful."

Chambers & Partners 2018

A RECOGNISED TEAM

The latest edition of the IFLR 1000 ranked

François Brouxel (Partner) as a highly regarded lawyer.

Catherine Cathiard (Director) and Yann Payen

(Director) as notable practitioners.

The latest edition of the Legal 500 ranked

François Brouxel (Partner), Isabelle Charlier (Partner)

and Yann Payen (Director) as recommended lawyers.

Our team regularly provides local and international companies from various sectors with advice on

corporate law. Some significant corporate references:

SIGNIFICANT REFERENCES

US GLOBAL

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

----

ACQUISITION OF A

CORPORATE GROUP

----

USD 6,900,000,000

PACIFIC DRILLING LLC

(OFFSHORE DRILLING

COMPANY)

----

ASSISTANCE IN THE

REORGANISATION PLAN

----

EUR 1,500,000,000

MAJOR PLAYER IN

VEHICLE DEALERSHIPS

----

STRUCTURATION OF THE

ACQUISITION OF TWO

LUXEMBOURG CORPORATE

GROUPS

---

EUR 24,000,000

PLATINUM EQUITY

----

ACQUISITION OF A

EUROPEAN HOLIDAY

RENTALS GROUP

----

USD 1,300,000,000

ONE OF THE US LARGEST

PUBLIC COMPANIES

----

ACQUISITION AND GROUP

RESTRUCTURING

----

USD 22,200,000,000

MAJOR NORTH AMERICAN

ENERGY COMPANY

----

RESTRUCTURING AND

MERGER OF SISTER

COMPANIES

----

USD 7,500,000,000

SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC S.E.

(MULTINATIONAL

CORPORATION

SPECIALISED IN ENERGY)

----

ASSISTANCE ON

ACQUISITIONS AND

MERGER PROCESS

----

EUR 630,000,000

MODERN MEDIA

ACQUISITION CORP.

(SPECIAL PURPOSE

ACQUISITION COMPANY)

----

ASSISTANCE IN THE

MERGER WITH AKAZOO

----

USD 469,000,000

MULTINATIONAL FOOD-

PRODUCTS CORPORATION

----

LARGE SCALE

REORGANISATION OF

VARIOUS OF THE CLIENT’S

LEGAL ENTITIES

WORLDWIDE

---

EUR 937,000,000

LUXEMBOURG-REGULATED

MANAGEMENT COMPANY

----

ASSISTANCE IN THE SALE

OF A COMPANY OWNING

THREE BUILDINGS

----

EUR 48,000,000

LEADING TOP SUPPLIER OF

ENERGY IN LUXEMBOURG

----

ACQUISITION OF A

CORPORATE GROUP

----

EUR 15,000,000

FRENCH COMPANY

SPECIALISED IN

OPERATIONAL LEASING,

FINANCING AND HANDLING

EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE

----

JOINT VENTURE WITH A

FRENCH COMPANY

---

EUR 150,000,000

Delia NITESCU – Director

E: [email protected]

T: +352 40 49 60 246

What she knows about: Corporate Law,

Mergers & Acquisitions, Private Equity &

Venture Capital, Energy

Our Corporate law department is central to our activities, with about 30 lawyers covering this area. As well as our

scale, our high level of expertise and specialist legal and business knowledge enables us to offer expert advice to tier

one clients in complex corporate matters. Our lawyers are of the highest calibre, combining reliable business

expertise and determination.

Unrivalled client care, quality, respect and entrepreneurship are our catchwords.

We always make the necessary resources available as required, structuring a dedicated team to ensure that the

appropriate personnel, with the relevant experience and expertise deal with client transactions.

Our key contacts in Corporate Law:

OUR CORPORATE TEAM

François BROUXEL – Managing Partner

Head of the Corporate Department


T: +352 40 49 60 224

What he knows about: Corporate Law,

Securitisation, Reinsurance, Business

Litigation

Isabelle CHARLIER – Partner

Co-Head of the Corporate Practice Group


T: +352 40 49 60 265

What she knows about: Corporate Law,

Maritime & Aviation, Merger &

Acquisitions, Real Estate

Yann PAYEN – Director


T: +352 40 49 60 274

What he knows about: Corporate Law,

Mergers & Acquisitions, Capital

Markets, Private Equity & Venture

Capital

Luis Marques GUILHERME – Director


T: +352 40 49 60 384

What he knows about: Corporate

Law, Mergers & Acquisitions, Private

Equity & Venture Capital

A team recognised by:

Europäische Aktiengesellschaft SE (Nomos Verlag)

Die Neuauflage des Kommentars zur SE kommentiert im Einzelnen: die Verordnung über das Statut

der Europäischen Gesellschaft (SE) sowie das SE-Ausführungsgesetz (Gesellschaftsrecht) - das SE-

Beteiligungsgesetz (Arbeitsrecht) - die Besteuerung der SE. Die Autoren (einschließlich Catherine

Cathiard) sind erfahrene Experten mit großer Beratungspraxis auf dem Gebiet des Europäischen

Gesellschaftsrechts.

OUR CORPORATE PUBLICATIONS

Droit des sociétés luxembourgeois : tableau comparatif (nouvelle numérotation)

Version consolidée du tableau comparatif des anciennes et nouvelles dispositions du Code civil, de la

loi concernant les sociétés commerciales et de la loi RCS. Ce tableau reprend l'intégralité de la loi

modifiée du 10 août 1915 concernant les sociétés commerciales ainsi que la nouvelle numérotation

des articles suite au Règlement Grand-Ducal du 19 décembre 2017.

The Reform of the Luxembourg Company Law Regime

On 13 July 2016 the Luxembourg parliament adopted the bill of law 5730 modernising and

amending the law of 10 August 1915 on commercial companies, the Civil Code and the law of 19

December 2002 on the trade and companies’ register and on the accounting and annual accounts of

undertakings. This memo aims to explain this modernisation.

Code des Sociétés luxembourgeois (Legitech)

Commenté par les avocats du département « Droit des Sociétés », ce code, publié par Legitech

entend rendre accessible au plus grand nombre l’ensemble des normes et textes constitutifs

touchant à la vie des sociétés luxembourgeoises.

La pratique du droit européen des sociétés, 2nde édition (Editions Joly)

Tout comme lors la première parution, cette nouvelle version a pour finalité de présenter clairement

et de façon complète le droit européen des sociétés et des réorganisations transfrontalières. La

deuxième édition de cet ouvrage publiée par les Editions Joly a été préfacée par Thierry Breton, PDG

d’Atos SE et ancien ministre français de l’Economie, des Finances et de l’Industrie.

Revue Pratique de Droit des Affaires - Droit des sociétés et compétitivité (Legitech)

Yann Payen, Director, est le rédacteur en chef de la nouvelle publication « Revue Pratique de Droit

des Affaires – Droit des sociétés et compétitivité » éditée par Legitech.

All our Corporate law publications are available on our website. You can also request them at [email protected]

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