Bonn Steichen & Partners Luxembourg
:
Howald move is first
for Luxembourg law
firm
Bonn Steichen & Partners has become the first Luxembourg law firm to take advantage of a change
in the law last December enabling them to establish their offices outside the capital, moving into a
new building in Howald at the beginning of April.
Breaking new ground
Bonn Steichen & Partners, one of the two law firms
created by last year’s dissolution of Bonn Schmitt
Steichen, has broken new ground for the grand
duchy’s legal sector by moving to offices outside
Luxembourg City. This only became possible from
December 16 last year when legislation amending
a law of August 10, 1991 abolished a requirement
that law firms have their registered office within the
territory of the capital. Several days after the new
law was passed, Bonn, Steichen & Partners agreed
to lease a large part of the C2 building in Howald,
part of the three-building Cubus complex bordering
the Hesperange woods.
Certified environmental sustainability
The formal agreement was signed in January for a
nine-year lease commencing on April 1, 2012. The
law firm moved in over the course of that weekend.
The C2 and neighbouring C3 buildings, developed
by Luxembourg real estate promoter Prodomos,
are the first in Luxembourg to receive BREEAM
certification for environmentally sustainable design,
construction and operation. According to Bonn
Steichen & Partners, its choice of offices was
guided by easy of access from the motorway
network and from the airport, availability of parking,
the flexibility of the building’s technical
infrastructure and its striking architecture, designed
by the European P.arc Partnership for Architecture
network.
Luxembourg firm with international reach
Bonn Steichen & Partners is a full service
Luxembourg law firm that currently comprises more
than 60 professionals, including eight partners,
serving both local and international clients across a
wide range of legal disciplines. The firm’s practice
areas include corporate, banking, finance and
investment work; tax, employment, compensation
and benefits; real estate and construction; dispute
resolution; and intellectual property. Bonn Steichen
& Partners was formed after the partnership
agreement of Bonn Schmitt Steichen, created
through a 1999 merger, was dissolved in June
2011, reportedly after disagreements over
management and strategy. Two successor firms,
Bonn Steichen & Partners and Bonn & Schmitt,
were formally created at the beginning of this year.
In recent years Bonn Schmitt Steichen advised on
high-profile deals including the acquisition of
Arcelor by Mittal Steel in 2008 and of Fortis by BNP
Paribas the following year.