Linklaters LLP

Corporate / M&A

Manfred joined Linklaters’ corporate/M&A practice group in Luxembourg in 2002 and was elected partner in 2015.

Manfred has significant experience in company law, mergers and acquisitions, upstream and downstream private equity and real estate structuring (one key area of Manfred’s activity consists in developing the private equity and the real estate offering of the corporate practice), joint ventures, equity capital markets, group restructurings, as well as in share and asset sale negotiations. Manfred notably advises PE funds such as Triton and HgCapital.

Manfred also has experience in ship finance, in insurance law and in the corporate aspects of setting up regulated investment funds (both FCP and SICAV) and SICARs.

He was seconded to Linklaters’ Munich office (corporate and tax practice groups) in 2007 and to Linklaters’ Hong Kong office (corporate practice group) from May to December 2012 and is actively involved in a number of cross-border business development initiatives.

As one of the most senior practitioners in the team and thanks to his German speaking skills, Manfred is taking a leading role on major transactions involving German banks and corporates present in Luxembourg.

2015 to date Partner, Linklaters, Luxembourg 2013 - 2015 Counsel, Linklaters, Luxembourg 2008- 2013 Managing Associate, Linklaters, Luxembourg 2002- 2008 Associate, Linklaters, Luxembourg 1998 - 2002 Belgian Ministry of the Interior 1997 - 1998 International Computers Ltd. (Fujitsu Siemens), London

English, French, German, Dutch, and Luxembourgish

Member of the Luxembourg Bar

1996 - 2002 Université Catholique de Louvain, degree in law 1992 - 1997 Université Catholique de Louvain, degree in history