Michel Molitor (Molitor): “China, in particular, uses Luxembourg structures to fund its investments in Europe and elsewhere”

Leaders League. What are the main characteristics of the Luxembourg legal market?

Michel Molitor. Geographically small, Luxembourg is a successful center for investment funds, private equity investors and family offices. The country’s political stability, flexible and efficient administration and talented and multi-lingual workforce have attracted multinational corporations to establish headquarters here. The result is a thriving corporate, banking and finance law market. The crisis has enlarged the amount of banking litigation, restructuring & insolvency and labor law issues. Luxembourg has 64 tax treaties, including with Hong Kong, which brings opportunities in the Far East. China, in particular, uses Luxembourg structures to fund its investments in Europe and elsewhere.

Leaders League. Molitor is an independent law firm In Luxembourg. How do you see your position?

M. M. Molitor is a highly-respected business law firm (notably strong in dispute resolution, real estate and employment) with global, international and local corporate clients, including financial institutions, commercial companies, industrial groups, and government & public administration. Much work is referred to us by top law firms in the United Kingdom, France, United States, Germany and other countries. Practice areas include banking & finance, corporate, tax, restructuring & insolvency, business regulations, labor & pensions, IP, IT & media, real estate & environmental and dispute resolution & litigation (especially cross-border).

Leaders League. What are Molitor’s forthcoming projects?

M. M. Lehman Brothers, many Madoff-related matters, two global media companies fighting over similarities in their names, multiple litigation issues concerning several major real estate developments, bank takeovers, purchase of insurance company, high-profile bankruptcies, labor law for leading companies, insurance issues following train accidents, setting up investment funds and several large cross-border M&A deals.