Biography

Educational/ Current position / Professional Experience

University of Strasbourg (France): maîtrise en droit 1993

University of Tours (France) : post-grade diploma (DESS) in European law 1994

Admitted to the Luxembourg Bar: 1995, Fully qualified (avocat à la cour): 1997

Partner Elvinger Hoss Prussen: 2001

Former member of the Luxembourg Parliament (1999-2009); former chairman of the committee of legal affairs (2004-2009)

Vice-President of the Council of State of Luxembourg (since 2009); chairman of the committee on economic affairs and finance

Various position as board member (board of directors and supervisory board) of Luxembourg companies (incl. banks)

Arbitration Experience

Assisting French legal counsel on the Luxembourg law aspects (company and contract law) in arbitration proceedings before the ICC involving a Luxembourg company and a aircraft manufacturer on the terms and conditions of the debt instruments issued by the Luxembourg company;
Assisting English legal counsel on the Luxembourg law aspects (company law) in arbitration proceedings before the ICC involving a 50%-50% joint venture vehicle incorporated in Luxembourg and the violation by one shareholder of the shareholder agreement (with litigation in Turkey and Luxembourg)

Publications and Speaking Engagements

Patrick Santer, Céline Marchand, Luxembourg contribution to Arbitration World, 4th edition 2012 European Lawyer Reference, general editors: Nairn & Heneghan, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, p.535

Patrick Santer, Léon Gloden, L’irrévocabilité du mandate: mythe ou réalité, in Le Bicentenaire du Code civil ; edition Portalis, 2004, p.391

Patrick Santer, La loi modifiée du 10 août 1915 concernant les sociétés commerciales : perspectives : in Un siècle d’application de la loi du 10 août 1915 concernant les sociétés commerciales, Kluwer,2015, p.429

Patrick Santer, Toinon Hoss, La loi du 2 août 2002 sur la protection des données à l’égard du traitement des données à caractère personnel : une nouvelle donnée pour la place financière, in Droit bancaire et financier au Luxembourg, Larcier, 2004, vol. I, p.369

Patrick Santer, Alexandre Fievée, La protection des données dans un monde globalisé, in Droit bancaire et financier au Luxembourg, Larcier, 2014, vol. III, p.1695

Patrick Santer, Léon Gloden, Note under ECJ Commission / Belgium C-478/98, European Banking and Financial Law journal 2004, p. 559