Philippe-Emmanuel Partsch is the Partner in charge of the European & Competition Law practice of Arendt & Medernach. He specialises in competition law and European banking and financial law and advises a wide range of public and private clients, both nationally and internationally, on EU and competition law and sectoral regulation. This includes EU and Luxembourg competition law, EU aspects of mergers and acquisitions, complaints and notifications to competition regulators, state aid, banking and financial law, tax law, telecommunications, public procurement and environmental law.

He is Professor of European Banking and Financial Law at the Université de Liège (Belgium), and also teaches at the Université de Luxembourg from the academic year 2007-2008. In 2009, he published a book on European Banking and Financial law (“Droit bancaire et financier européen” (Larcier)). The second edition was published in 2016.

He is member of the Luxembourg Bar.

Prior to joining Arendt & Medernach, he was Legal Secretary at the European Court of Justice.

Holding a Doctorate in Law from the Université de Liège and from the Université Robert Schuman de Strasbourg (France), he is the author of numerous articles and books on European law (mainly competition and banking and financial law), private international law, company law and arbitration law.

For the latest key developments in EU case law affecting companies, please see Philippe-Emmanuel’s dedicated blog: EU Case Law.

• Luxembourg Competition Council Willing to Review and Refer M&A Transactions to the European Commission

  By Philippe-Emmanuel Partsch, Fynn Dewald |May 2021

• Luxembourg Competition Council Imposes Highest Ever Fine for Resale Price Maintenance Agreements

  By Philippe-Emmanuel Partsch, Marianne Brésart, Joe Zeaiter, Fynn Dewald |November 2020

• Preliminary Opinion of EU Court of Justice Suggests that United Kingdom Could Still Avoid Brexit

  By Philippe-Emmanuel Partsch, Thomas Evans |December 2018