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MOLITOR's Banking & Finance practice

MOLITOR are consistently involved in high-level local and international finance matters and regularly advise professionals of the financial and insurance sectors on transactional and regulatory matters. The firm works closely with banks, insurance companies, payment service institutions, other professionals of the financial sector and leading international law firms.

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Our services

Banking regulations

  • Advice on any banking regulatory issues
  • Preparation and filing of business application with the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF) and the Luxembourg Ministry of Finance
  • Legal audit involving MiFID/MiFID II, AML and other regulations as well as review and drafting of procedures
  • Drafting of outsourcing agreements
  • FinTech-related advice


Financing transactions

  • Structuring of financing and refinancing transactions (acquisition finance, asset finance, corporate finance etc.)
  • Drafting and negotiating of financing documents (loan agreements, security arrangements and guarantees)
  • Representation of lenders and borrowers
  • Issuance of legal opinions
  • Accompanying clients in the restructuring of debt and securities


Private banking

  • Advising on and drafting general and specific terms and conditions of banks, investment firms and other professionals of the financial sector
  • Drafting and negotiating of asset management agreements


Capital markets & securities regulation

  • Advising clients on debt offering
  • Drafting of offering documents (indenture, prospectus)
  • Assisting clients in prospectus approval and listing proceedings with the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF) and the Luxembourg Stock Exchange (Bourse de Luxembourg).


Banking Pre-litigation and litigation

  • Credit disputes
  • Fraud issues and claims
  • Enforcement of guarantees and security interest (lenders and borrowers)
  • Loan/asset recovery


Training and publications

  • Technical training courses on issues relating to banking, financial and insurance law
  • Contribution to legal publications, such as Jurisnews on Luxembourg Banking Law

Transactions

Acquisition Financing
Canadian Bid
Compliance with MiFID II
Cross-border financing
Downstream guarantee
Espirito Santo
Financing of Rolling Stock
Global debt restructuring
International financing and refinancing
Intra-group Financing
Related News & Publications

Professional payment guarantees: an innovative legal tool for financial transactions

22 July 2020

The law of 10 July 2020 regarding professional payment guarantees (the“PPG Law”)[1] introduces a new and flexible type of personal security (sûreté personnelle) in the Luxembourg legal environment, which is expected to become a not-to-be-missed tool in the coming years. Professional payment guarantees will certainly rival some foreign instruments, such as English law guarantees and […]

Le financement participatif: L’état du droit luxembourgeois

19 February 2015

Actes du colloque organisé le 27 juin 2014 par le Centre juridique franco-allemand de l’Université de la Sarre : Le Crowdfunding ou financement participatif : état des lieux en Europe, Allemagne, France et Luxembourg

Lending & Secured Finance

01 January 2015

A practical cross-border insight into lending and secured finance.

Les obligations anti-blanchiment, Paperjam 2, édition janvier 2015

01 December 2014

Le Luxembourg a été parmi les premiers pays à se doter d’une loi pour lutter contre le blanchiment de capitaux. Revue de détail.