Biography

Educational/ Current position / Professional Experience

Education

I am a Partner in the Dispute Resolution practice of Arendt & Medernach.

I hold a Maîtrise en Droit des Affaires from the Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne (France) as well as a Master of Laws degree (LL.M.) from the London School of Economics and Political Science (U.K.).
I have been a member of the Luxembourg Bar since 1988.

I am the acting Chairman of the Luxembourg Bar Association until 2020, after serving as Vice-Chairman since 2016. I previously served as a Chairman of the Disciplinary Council of the Luxembourg Bar and also as a member of the Luxembourg Bar Council. As Chairman of the Luxembourg Bar Association, I am Member of the Council of Arbitration of the Luxembourg Arbitration Center.

I am also approved as mediator at the Luxembourg Civil and Commercial Mediation Centre.

Arbitration Experience

Acting as Counsel :
• in an international ICC arbitration seated in Luxembourg arising out of a stock purchase agreement (Luxembourg law);
• in an ad hoc domestic arbitration seated in Luxembourg arising out of a share purchase agreement (Luxembourg law);
• in an ad hoc domestic arbitration seated in Luxembourg in relation to a real estate guarantee dispute (Luxembourg law);
• in an international arbitration under the rules of the Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce seated in Luxembourg arising out of a shareholder agreement (Luxembourg law) ;
• in an international ICC arbitration seated in Luxembourg in relation to a settlement agreement (Luxembourg law);
• as co-counsel in an international ICC arbitration seated in Geneva in relation to preferred equity certificates (Luxembourg law).

Acting as Arbitrator :
• in an ad hoc arbitration seated in Luxembourg in relation to sale of goods (Luxembourg law).

Publications and Speaking Engagements

• International Tracing of Assets, Luxembourg Chapter, Sweet & Maxwell, 1997
• Attachment of Assets, Luxembourg Chapter, Juris Publishing, Editor Lawrence W. Newman, 2002
• International Guide to Money Laundering Law and Practice, Luxembourg Chapter, Butterworths, Second Edition, 2002
• Le Banquier face à la saisie-arrêt de droit commun, in Droit bancaire et financier au Luxembourg, Larcier, 2004
• International Fraud and Asset Tracing, Jurisdictional Comparisons, European Lawyer, Luxembourg Chapter, First Edition, General Editors Simon Bushell and Peter Burrell, 2008
• Fraud and its governance: A Practical Guide for Directors, ILA, Institut Luxembourgeois des Administrateurs, 2011
• International Fraud and Asset Tracing, Jurisdictional Comparisons, European Lawyer, Luxembourg Chapter, Second Edition, General Editor Simon Bushell, Herbert Smith LLP, 2011
• Le Banquier face à la saisie-arrêt de droit commun : développements récents, in Droit bancaire et financier au Luxembourg, Larcier, 2014
• International Fraud and Asset Tracing, Jurisdictional Comparisons, European Lawyer, Luxembourg Chapter, Third Edition, General Editor Simon Bushell, Latham & Watkins, 2015
• The Asset Tracing and Recovery Review, Third Edition, Law Business Research Ltd, Editor Robert Hunter, 2015
• The Asset Tracing and Recovery Review, Sixth Edition, Law Business Research Ltd, Editor Robert Hunter, 2018