The administrative Sanction regime

LEBBE Isabelle

is a Partner in the Investment Management practice of Arendt & Medernach where she specialises in a wide range of investment funds with a focus on regulated funds. She advises clients on the corporate, regulatory and tax aspects of the creation, marketing and operation of investment funds and management entities.Isabelle also works with her colleagues in the litigation team on regulatory complaints and judicial proceedings involving regulated funds or their service providers. She has been a member of the Luxembourg Bar since 1999. Isabelle is a regular conference speaker. She is a chairman or member of a number of committees and sub-committees established by the Association of the Luxembourg Fund Industry (ALFI) and by the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF), the regulatory authority of the financial sector in Luxembourg. She is the co-author of a book entitled Collective Investment Schemes in Luxembourg: Law and Practice (Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, 2014), which first came out in French and was subsequently updated (Les organismes de placement collectif en droit luxembourgeois, Larcier, Brussels, 3rd edition, 2014). Isabelle Lebbe holds a Master's degree in law from the Université de Liège (Belgium).

PARTSCH Philippe-Emmanuel

Philippe-Emmanuel Partsch is the partner in charge of the EU Financial & Competition Law practice of Arendt & Medernach. He specialises in EU and Luxembourg competition law, regulatory aspects of mergers and acquisitions, State aid rules, EU banking and financial law, tax law, telecommunications, public procurement and environmental law. 

Philippe-Emmanuel advises a wide range of public and private clients, both nationally and internationally, on EU and competition law and sectoral regulation. He represents them before regulatory authorities and the EU and national courts. 

In addition, he is a member of several high-level Committees within the Luxembourg financial sector and of the Comité Français de l’Arbitrage. 

Philippe-Emmanuel is also part-time Professor of European Banking and Financial Law at the Université de Liège (Belgium). 

Having qualified as a lawyer in Belgium, he is currently a member of the Luxembourg Bar. Holding a Doctorate in Law from the Université de Liège and from the Université Robert Schuman de Strasbourg (France), 

Prior to joining Arendt & Medernach, he was Legal Secretary at the European Court of Justice and previously worked as a lawyer at the law firm de Bandt, van Hecke et Lagae in Brussels (now part of the Linklaters network). 

In 2009, he published the first edition of a book on European Union Banking and Financial law (“Droit bancaire et financier européen”, Larcier). The 2nd edition of the book was published in 2016. He is also the author of numerous articles and books on EU law (mainly competition and banking and financial law), private international law, company law and arbitration law. He also regularly presents at conferences on EU and competition law matters. 

Philippe-Emmanuel also has a blog with the latest key developments in EU case law affecting companies: www.eucaselaw.com 

Languages: English, French, German and Luxembourgish.