BONN & SCHMITT is one of the leading independent Luxembourg full-service law firms with an extensive international practice.
The firm’s attorneys are experienced practitioners in the Luxembourg legal environment, representing a broad spectrum of expertise, which allows them to deliver unrivalled solutions in one of Europe’s leading business and financial centres.
Over the years, the firm has fostered strong links with leading international law firms and is a member of two international professional legal networks, which help serve a global client base that stretches through Europe to Russia, the US, South America and Asia. Its aim is to nurture strong client relationships, and to address the particular business needs of each client in the most efficient manner possible.
Today, BONN & SCHMITT is a trusted legal partner of international business and financial institutions, industrial corporations and international organisations, as well as foreign and national governments, advising both small and medium-sized companies in addition to companies listed on the Forbes Global 2000 list.
Alex Schmitt
Alex Schmitt regularly acts as a Luxembourg law expert in foreign courts and international arbitration proceedings. He has been admitted to the Luxembourg Bar since 1983 and to the Brussels Bar since 1979, and is fluent in English, French, German and Italian, as well as his native Luxembourgish.
Alex is a member of several expert committees, and sits on the boards of several banks and investment management entities established in the Grand Duchy, including one of the largest commercial banks in Luxembourg. In addition, he is a lecturer at the University of Brussels (public and private Luxembourgish law) and the University of Luxembourg (banking/financial law).
Selected Publications
Monographs
● European and global issues in the protection of personal data / under the direction of Alain Grosjean. Brussells: Larcier. Collection Creation Information Communication (2015);
● Collective procedures in Luxembourg / Yann Baden, Jacques Delvaux, François Goergen, Yvette Hamilius, Pascale Millim, Daniel Ruppert & Alex Schmitt. Brussels: Larcier. Collection The files of the Journal des tribunals (2014);
● The new law on investment services and stock exchanges in Luxembourg / Alex Schmitt & Luc Frieden. Luxembourg: European Credit (1990). Legal Periodicals & Contributions to Composite Books
● “Corporate governance in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg: current situation and perspectives” in banking and financial law in Luxembourg / Alex Schmitt & Armel Waisse. Luxembourg: Anthemis-Larcier (2014), volume 3, p. 1395–1438;
● “Securitization in Luxembourg” in banking and financial law / Alex Schmitt, Laurent Lazard & Andreas Heinzmann (2009), p. 59–78;
● “The risk capital investment company under Luxembourg law” in banking and financial law in Luxembourg / Alex Schmitt. Brussells: De Boeck & Larcier (2004), p. 1657–1697.