Marc is a Luxembourg-based private capital, corporate and M&A partner.
Marc specialises in private capital transactions across the entire life of an investment (from structuring, set up and funding, potential add-ons, reorganisations, exits and IPOs). Marc also advises on local and cross-border M&A. Moreover, Marc has experience acting on general corporate matters such as company and limited partnership incorporations, restructurings, cross-border mergers/de-mergers and re-domiciliation to Luxembourg.
Marc's role also consists in being one of the firm's key contacts for LatAm clients and, in particular, to those interested in knowing more about Luxembourg solutions in terms of corporate and banking activities, investment funds (UCITS, UCIs, SIF, RAIF, SICAR) and securitisation projects.
In addition, Marc also serves as a contact for European, US and APAC investors who wish to invest in LatAm.
Marc is ranked as a "Rising star" by Legal 500 since April 2020.
Background
Marc is a Luxembourg-qualified lawyer who is also admitted to the Paris bar.
Experience & expertise
Selected matters
M&A
- Technisys S.A., the Argentinian digital banking software platform on the acquisition of its Luxembourg holding company by SoFi for nearly $1.1 billion*
- Crédit Mutuel Arkéa, as a minority shareholder, on the Luxembourg law aspects of Mangopay's scale-up and growth ambitions following its acquisition by Advent*
- Arche Associates, a Luxembourg investment firm on its merger with Stanhope Capital, a global wealth management firm*
- Repsol on the Luxembourg law aspects (including the setting up of a joint venture) of the disposal of 25% of Repsol’s entire global upstream oil and gas business for $4.8 billion to with US private equity house EIG*
- Hanesbrands Inc. on the sale of its Luxembourg holding company owning the group's European innerwear business to US private equity firm Regent, L.P*
- OTP Group on the Luxembourg legal aspects relating to the acquisition of Nova Kreditna (Nova KBM) from Apollo Global Management*
- PAI Partners on the Luxembourg law aspects of its acquisition of a majority stake into the Benelux group named Infra Group*
- NNS Group on setting up a Luxembourg law governed joint venture with Wes Edens aiming at investing into Aston Villa FC*
Private capital
- Ares on all its direct lending strategies (in particular ACE VI and including JVs with other private capital firms or co-investments with pension funds), several SMAs, certain PE transactions and some RE structures*
- Antin on several PE investments and, in particular, on its acquisition of the Spanish Ufinet group*
- Ares on setting up the Luxembourg structure put in place for their €1 billion investment to acquire 2,000 apartments across Europe to be managed by real-estate startup Colonies*
- Chilean asset managers named Moneda and Compass on the set up of their AIF and Larrainvial and Bci on the legal matters relating to their UCITS*
- M&G with the launch of Luxembourg-based direct lending funds structures*
Other experience
- Banco Votorantim SA (Banco BV) on the establishment of a regulated branch in Luxembourg*
- Corporación América Airports S.A. for its IPO and shares listing on the NYSE*
- Metalcorp Group with the re-domiciliation of its activities from The Netherlands to the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg*
- BTG Pactual on the (re-)launch of certain of its activities in Luxembourg*
*Prior to joining Herbert Smith Freehills
