Laurent Massinon

• Advised an American multinational aerospace and defense technology company on the delisting of its bonds from the official list of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange.
• Advising a French group in the telecommunication sector on the financing of an EUR18 billion acquisition.
• Advising an American group in the design, manufacturing, and marketing of industrial and consumer products sector on the financing of an USD13.8 billion acquisition.
• Advising an American group in the design, manufacturing, and marketing of industrial and consumer products sector on its entry into a US commercial paper program for USD11.5 billion.
• Advised TRATON SE and its Luxembourg subsidiary on the update of its EUR 12 billion EMTN program and subsequent drawdowns.
• Advising an American group being the world's largest medical device company on its public offering of notes of up to EUR7 billion and the corresponding tender offerings as well as on its second public offering of notes of up to EUR5 billion and the corresponding tender offerings.
• Advising an American group in the design, manufacturing, and marketing of industrial and consumer products sector on the issuance of CHF750 million senior fixed-rate bonds.
• Advising Luxembourg securitisation vehicles on a multi-issuer programme of USD500 million with notes listed on the Official List of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange and admitted to trading on the Euro MTF market.
• Advising a Luxembourg energy provider on its issuance of bond certificates and entry into several Schuldschein loans for EUR250 million.
• Advising a German Bank on the financing of a project on the construction of the Grimsas wind farm in Sweden for EUR32.25 million.
• Advising a Luxembourg company on its issuance of CHESS Depository Interests for AUD11 million in connection with its launch of Low Earth Orbit Satellites.
• Advising a Luxembourg subsidiary of a Swiss Life insurance company on life insurance products linked to internal dedicated funds/collective funds.

• “Leading Individual” Legal 500, 2020-2024
• “The outstanding Laurent Massinon has great financial services regulatory knowledge and finds practical solutions in difficult situations.” Legal 500, 2024
• “Laurent Massinon is DLA’s most visible finance lawyers with a strong commercial mind-set, combined with an extensive expertise in project finance.” Legal 500, 2024
• Highly regarded, IFLR1000, 2019-24
• "Laurent Massinon is the firm’s most visible finance lawyer and has a strong commercial mindset, combined with an extensive expertise in project finance." Legal 500, 2022
• “Able to deal with the full spectrum of the banking, finance and capital markets”, “outstanding individual in the financial regulatory sphere” Legal 500, 2020
• “Professional and approachable.” Legal 500, 2019
• “For his knowledge of the country legislative framework” and “his good attention to detail and to the client's needs.” IFLR1000, 2019
• “For his good legal work and active profile in banking and finance.” Chambers, 2018
• “Excellent professional and personal contact.” IFLR1000, 2018
• “Very reliable, calm and always having a positive attitude, being solution-oriented.” Chambers Europe, 2017
• “Knowledgeable and analytical.” The Legal 500, 2017
• “Has a sound knowledge of the country legislative framework. Good attention to detail and to the client's needs.” IFLR1000, 2017

Laurent has written and co-authored publications on:

• Publication of the Luxembourg DORA law, July 2024
• The countdown is on: EMIR 2024, December 2023
• New CSSF circular simplifying reporting linked to the long-form report and news submission deadline for management letter, December 2023
• Upcoming changes to EMIR reporting requirements, March 2023
• Amendment of Luxembourg Securitisation Law, 2022
• Important publication of new CSSF circular on outsourcing arrangements, 26 April 2022
• "Outsourcing arrangements: Revised EBA guidelines and legal requirements in Luxembourg, France and Germany", PIN Code by Legitech, 2021
• "Artificial Intelligence in the Luxembourg Financial Sector", Agefi Luxembourg, March 2021
• "The capital markets recovery package", Laurent Massinon and Christina Nickel, 13 October 2020
• “Initial coin offerings in Luxembourg - General Overview and legal aspects”, Laurent Massinon and Christina Nickel, 03/2019, Le Guide du Numérique et ses déclinaisons sectorielles, DLA Piper
• “Cloud computing and IT outsourcing relying on a cloud computing infrastructure in Luxembourg - general overview and legal aspects”, Laurent Massinon and Christina Nickel, 03/2018, Revue Luxembourgeoise de Bancassurfinance
• “The revised Transparency Regime: Europe's next step towards more sustainable markets”, Laurent Massinon and Christina Nickel, 09/2016, Revue Luxembourgeoise de Bancassurfinance
• “The Luxembourg regime on ongoing disclosure obligations for listed companies as regards major shareholdings and transactions carried out by the management”, Laurent Massinon and Fabienne Schauber, 06/2015, Revue Luxembourgeoise de Bancassurfinance

Laurent regularly chairs and organises conferences and seminars in Luxembourg and abroad. He is also invited by banks for internal training sessions as well as for internal regulatory assessment purposes.

• Moderator of the DLA Piper panel on “The latest on cross-border anti-money laundering legislation”, (04/2023)
• Moderator, speaker and organizer of the Luxembourg Securitization Symposium in association with the EIB, EIF & PCS (03/2023)
• Speaker at the LPEA Digital workshop on digital assets (03/2022)
• Moderator of the Debt Capital Markets Panel: “A look at debt capital markets” at the 18th IFLR Annual European Capital Markets Forum in London (05/2021)
• Invited as speaker during the PIN Code webinar “Legal requirements of outsourcing arrangements and the related EBA guidelines” (05/2021)
• Moderator and organizer of the webinar “Listing opportunities in Luxembourg. New trends and forthcoming challenges” (02/2021)
• Moderator of the Debt Capital Markets Panel on “The Prospectus Regulation, Brexit, Green bonds and other key developments affecting the debt capital markets” at the 16th IFLR Annual European Capital Markets Forum in London (04/2019)
• Invited as trainer of the House of Training in Luxembourg for a workshop on legal consideration for banking on blockchain (04/2019)
• Invited as speaker at HSBC on MiFID 2 (04/2017)
• Invited as speaker and panelist at the Bay Pay Forum on PSD2 (09/2016)
• Invited as capital markets expert at Deutsches Aktieninstitut to speak on the regulatory approach of the Luxembourg Supervision Commission of the Financial Sector (03/2015)
• Chaired various conferences organised with the International Faculty for Executives, such as the capital markets forum (11/2014), the conference on the Luxembourg law on prospectuses and its recent changes (06/2014) and the conference on issuance of debt securities in Luxembourg (11/2013)"