Linklaters LLP

Capital Markets and Banking

Patrick is a partner of the Luxembourg capital markets and banking group.

Patrick is a recognised expert by the industry in banking, restructuring and insolvency, structured finance (including tax-based and fund-linked products), real estate and asset finance, debt capital markets products and securitisation. He advises international financial groups and investors on the setting up and acquisition of Luxembourg banking and insurance businesses. This includes advising on regulatory requirements, product review, security structuring, taking and enforcement, and monetary policy matters.

Within leveraged finance, he has worked on the Luxembourg structuring of private equity deals for both lenders and sponsors.

His asset finance practice includes the acquisition and the financing of asset registered in Luxembourg, such as aircraft and vessels, for lenders, investors and operators alike.

Patrick served as National Managing Partner between 2007 and 2010 and between 2016 and 2022.

French, English, Dutch and German.

Haut Comité de la Place Financière: Member of several working groups Banque Centrale du Luxembourg: Member of the Legal Committee

Country of Admission: Luxembourg

Patrick studied law at the University of Liège, Belgium and Leiden, the Netherlands, and European and international trade law at the University of Leicester, UK, and also obtained a diploma in economics and management.