With a strong grounding in Luxembourg corporate law, as well as able to leverage the firm’s strength in tax structuring, Stibbe can provide ‘high-quality’ advice to financial sponsors on the buy and sell side of cross-border deals. Team head Gérald Origer is at the forefront of the highest profile work handled by the team, including for the likes of KKR and Investindustrial – where he is able to draw from his ’outstanding knowledge and large experience in broad cross-border private equity projects’, as well as his ability to provide ‘creative solutions’ in unconventional situations.

Legal 500 Editorial commentary

Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • 'The firm provides high-quality advice in all aspects given their expertise in Luxembourg corporate law and its implementation in private-equity-related transactions both on the seller and on the acquirer side.'
  • 'Gérald Origer has outstanding knowledge and large experience in broad cross-border private equity projects.'
  • 'Gérald Origer excels in providing creative advice in relation to tricky and unusual situations.'

Key clients

  • Peakspan – Salonkee
  • KKR
  • Investindustrial
  • PGIM Real Estate Capital VII SCSp

Work highlights

  • Advised KKR/Mediawan on the Luxembourg corporate law aspects of the funding of the Luxembourg top holding company of Mediawan and the transfer of securities among the shareholders of such company.
  • Advised Uchido Yoko Co (Japan’s education technology market leader) with the acquisition of Open Assessment Technologies (OAT), the leading open-source digital assessment solution for education and career advancement.
  • Advised Learnd Ltd on its business combination with GFJ ESG Acquisition I SE (renamed Learnd SE), a Luxembourg special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) focused on ESG-related technologies.

Lawyers

Leading partners
The strongest partners in their field, leading on market-leading deals and endorsed by peers and clients alike.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Gérald Origer

Other key lawyers

Claire-Marie Darnand, Tom Storck, François Bernard