Wildgen
Wildgen, Partners in Law is one of the top 10 Luxembourg business law firms. It was originally founded by Victor Bodson in the early 1920s. Following the leave in 1977 of its founder Maître Victor Bodson, also a former member of the Luxembourg Government and a member of the European Commission, Maître Albert Wildgen decidedly centred the law firm’s activity towards business law and financial law.
Since the 1980s, the firm has undergone a significant development jointly with the impressive boom witnessed by the Luxembourg financial market. It focuses its activity on corporate, financial and tax law but has also sound track report in niche areas such as administrative law or islamic finance. The firm boasts a wide network of experts and has connection with the Middle East, Asia and the Nordic countries.
The Luxembourg office is headed by the following Partners and heads of practice: Pierre Metzler, François Brouxel, Samia Rabia, Michel Bulach, David Maria, Jackye Elombo, Mevlüde-Aysun Tokbag and Emmanuelle Ragot. It includes 85 people among whom about 60 lawyers from 16 nationalities and speaking 14 languages. Diversity is high valued at Wildgen. The average age of the firm is 36 years.
They have lawyers qualified in many jurisdictions who are qualified in Luxembourg to provide advice under the home-title:
- Members of the following Bars: France (Paris, Strasbourg), Belgium (Bruxelles), Germany (Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Karlsruhe, Cologne/Essen), Italy (Rome), Romania (Bucharest), USA (NY)
Wildgen ranked in the top tier by Chambers and Partners, Legal 500, PLC and IFLR1000 directories.
Practice areas
| Core business: | |
|---|---|
| * Corporate Law: | |
| Private Equity, Insolvency & Restructuring, Corporate Finance | |
| * Banking and Finance: | |
| Capital markets, Investment Funds, Structured finance and Securitisation | |
| * Tax | |
| Expert areas: | |
| * Administrative Law | |
| * Aviation & Maritime | |
| * Employment & Pensions | |
| * Insurance & Reinsurance | |
| * IP & TMT | |
| * Islamic Finance | |
| * Real Estate |
Awards
- 2012: Sharia Law Firm of the Year by ACQ Global
- 2012: Law Firm of the Year | Corporate Tax (Luxembourg) by Lawyers World
- 2011: Luxembourg Corporate Tax Law Firm of the Year by Dealmakers Monthly
- 2010: Benelux Re-insurance Law Firm of the Year by ACQ | Benelux Sharia Law Firm of the Year by ACQ | Corporate Tax Advisory Firm of the Year by Corporate INTL
- 2009: Best Law Firm in Luxembourg for Banking & Finance Legal work 2009 by Corporate INTL Magazine | Client-focused Law Firm of the Year – Luxembourg by ACQ Magazine | Law Firm of the Year – Luxembourg” by ACQ Magazine
- 2008: Best Capital Markets Team of the Year – Luxembourg by European CEO, 2008 - Corporate Law Firm of the Year-Luxembourg by ACQ Magazine
Associations and Support
The firm is founding member of the Foundation EME– Écouter pour Mieux s’Entendre («Listen to understand each other better»), founded in January 2009. It works in close collaboration with the Philharmonie and is dedicated to social work. Highly motivated musicians and volunteers bring music to people who would normally be deprived of the joy, that a live concert produces. Wildgen also supports the national federation of rugby and the artist Eleonora Pasti
Wildgen is member of numerous chambers of commerce and business associations. It is an associate member of the Luxembourg Private Equity and Venture Capital Association , of the Luxembourg Administrators Association and of the Luxembourg Fund Labelling Agency. Partners are also members of associations such as the International Banking Forum, the International Bar Association or AIJA. Samia Rabia is member of the Female Entrepreneurship Ambassadors of Luxembourg, FEALU, .