Mr Marc Meyers > Loyens & Loeff > Luxembourg, Luxembourg > Lawyer Profile

Headed by Marc Meyers, Loyens & Loeff‘s ‘outstanding’ team, which is able to leverage the expertise of highly integrated tax, regulatory, M&A and fund finance lawyers at the firm, can provide ‘thoughtful and actionable’ advice to fund managers across the full life-cycle of work in the alternatives space. Private equity is a particular area of expertise, and in harness with New York based Frank van Kuijk, the firm retains strong traction among a number of heavy-hitting US sponsor clients, either acting on its own or alongside US referring law firms, and is appreciated for its ‘good sense of market terms’. Veronica Aroutiunian is also very skilled at advising on regulatory and structuring work associated with the private equity industry, and is also well-versed at advising fund managers on other alternatives strategies, including real estate, infrastructure and private debt. Jérôme Mullmaier  has a ‘high awareness of the regulatory complexities of Luxembourg’, ensuring that he is able to provide ‘commercial’ advice on the structuring, launch and fundraising activity of private funds across a wide range of strategies, including private equity, infrastructure, private debt and real estate.

Enhanced by the firm’s complementary funds, tax and finance offerings, Loyens & Loeff is well-placed to provide ‘solutions-oriented’ advice to private equity firms across the panoply of their needs, from advice on the initial fundraising project, advising on the Luxembourg investment vehicle to facilitate the downstream M&A, and on the exit process. Under the leadership of Marc Meyers and Frédéric Franckx, the team has established excellent ties with a multitude of US and UK international law firms, in particular, which regularly refer work to it to advise on the relevant Luxembourg structuring associated with complex cross-border mandates by virtue of the firm’s ability to provide ‘very clear and seamless solutions for the execution of complex transactions and processes’. With strong connections within the Luxembourg ecosystem, as a result of connections built up through many years’ fee-earning and through trade body leadership roles, the ‘very knowledgeable, responsive and pragmatic’ Mathilde Lattard has developed strong ties with many leading financial sponsors including EQT and Capvis, acting for the former on a host of acquisitions and divestitures during 2024. Drawing from ‘a wealth of experience and insight’ as a partner, Frédéric Lemoine also handles work for the aforementioned clients, recently advising Capvis on the  €130m sale of portfolio company, Visable, to Alibaba. Combining corporate and restructuring skills, UK and Luxembourg-qualified partner Michael Scott regularly advises on distressed M&A matters for sponsors, as well as often being engaged in corporate restructuring work for portfolio clients. Ana Andreiana also handles some distressed investment work (and restructurings) as well as conventional private equity-led M&A and exits via IPO.