AKD Benelux lawyers is delighted to announce the appointment of Yann Hilpert as partner in Luxembourg.

Yann is a banking and finance partner and focuses his practice on leverage finance, secured lending transactions, debt capital market, securitization, asset finance and financial regulatory work.

He advises private equity houses, financial institutions, multinational companies and private clients. Yann has also a longstanding experience advising purchasers, financial institutions, airline and shipping companies on aircraft and shipping transactions.

Ayzo van Eysinga, partner at AKD in Luxembourg: “We are happy to welcoming Yann at AKD. Yann has extensive experience and expertise in the banking and finance sectors and he has the strengths and capabilities our firm needs to deliver top of the bill services to our clients. Together with Yann and the entire Luxembourg team, we continue to implement our strategy to be our clients’ gateway from, to and in the Benelux”.

Prior to joining AKD, Yann was partner at a global international law firm and then in a specialized boutique firm. The appointment of Yann brings the total number of partners at AKD’s Luxembourg office to nine.