LUXEMBOURG

KEY ECONOMIC DATA

Area: 2,586 sq km
GDP: €29.4bn
Currency: Euro

GDP per head (PPP): €61,300

Population: 474,000

GDP growth: 4.4 per centInflation: 3.1 per cent
Unemployment: 4.8 per cent

PUBLIC HOLIDAYS IN LUXEMBOURG (2007)

January 1; February 19; April 9; May 1; May 17; May 28; June 23; August 15; September 3; November 1; December 25; December 26.

LEGAL PROFESSION

Professional title: Avocat/rechtsanwalt
Number of lawyers: 718
Female lawyers as a per cent
of the profession: 51.39 per cent

USEFUL ADDRESSES

Local bar association
Le Barreau de Luxembourg
1–7 rue St Ulric
L-2013 Luxembourg
Tel: +352 467 272–1
Fax: +352 225 646
info@barreau.lu
www.barreau.lu

EU Commission
representative office
Commission Européenne –
représentation au Luxembourg
Maison de l’Europe
7 rue du Marché-aux-Herbes
L–2920 Luxembourg
Tel: +352 4301 34925
Fax: +352 4301 34433
comm-rep-lux@ec.europa.eu
http://ec.europa.eu/luxembourg



National justice ministry
Ministère de la Justice
13 rue Erasme
L-2934 Luxembourg
Tel: +352 4301 34925
Fax: +352 4301 34433
comm-rep-lux@ec.europa.eu
http://ec.europa.eu/luxembourg

LAW FIRMS IN LUXEMBOURG

LAW FIRM LOCATOR

1 Loyens Winandy
2 Oostvogels Pfister Roemers
3 Schiltz & Schiltz

TRAVEL INFORMATION

Luxembourg Airport is located 5km outside the city centre. The journey takes around 15 minutes by taxi, and will cost around €15-25, depending on the time of day. Bus route 16 also operates direct to the city centre.

WEBSITE

www.luxairport.lu

 

 

LOYENS WINANDY

www.loyenswinandy.com

Main office

14, Rue Edward Steichen
L-2540 Luxembourg-Kirchberg
Luxembourg
Tel: +352 (0) 46 62 30
Fax: +352 (0) 46 62 34

 

Other locations

Amsterdam, Antwerp, Arnhem, Brussels, Eindhoven, Rotterdam, Aruba, Curaçao, Frankfurt, Geneva, London, New York, Paris, Singapore, Tokyo, Zürich

Key personnel

Dirk Leermakers – Managing partner
Jean-Pierre Winandy – Partner
Ronald Pfeiffer – Partner
Philip van Hilten – Partner (Dutch tax advisor, not admitted in Luxembourg)
Teun Akkerman – Partner (Dutch tax advisor, not admitted in Luxembourg)
Simon Paul – Partner (Dutch tax advisor, not admitted in Luxembourg)
Gilles Dusemon – Partner
Francoise Pfeiffer – Counsel

 

Firm headcount

 

Number of lawyers/tax advisors
55 (Luxembourg office)
620 (Loyens & Loeff worldwide)

 

Practice areas

Banking and finance
Commercial law
Corporate (general)
Corporate finance
Intellectual property
International and national taxation
Investment funds
Mergers and acquisitions
Private equity
Real estate
Tax litigation
Tax planning
Venture capital

 

 

Loyens & Winandy is committed to offering the highest standard of integrated business, investment management and tax law advice.

 

The firm handles all matters relating to corporate and commercial law, investment funds and private equity, real estate, banking and financial law, and tax law, mainly on behalf of corporate and financial clients and investment fund promoters. It concentrates on all corporate law aspects of international structures, financial products, holding and financing structures, mergers and acquisitions and corporate reorganisations.

 

The firm features one of the strongest tax teams in Luxembourg with over 15 professionals focusing on the tax aspects of the setting up and maintenance of international structures, financial products, holding and financing structures, mergers and acquisitions, corporate reorganisations and tax litigation.

 

 

OOSTVOGELS PFISTER

ROEMERS

www.oostvogels.com

 

Main office

20, Avenue Monterey
BP 603
L-2016 Luxembourg
Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg
Tel: +352 (0) 46 83 83
Fax: +352 (0) 46 84 84

 

Other offices

10 Dominion Street
London EC2M 2EF
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7330 11 11
Fax: +44 (0) 20 7330 11 12

Key personnel

 

Stef Oostvogels
François Pfister
Stéphane Hadet
Delphine Tempé
Charles Roemers
Martine Gerber
Frédéric Feyten
Jean-FrançoisTrapp

 

 

Firm profile

Oostvogels Pfister Roemers is an independent law firm specialising in corporate and tax law, banking and finance as well as contract law. With 8 partners and a total of 47 fee earners, the firm is particularly focused on structuring investments and LBOs in the fields of private equity and venture capital.

Recently, the firm has undergone some significant developments including the opening of a London office and the appointment of leading experts in these fields including Charles Roemers as senior tax partner, Frédéric Feyten as additional tax partner and Jean-François Trapp as finance partner.

Oostvogels Pfister Roemers was the first Luxembourg law firm to open a London-City based representation office in 2005 to service its UK based clients exclusively in Luxembourg law.

 

Practice areas

Banking and financial law
Business litigation and international arbitration
Company law
Labour and social security law
Media law and new technology law
Mergers and acquisitions, restructurings and liquidations
Mutual funds and specialised investment funds
National and international tax law
Private equity and venture capital
The regulatory and prudential environment of financial sector professionals

SCHILTZ & SCHILTZ

schiltz@schiltz.lu

Main office

2, rue du Fort Rheinsheim
L-2419 Luxembourg
Tel: +352 45 64 80
Fax: +352 45 64 44

Key personnel

 

Franz Schiltz
Anne Ferry
Anne Lambé
Laurence Frising
Emmanuel Glock

 

Firm profile

Established in 1932, the firm offers a wide range of legal services. It is particularly active in areas such as international litigation, banking law, commercial law, insurance law, civil law, labour law, real estate and corporate.

 

Practice areas

Banking law
Civil law
Commercial law
CorporateInsurance law
International litigation
Labour law
Real estate

 

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Arendt & Medernach
14 rue Erasme
BP 39
L-2010 Luxembourg
Tel: +352 40 78 78 1Fax: +352 40 78 04
www.arendt-medernach.com

Bonn Schmitt Steichen
44 rue de la Vallée
BP 522
L-2015 Luxembourg
Tel: +352 45 58 58-1
Fax: +352 45 58 59
www.bsslaw.net

Di Stefano & Sedlo
24 Avenue Marie Thérèse
BP 2648
L-1026 Luxembourg
Tel: +352 262 562 - 1
Fax: +352 262 562 - 2
www.mds-legal.com

Elvinger Hoss & Prussen
2 Place Winston Churchill
BP 425
L-2014 Luxembourg
Tel: +352 44 66 44 0
Fax: +352 44 22 55
www.ehp.lu

Etude Felten & Associés
rue JP Brasseur 2
L-1258 Luxembourg
Tel: +352 45 77 45-1
Fax: +352 45 75 05
www.feltenlawyers.com

Kleyr Collarini Grasso
122 rue A Fischer
L-1521 Luxembourg
Tel: +352 22 73 30-1
Fax: +352 22 73 32
www.kckg.com

LE_GOUEFF@vocats.com
124 Bd De La Petrusse
L-2330 Luxembourg
Tel: +352 44 37 37
Fax: +352 44 37 38
www.vocats.com

Molitor Fisch & Associes
8 rue Sainte-Zithe
BP 690
L-2016 Luxembourg
Tel: +352 297 298 1
Fax: +352 297 299
www.mfa.lu

Noble & Scheidecker
398 route d'Esch
L-1471 Luxembourg
Tel: +352 26 48 42 1
Fax: +352 26 48 42 35 00
www.mnks.com

Plottké Brunel & Associates
54 rue D’anvers
BP 2038
L-1020 Luxembourg
www.lawyerlux.lu

Schaeffer Hengel Geiben & Associés
12 avenue de la Porte-Neuve
BP 386
L-2013 Luxembourg
Tel: +352 47 23 72 1
Fax: +352 47 52 73
www.schaeffer.lu

Turk & Prum
13A avenue Guillaume
L-1651 Luxembourg
Tel: +352 45 07 32-1
Fax: +352 45 59 42
www.turkprum.lu

Wildgen & Partners
69 boulevard de la Petrusse
L-2320 Luxembourg
Tel: +352 40 49 60-1
Fax: +352 40 44 09
www.wildgen.lu