Josée Weydert
Expertise
Josée is a trusted advisor of numerous financial institutions, financial professionals and corporate groups. Due to her extensive experience working in the capital markets and structured finance departments at a well-known Luxembourg bank, she has particularly strong expertise in the banking and capital markets fields.
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Work highlights
- Otis with the closing of an offering valued at EUR 1.6 billion.
- International Automotive Components Group (IACG) on the additional investment by funds managed by Gamut in IACG via the issue of Senior Secured Notes.
- Deutsche Bank Securities regarding a sizeable bonds offering using a Luxembourg entity of the Trinseo group.
- Mass Mutual on the Luxembourg law related aspects of a complex ABL multi-currency facility and on the regulatory aspects of the new EU Securitisation Regulation.
- A major US investment bank with the Luxembourg aspects of the refinancing of the existing debt of a pharmaceutical company.
- A major US financial institution with the financing of the acquisition of a fund business as well as on the regulatory process and approvals.
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What others say
- 'She provides prompt and commercial advice on often complex issues' (Chambers Europe, 2023)
- 'Leading Expert in Banking & Finance Law' (Chambers Europe, 2023)
- 'The very experienced Josee Weydert has a very good sense of the market' (Legal 500, 2023)
- 'Very good knowledge' (IFLR1000, 2022)
- 'Women Leader' (IFLR1000, 2022)
- 'Highly Regarded' (IFLR1000, 2022)
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Ancillary functions
Josée is an active member of the Association Luxembourgeoise des Juristes Bancaires (ALJB) and the Luxembourg Capital Markets Association (LuxCMA).
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Qualifications
Admission to the Bar
Josée was admitted to the Luxembourg Bar in 1993.
Languages
Josée is a Luxembourg native speaker and is fluent in English, French and German.
Education
Josée obtained her law degree from the Robert Schuman University in Strasbourg (1992) and subsequently completed the two-year programme for young banking executives at the Luxembourg Training Institute for Banking (1995).