About us
WILDGEN established in 1923, is one of the best known and largest law firms in Luxembourg. Its activities are focused on financial, tax and business law. Its lawyers are fully-committed to the success of their clients. While fully independent, Wildgen boasts a wide international network of experts.
History
The firm was founded in 1923 by Maître Victor BODSON, also a former member of the Luxembourg Government and a member of the European Commission. Following his leave in 1977, Maître Albert WILDGEN decidedly centred the law firm’s activity towards business law and financial law.
Our vision
“As a leading law firm, we recognise our responsibilities to our clients, members of the firm, suppliers and the society.”
WILDGEN, Partners in Law, is fully committed to being a leading and reliable full-service law firm in Luxembourg, to combining outstanding quality and unrivalled client care and to ensuring an attractive working environment for its people.
We embrace commercial and ethical principles such as being transparent and efficient in the work we deliver, flexible and innovative in the way we deliver it, and professional and respectful in every client relationship. We train our lawyers to think strategically and legally for our clients. We recognise our responsibilities to the society and our CSR policy supports our vision and values.
Being a client-centred law firm includes understanding the importance of shared values and responding to social and environmental concerns.
Services
« Our integrated approach and knowledge of Luxembourg jurisdiction and legal processes allow us to have a global overview for every transaction and to offer cutting-edge and reliable consultancy, saving time and money to our clients. »
For decades now, we have served our clients as a full-service corporate, financial, tax, and business law firm; we continue to assist them in achieving success with their goals. Our lawyers have years of experience in the industry sectors of our clients and facilitate the most complex financial procedures and transactions for them.
While fully independent, our firm boasts a wide-ranging and long-established network of experts worldwide, enabling us to select the best advice in each circumstance.
Awarded on many occasions, our teams offer offers a wealth of experience and a strong, longstanding track record in advising on cross border transactions. We regularly represent Fortune 500 companies and a wide variety of closely and publicly held corporations, partnerships, emerging businesses and individuals, investment funds, pension funds, private equity houses as well as leading banking and financial institutions and leading insurance and reinsurance service providers.
We put the stress on the values of our profession in a modern and demanding world: customer-focused approach, excellence, ethics, pro-activity and responsiveness and enjoy a solid reputation in a wide range of practice areas.
BANKING & FINANCE
Banking and Financial Law | Corporate Finance | Asset and Project Finance | Financial Collaterals | Securitisation | Capital Markets | Insurance and Reinsurance | Regulatory and Compliance
COMMERCIAL, LITIGATION AND LABOUR LAW
Advisory | Civil and Commercial Disputes | Corporate Disputes | Banking and Insurance Litigation | Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) | Debt Collection and Recovery | Employment and Pensions | Aviation and Maritime Law
CORPORATE
Corporate Law | Mergers and Acquisitions | Transfers of Seats and Recapitalisations | Insolvency and Restructuring | Joint Ventures
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, TECHNOLOGIES, MEDIA AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Intellectual Property Rights| Trademark, Copyrights, Domain Names, Patents, Designs and Models | Competition | Data Protection | Regulatory and General Trade Practices | E-commerce| Distribution Law and Advertising | Life sciences | Sports Law
INVESTMENT FUNDS
Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities (UCITS) | Specialised Investment Funds (SIFs) | Reserved Alternative Investment Funds (RAIFs) | Investment Companies in Risk Capital (SICARs) | Non-UCITS Retail Funds (Part II Funds) | Unregulated Alternative Investment Funds | UCITS Management Companies | Alternative Investment Fund Managers (AIFM) | Private Equity | Venture Capital | Islamic Finance | Microfinance | Real Estate Funds | European Long-Term Investment Funds (ELTIFs) | European Social Entrepreneurship Funds (EuSEFs) | European Venture Capital Funds (EuVECAs)
TAX
Luxembourg and International Taxation | Mergers & Acquisitions | Financial Products | Cross-Border Transactions Structuring | VAT
PEOPLE
Total staff: 80
Average age: 37
Gender: Female: 51% - Male: 49%
Diversity
• 15+ nationalities:
Algerian, Belgian, British, Chinese, French, German, Greek, Italian, Latvian, Luxembourgish, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish, Turkish...
• 15+ languages:
Arabic, Chinese, Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Italian, Luxembourgish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Spanish, Turkish...
Jurisdictions
We have lawyers qualified in many jurisdictions who are qualified in Luxembourg to provide advice under the home-title. They are members of the following Bars:
- Luxembourg
- France (Paris)
- Belgium (Brussels)
- Germany (Düsseldorf, Saarbrücken, Münich, Saarlandes)
- Romania (Bucharest)
- Spain (Madrid)
Clients
Wildgen practices primarily in the areas of corporate law. We regularly represent Fortune 500 companies, as well as a wide variety of closely and publicly held corporations, partnerships, emerging businesses and individuals, investment (mutual) funds, pension funds, private equity funds, leading banking and financial institutions, leading insurance and reinsurance service providers. All of them are Interested in:
- Implementing tax planning in Luxembourg
- Setting up appropriate tax and corporate vehicles
- Using Luxembourg as the hub for a pan-european distribution platform
- Investing in a Luxembourg target or locating a joint venture in Luxembourg
Directories of the legal profession
Legal 500 EMEA Guide, Chambers & Partners Europe and IFLR1000 singled out a number of Wildgen Partners as leading lawyers:
- François Brouxel (Commercial, Corporate and M&A / Insurance)
- Michel Bulach (Banking, Finance and Capital Markets / Insurance)
- David Maria (Tax)
- Samia Rabia (Commercial, Corporate and M&A / Investment Funds)
- Emmanuelle Ragot (IP and IT)
- Mevlüde-Aysun Tokbag (Investment Funds)
- Karine Vilret (Insurance)
Corporate social responsibility
- Wildgen is a founding member of the EME Foundation
- Wildgen is a founding member of the Luxembourg Art Law and Art Finance Association (LAFA)
- Wildgen is an active member of IMS Luxembourg
- Wildgen supports: ANELD (Association Nationale des Etudiants Luxembourgeois en Droit)
- Wildgen is recognised by the label SuperDrecksKëscht® fir Betriber for its sustainable waste management
Other Memberships
Chambers of Commerce:
- British Chamber of Commerce for Luxembourg (BCC)
- Camara Luxembourg-Espana
- Camera di Commercio Italo-Lussemburghese (CCIL)
- Chamber of Commerce Canada Belgium Luxembourg (CCCBL)
- Chambre française de Commerce et d'Industrie du Grand Duché de Luxembourg (CFCI)
- China - Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce (CHINALUX)
- Indian Business Chamber of Luxembourg (IBCL)
- Luxembourg-Russia Business Chamber (LRBC)
- Nordic Countries-Belgium-Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce (NOBELUX)
- The American Chamber of Commerce Luxembourg (AMCHAM)
- The Ireland Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce (ILCC)
Federations:
- FEDIL
- Female Entrepreneurship Ambassadors Luxembourg (FEALU)
- Fédération des femmes cheffes d'entreprise du Luxembourg (FFCEL)
Law Networks:
- The Interlex Group
- Lawyers Associated Worldwide
- The Energy Law Group (ELG)
- Best Lawyers Advisory Board
- Coleman Expert Network
- Comité du jeune Barreau de Luxembourg
- ISA International
- We Connect International
Clusters:
- Cluster for Logistics – Luxembourg
- Cluster Maritime Luxembourgeois
- Luxembourg Creative Industries Cluster
Associations / Organisations:
- 100 Women in Hedge Funds
- Associations des anciens élèves du CEIPI (AACEIPI)
- Association des Banques et Banquiers, Luxembourg (ABBL)
- Association des trésoriers d'entreprises à Luxembourg (ATEL)
- Association Internationale des Juristes de la Vigne et du Vin (AIDV / IWLA)
- Association Internationale des Jeunes Avocats (AIJA)
- Association luxembourgeoise des compliance officers (ALCO)
- Association luxembourgeoise des fonds d'investissement (ALFI)
- Association Luxembourgeoise des Juristes Bancaires (ALJB)
- British Private Equity & Venture Capital Association (BVCA)
- Bundesverband Alternative Investments (BAI)
- Conseil Benelux de la Propriété Intellectuelle (BOIP)
- Deutsch-Luxemburgische Wirtschaftsinitiative (DLWI)
- Deutsch-Luxemburgischen Juristenvereinigung e.V.
- European Communities Trade Mark Association (ECTA)
- European Corporate Governance Institute
- Féminin Pluriel Luxembourg
- Gerson Lehrman Group Law Council (GLG)
- German Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (GRUR)
- German Bar Association (Deutscher Anwaltverein)
- German - Turkish Lawyer Association (Deutsch - Türkische Juristenvereinigung)
- Hedge Fund Association (HFA)
- Institut Art et Droit
- Institut de la Grand Région (IGR)
- Institut Luxembourgeois des Administrateurs (ILA)
- Institute for Transnational Legal Research
- International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI)
- International Bankers Forum Luxembourg (IBF)
- International Bar Association (IBA)
- International Fiscal Association (IFA)
- International Technology Law Association (ITech)
- IUS Commune Research School
- Ladies in Law Luxembourg Association (LILLA)
- Luxembourg Competition Association (Association luxembourgeoise pour l'étude du droit de la concurrence)
- Luxembourg Private Equity & Venture Capital Association (LPEA)
- Maastricht Centre for European Law
- Professional Association of Luxembourg Insurers and Reinsurers (ACA)
- Union internationale des Avocats (UIA)
- Victor Hugo ASBL (AVH)
- Women Interest Group (WIG)
- World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO)