Luis Marques Guilherme
Legal Director
Luis advises corporate and private equity entities on the legal aspects of complex multi-jurisdictional transactions. He continuously assists clients on mergers & acquisitions deals, corporate structuring and restructuring, governance, financing and refinancing, by debt or equity, including capital markets.
Luis's experience
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Advised a leading international shipping and transport group on the restructuring of its global vessel ownership platform and the migration of a substantial fleet to Luxembourg holding structures.
- Luxembourg
- Financial Services
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Advised one of Belgium's leading insurance groups, through their Luxembourg group, on the acquisition of another Luxembourg reinsurance captive and the merger between the two entities.
- Luxembourg
- Financial Services
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Advised on the liquidation of a special purpose vehicle which was invested by various pension funds and investment funds promoted by asset managers in the UK and Switzerland.
- Luxembourg
- Real Estate
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Advised Stoneweg Europe Stapled Trust (SERT) on its €122 million acquisition and internalisation of a pan-European investment management platform, creating a fully integrated real estate and investment management business with approximately €3.2 billion of assets under management.
- Luxembourg
- Real Estate
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Advised Stena Group on the intra-group sale of the vessels Stena Carron and Stena Drillmax to newly formed UK subsidiaries, supporting operational, commercial, and financing arrangements with third-party lenders.
- Luxembourg
- Technology, Science & Industry
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Advised Europa Capital, a real estate investment firm, on the liquidation of three Luxembourg securitisation vehicles.
- Luxembourg
- Financial Services
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Advised TotalEnergies Renewables on the divestment of all its distributed solar assets in Europe (around 170 MW), mainly rooftop installations, across seven European countries—France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Spain, Portugal, the United Kingdom and Luxembourg—to AMPYR Distributed Energy.
- cross border
- Energy & Natural Resources
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Advised Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., a US biotechnology product development leader, on a multi-phase global restructuring and financing transaction valued at more than USD 3 billion, involving Luxembourg entities and coordinated implementation across Europe, the US and Asia.
- Luxembourg
- Technology, Science & Industry
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Advised International Housing Solutions, a leading real estate investment manager, on the negotiation and restructuring of fund management entities following a major investment by a development finance institution, including requalification from SFDR Article 9 to Article 8, while maintaining governance arrangements, investor protections, operational continuity and regulatory compliance.
- Luxembourg
- Real Estate
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Advised Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., a US biotechnology product development leader, on complex restructuring across Cayman, Malta, Luxembourg, UK and US entities. The team supported capital increases, intra-group and third-party loan extensions, repayments, and operational debt structuring. Nine Luxembourg holdings were incorporated to streamline global ownership
- Cross border
- Technology, Science & Industry
Credentials
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2022Joined Pinsent Masons
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2009Wildgen - Director
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2007European Parliament, Brussels/Strasbourg- Head of Office to Hon. Vasco Graça Moura, MEP
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2006Ernst & Young LLP, Brussels
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2005College of Europe, Bruges
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2005European Commission, Brussels
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2004Abreu, Cardigos & Associados
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2004Universidade Católica Portuguesa - Law
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2003Université de Lausanne - Erasmus
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