Emilie WATY

Counsel

Luxembourg (LU)

+352 227 330 - 728

emilie.waty@kleyrgrasso.com

Languages

English, French


Practice area

  • Agency / Distribution / Franchising
  • Contract Law
  • Corporate Law
  • Finance and Banking
  • Investment Dispute

Biography

Educational/ Current position / Professional Experience

Education

  • Supplementary courses in Public Notary Law, University of Liège, 2004
  • Law Degree, University of Liège (Belgium), 2004

Bar Admission:

Luxembourg, admitted in 2006

Current position:

Partner in the Corporate Finance Litigation department at KLEYR GRASSO law firm

Professional experience:

Prior to joining KLEYR GRASSO in 2012, Emilie was a lawyer within the most prominent Luxembourg law firm. Before that, she also worked at a well-respected notary based in the city center of Luxembourg.

Member of:

  • Association Luxembourgeoise des Juristes de Droit Bancaire (ALJB)
  • Ladies in Law Luxembourg Association (LILLA)

Arbitration Experience

Emilie has been involved as co-counsel in an ad hoc domestic arbitration seated in Paris arising out of a reinsurance treaty (Luxembourg law) and has experience in the field of enforcement of arbitral awards.

Publications and Speaking Engagements

  • The new law on business continuity and modernising bankruptcy law entered into force on 1 November 2023, Kleyr Grasso Corporate Finance Litigation Newsletter, 2 November 2023
  • Arbitration Reform – Highlights of the Law of 19 April 2023, Kleyr Grasso Corporate Finance Litigation Newsletter, 25 April 2023
  • « L’actionnaire face au droit des sociétés », Meetincs conference, 28 March 2023
  • Shareholder disputes – abuse of equality, Kleyr Grasso Corporate Finance Litigation Newsletter, 21 December 2022
  • A court action for dissolution of a company for just cause is an action reserved to the company’s shareholders, Shareholder disputes – abuse of equality, Kleyr Grasso Corporate Finance Litigation Newsletter, 2 March 2022
  • Enforcement of Foreign Judgments 2019, in International Comparative Guide, March 2019 (co-author with E. Schonkert)
  • European Account Preservation Order – New Luxembourg provision of the New Code of civil procedure, Kleyr Grasso Corporate Finance Litigation Newsletter, July 2018
  • Ecoutes téléphoniques et protection européenne des droits de l’homme : le système Echelon, Revue de la Faculté de droit de l’Université de Liège, Larcier, 2004 (co-author with J. Lepage)
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