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Loyens & Loeff Luxembourg S.à r.l.
Integrated legal and tax advice Innovative, pragmatic and personal
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Luxembourg
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• International Scope
• Profiles of Services
• Practice areas
• Adding value
• Country Desks
• Innovative Solutions
• Market Opinions
Table of Contents
International Scope
• Loyens & Loeff worldwide
- More than 1500 professionals in
- 17 offices (including 12 in the world’s major financial centres)
• Close relationships with prominent law and tax firms in Europe, the United States
and various Asian countries
• Due to its international scope, Loyens & Loeff Luxembourg is able to manage transactions
effectively and efficiently both within Luxembourg and internationally
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Whatever your needs and requirements - we will provide seamless services
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15
partners
167
professionals
Tax advisers: 40
Attorneys at law: 70
1991
Opening of an office in
Luxembourg under the
name Loyens &
Volkmaars (firm of tax
advisers only)
2003
Establishment of
Loyens Winandy
2005
Integration of
Luxembourg tax
practice of Loyens &
Loeff with Loyens
Winandy
2008
Loyens Winandy is
renamed Loyens &
Loeff
2013
The office now comprises
more than 160 people and
offers corporate and tax
legal services on a fully
integrated basis
Our clients' ambitions have defined our profile of services
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Full-service practice
Pragmatic
approach
Sector
experience Innovative
solutions
Integrated
legal and tax
advice
Country
desks
Luxembourg law International
office network
Handles all matters relating to:
• corporate and commercial law, employment law and social security aspects, personal tax, real estate,
investment funds private equity and venture capital, mergers and acquisitions, banking and financial law
and tax law.
The office mainly services:
• large and medium-size corporate clients
• banks and other financial institutions and
• investment funds, operating internationally.
It concentrates on:
• all corporate and tax law aspects of international structures, financial products, holding and financing
structures and corporate reorganisations.
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Loyens & Loeff Luxembourg
Banking & Finance
Our Banking & Finance group has built a strong reputation in both domestic and cross-border
finance transactions, working together with our own offices or with reputable firms. We have
both the experience and the capacity to coordinate and lead transactions of any size and
complexity.
We act for both lenders and borrowers, working on a wide range of transactions, including
leveraged finance, structured finance, project finance, asset finance and syndicated corporate
lending.
We also advise on capital markets.
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Corporate and M&A
The Luxembourg Corporate department is staffed by a strong and highly skilled team of
specialists who are experienced in advising on a broad range of complex, high-value cross-
border work, as well as on a range of smaller transactions. Our clients benefit from our ability to
combine our international experience with our in-depth local knowledge.
Our integrated approach to tax and civil law, which is unique in the Benelux market, is what
makes our Corporate practice stand out from the approach of other law firms. Our clients also
value our pragmatic and innovative style, and our ability to take both the national and
international aspects of a transaction into account in all our advice.
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Commercial & Litigation
The Commercial and Litigation department comprises of a dedicated team with solid experience
of creatively finding practical solutions. We provide clear, focused advice to our clients on a wide
range of commercial issues and guide them seamlessly through litigation.
Our lawyers offer expertise in all aspects of civil and commercial litigation and we advise local
and international clients in the areas of commercial contracts, bankruptcy & restructuring,
intellectual property, real estate, employment, social security, pensions, e-commerce and new
technologies.
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Investment Management
Loyens & Loeff is a leading advisor in the Luxembourg market for the provision of tax and legal
advice to collective investment schemes, with a focus on alternative products, including private
equity funds, hedge funds and real estate funds.
Our team consists of experienced lawyers and tax advisers who are fully dedicated to
representing clients in the investment management market. We continuously monitor and follow
up on the developments in this dynamic industry, for the benefit of our clients. Our team’s
experience and quality make it one of the major and fastest growing fund practices.
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Tax Law
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The tax department of Loyens & Loeff Luxembourg is the largest tax practice in the Luxembourg
legal market. Our team effectively and efficiently manages both national and international
complex transactions.
We advise on all aspects of tax law, including tax optimisation, compliance, transfer pricing, tax
assurance and estate planning. Our tax experts act as counsel to CFOs and in-house tax
experts, advising them on such areas as interest deduction rules, legal mergers and demergers,
participation exemption and fiscal unity issues. An important part of our tax practice is
structuring our clients’ business transactions to optimise their tax positions.
Our tax department also includes a VAT unit which advises large and medium-sized companies
on how to optimise their VAT and customs positions, and on all aspects of regulatory
compliance.
Adding value to your business goes beyond tax and legal advice
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Sharing
knowledge
Partners in
business
Client
relations
• (In-house) seminars
• Round tables
• Legal & tax updates
• Publications
• Training programs
• Library and
knowledge services
• Meeting rooms
• Dedicated client
teams
• Regular
client/adviser
evaluations
Country desks provide first class service, wherever you are in the world
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Cross-border
investments
Language
skills
Cultural
aspects
Tailored
solutions
Brazil
Turkey
Mexico
Germany
Israel
Italy
China
India
Japan
Russia/CIS
CEE
Africa
Innovative
solutions
Fully equipped to help you meet your business goals
Energy
Employment
Law, Taxes &
Benefits
Capital
Markets
Banking &
Finance
Administrative
Law
Corporate/
M&A
Business
Owners &
Private Clients
Corporate
Restructuring & Insolvency
Competition Commercial
Law
Healthcare
Information,
Communication
& Technology
Litigation,
Arbitration &
Mediation
Intellectual
Property Insurance
Investment
Management /
Funds
Procurement Pensions &
Pension Funds
Tax Regulatory Private Equity Real Estate VAT &
Customs
A proven track record and experience in all sectors
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Maritime Food &
Beverages
Fashion &Textiles Energy Public Transport
& Mobility
Financial Markets
Real Estate
Healthcare
We take our contribution to society very seriously
CO2 Footprint Pro bono work Diversity Council Raising money
for charities
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Don't just take our word for it …
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Great Place to
work Loyens & Loeff’s Luxembourg office has been again nominated by the “Great Place
to work” Institute as one of the best places to work in Luxembourg.
Chambers Europe
We hold on to our position as leading Benelux law firm. Clients appreciate the
combination of legal and tax advice. Our Luxembourg lawyers are also ranked
highly as leading lawyers in their fields.
World Tax Loyens & Loeff achieved the highest score for tax advice in Luxembourg and the
Netherlands in International Tax Review’s World Tax.
Legal 500
We again scored highly in the latest edition. Legal 500 said "great expertise and
industry knowledge” and “a very high standard of service”. Our Luxembourg
lawyers are highly recommended in their fields.
Legal Alliance Loyens & Loeff has been named the ‘Best Benelux Law firm’ of 2011 by the jury
of the International Legal Alliance Summit Awards (ILASA).
Don't just take our word for it …
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American Lawyer Loyens & Loeff is once again the only Benelux-based firm listed in the
American Lawyer Global 100.
IFLR Recommended law firm in the most recent edition of the IFLR Guide. A peer
about Loyens & Loeff’s M&A practice : “The strongest of the local firms”.
Mergermarket Ranked no. 2, based on the number of transactions, in the Mergermarket Benelux
M&A League Table for 2012. Consistent top ranking since 2006.
Chambers Global Excellent results. Internationally we are confirming a strong reputation with a
rising number of rankings of ‘Experts Based Abroad’.
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Luxembourg
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Paris
Rotterdam
Singapore
Tokyo
Zurich
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