Jean-Paul SPANG is a Senior Partner in the Corporate, Banking and Finance practice groups. Before joining the firm in 2014, he was a partner with Linklaters LLP for more than 10 years.
With over 30 years of experience in Luxembourg law, he is a highly regarded lawyer in his practice areas, specialising in corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructurings and equity offerings and also assists clients in private equity (including leveraged buy-outs) and capital markets. He handles large M&A deals and acts for listed companies.
Jean-Paul is also a well-respected lecturer on company and securities law at Luxembourg University, as well as co-author of drafts of several bills and books.
EDUCATION
DEA International Law, University of Paris II, France, 1991
Master's degree in private law, University of Paris II, France, 1990
LANGUAGES
English, French, German, Luxembourgish
MEMBERSHIPS
Luxembourg Bar, admitted in 1992
International Bar Association (IBA)
Association Luxembourgeoise des Juristes de droit Bancaire (ALJB)
Institut Luxembourgeois des Administrateurs (ILA)
Association Henri Capitant
RECOGNITIONS
- Chambers & Partners, Global Guide 2025
- Legal500 EMEA, 2024 - Recommended lawyer, Commercial, Corporate and M&A
PUBLICATIONS
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« La mise en oeuvre de la directive « droits des actionnaires » (SRD I et II) au Luxembourg » (en collaboration avec I. Corbisier), in Directive concernant l'exercice de certains droits des actionnaires de sociétés cotées (sous la direction de M. Buchberger et C. Coupet), Bruylant, Collection Droit de l’Union européenne, septembre 2022
