Guillaume Schaefer
CounselIncredible understanding of the business, great with meeting deadlines, responsive and proactive, looking for solutions and pointing out necessary steps.
— IFLR 2022About
Guillaume Schaefer practices in the area of corporate law, with particular focus on private equity, mergers and acquisitions and complex cross-border restructurings.
Guillaume advises local and international clients on issues relating to mergers and acquisitions and cross-border transactions (including international groups reorganizations). He also works with private equity funds on structuring their investments.
Areas of FocusCorporate
EXPERIENCE
- Advising international companies on the reorganization of their groups of companies and use of Luxembourg corporate and contractual hybrid instruments.
- Advising clients on corporate solutions and structuring for high-net-worth individuals.
- Assisting private equity houses in their acquisitions and related holding and financing structuring.
Languages
- French
- English
Education
- EMLyon Business School, Specialized Master “Jurist Manager International,” 2011
- Université Lumière Lyon II (France) / Université de Montréal (Canada) – Second year of master’s degree in comparative business law, 2010
- Université Paris II Panthéon-Assas – First year of master’s degree in business law, 2009
Awards
- "Incredible understanding of the business, great with meeting deadlines, responsive and proactive, looking for solutions and pointing out necessary steps.", IFLR 2022
- "Very responsive, he has everything under control, very sophisticated lawyer. He gives us the impression we are his only clients, even though this is not the case. He takes over responsibility, documents are very well prepared, chasing is not required as he always is on time and well prepared.", IFLR 2022
Prior Experience
- 2023: Counsel, DLA Piper, Luxembourg
- September 2021-23: Senior Associate, DLA Piper, Luxembourg
- July 2019 to August 2021: Senior Associate, International law firm, Luxembourg
- April 2016 to June 2019: Associate, International law firm, Luxembourg
- February 2012 to March 2016: Associate, International law firm, Luxembourg
