André Hoffmann
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Partner
Practice areas
Expertise
After initial experience at the Luxembourg Bar in 1984, André Hoffmann integrated one of the major Luxembourg banks where he headed the Legal and Tax department before joining the firm in 2006. His experience of more than 20 years in the banking industry allowed him to gain extensive expertise in banking, finance and corporate law as well as in regulatory issues.
André’s principal fields of activity are banking and financial services, insurance, regulatory, AML/CFT and international sanctions as well as mergers and acquisitions.
Selected deals
- Stonehage Fleming acquires Private Client Services business of Maitland
- Financing of a 27.000 sqm real estate project
- The European Investment Bank – Professional payment guarantee
- Société Générale and MFEX form a partnership on international fund distribution services
- Ocorian and Estera combine their businesses
Career and memberships
Lecturer at the University of Luxembourg on banking law in the Master programme in European banking and finance law.
Member of the Board of Directors and former Chair of the Commission Juridique of the ABBL (Association des Banques et Banquiers, Luxembourg).
Former member of the Comité des juristes of the CSSF (Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier).
Member and former Chairman of the Board of Directors of the ALJB (Association Luxembourgeoise des Juristes de Droit Bancaire).
Member of the Luxembourg Bar since 1984.
Social commitment
President of the COSL (Comité Olympique et Sportif Luxembourgeois) since 2012.
Education
Maîtrise en droit from the Université Robert Schuman in Strasbourg (France).
Publications
- Le secret bancaire, un risque pénal toujours d’actualité
- Commentaire du jugement commercial du tribunal d’arrondissement de et à Luxembourg, quinzième chambre du 1er avril 2015 (Liquidation judiciaire d’une compagnie d’assurance – Distribution de dividende – Tierce-opposition – Périmètre du super-privilège)
- Obligations d’information et de conseil en matière de service d’investissement : le banquier entre le marteau et l’enclume
- La vente à découvert ou short selling. Le règlement (UE) n°236/2012
- Insurance and Reinsurance Law Review 2015 – Luxembourg
- Banking Regulation 2013 – Luxembourg