Laurent Thailly
Partner
Luxembourg Legal Services
"Laurent Thailly has shown great loyalty and responsiveness to us and has grown the business that we do with Ogier through continuing to be dependable, retaining long term knowledge of the funds and being cost-effective"
Legal 500 EMEA, 2022
Laurent is a partner in Ogier's Luxembourg office and is involved in a wide range of international corporate M&A, corporate finance and commercial transactions in all areas of corporate law. Laurent is part of Ogier's multi-disciplinary Private Equity team with a strong focus on downstream corporate advisory – acquisitions, investments, exits and liquidations. Laurent also regularly advises on securitisation matters.
Areas of expertise
Background and experience
Laurent is a partner in Ogier's Luxembourg office and is involved in a wide range of international corporate M&A, corporate finance and commercial transactions in all areas of corporate law. Laurent is part of Ogier's multi-disciplinary Private Equity team with a strong focus on downstream corporate advisory – acquisitions, investments, exits and liquidations. Laurent also regularly advises on securitisation matters.
He first qualified in France in 2004 and previously worked for several years with OPF Partners (now Dentons) in Luxembourg and Ashurst (Luxembourg desk) in London, before joining Ogier in 2012.
He is a French native speaker and is fluent in English and Spanish.
Admitted in:
2004 - Lyon, France
2010 - Paris, France
2011 - Luxembourg (List IV Advocate)
Languages
French
Spanish
Examples of work
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29 June 2020
Ogier advises London private equity firm on its acquisitions using Luxembourg SPVs
Laurent Thailly
Team: Hélène Arvis
Luxembourg Legal Services
Deal
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4 February 2020
Ogier advises consortium on financing of $3.4 Billion Take Private of Inmarsat
Christopher Jones
Team: Laurent Thailly, Paul Chanter, Nicolas Mille, Sarah Verlende, Jonathan Branch, Caleb Holder
Guernsey, Luxembourg Legal Services
Deal
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22 July 2019
Ogier advises on Baltic advertising group acquisition
Laurent Thailly
Team: Hélène Arvis, Nicolas Mille, Caleb Holder
Luxembourg Legal Services
Deal
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15 July 2019
Ogier advises on digital transformation company purchase
Laurent Thailly
Team: Nicolas Mille
Luxembourg Legal Services
Deal
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19 June 2019
Ogier advises on private equity investment firm merger
Laurent Thailly
Team: Hélène Arvis
Luxembourg Legal Services
Deal
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20 February 2019
Ogier advises on acquisition of satellite communication company
Laurent Thailly
Team: Nicolas Mille, Caleb Holder, Sarah Verlende
Luxembourg Legal Services
Deal
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28 August 2015
US opportunity funds - Luxembourg portfolio structuring
Daniel Richards
Team: Laurent Thailly
Luxembourg Legal Services
Deal
News and insights
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9 March 2023
Ogier named best law firm for second year at Private Equity Wire Awards
Richard Daggett
Team: Tim Clipstone, Anne Gaelle Delabye, Emily Haithwaite, Laurent Thailly
Global
Insight
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1 March 2023
Resilience and innovation: why Luxembourg is a leading centre for private equity
Laurent Thailly
Team: Milan Hauber
Luxembourg Legal Services
Insight
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12 December 2022
A year in review: corporate trends and opportunities
Nathan Powell
Team: Michael Killourhy, Simon Schilder, Marie-Claire Fudge, Bradley Kruger, Cynthia Anandajayasekeram, Bryon Rees, and 14 more
Insight
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25 October 2022
Ogier in Luxembourg ranked "excellent" in Leaders League 2023
Anne Gaelle Delabye
Team: Aurélie Clementz, Benoît Rose, Bertrand Geradin, Laurent Thailly, Daniel Richards, Jad Nader, and 3 more
Luxembourg Legal Services
News
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10 June 2022
Ogier celebrates 10 years in Luxembourg
Anne Gaelle Delabye
Team: Aurélie Clementz, Bertrand Geradin, Jad Nader, Rachael Reynolds, Daniel Richards, Benoît Rose, and 3 more
Luxembourg Legal Services, Luxembourg Corporate Services
News
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4 May 2022
Ogier's transactional experts in Luxembourg stand out in Legal 500 EMEA 2022
Chloé Dominici
Team: Caleb Holder, Nicolas Mille, Jad Nader, Fabiana Popescu, Daniel Richards, Hélène Arvis, and 10 more
Luxembourg Corporate Services
News
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17 February 2022
Luxembourg Corporate: unregulated securitisation vehicles
Laurent Thailly
Team: Aurélie Clementz, Bertrand Geradin, Daniel Richards, Jad Nader, Hadrien Brémon, Nicolas Mille, and 2 more
Luxembourg Legal Services
Insight
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3 December 2021
Ogier ranked among Luxembourg's top law firms in Leaders League 2022
Daniel Richards
Team: Anne Gaelle Delabye, Aurélie Clementz, Bertrand Geradin, Benoît Rose, Jad Nader, Laurent Thailly, and 3 more
Luxembourg Legal Services
News
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22 April 2021
Ogier's Luxembourg experts stand out in Legal 500 EMEA 2021
Daniel Richards
Team: Jad Nader, Nicolas Mille, Caleb Holder, Bertrand Geradin, Laurent Thailly, Hélène Arvis, and 6 more
Luxembourg Legal Services
News
Recognition
"Remains engaged but effective at delegating to the excellent resources below partner level"
Legal 500 EMEA, 2022
View more"Very responsive"
Client feedback, 2019
"Team ranked Highly Recommended"
Leaders League, Corporate M&A, 2023
"Recommended lawyer for the Corporate and M&A practice in Luxembourg"
The Legal 500 Europe, Middle East & Africa 2018
"He is very easy to work with, responsive, very commercial and pragmatic!"
Client Feedback, 2019
"I have been impressed by Laurent Thailly and Geoffrey Delamarre and both of them have been really good service providers"
Client feedback, 2018
"Solid legal knowledge"
The Legal 500 Europe, Middle East & Africa 2016
"Guillaume and Laurent [...] were good, [...] responsive, they knew the law, they took a good commercial approach and they got the deal done efficiently"
City law firm solicitor, 2016
"Daniel Richards, Laurent Thailly and Guillaume Maurin [...] performed very well, [...] were very good and [...] very responsive. There was good availability amongst the team for calls and responses to things, and they came back promptly. [...] the technical knowledge was good"
City law firm solicitor, 2016
"Laurent Thailly was excellent. He was always on the end of the telephone and he got on with things"
Client feedback
"[Laurent] was extremely forward thinking and very joined up in his approach to solving problems and in client management. He was extremely impressive"
Key intermediary, July 2015
"I was impressed by Laurent Thailly and his team, hands-on approach and how well they understood the business objective. They were then able to suggest the appropriate path to be taken and the best way forward. They were a very good team"
Key client, June 2015
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