Abreu, Cardigos & Associados -
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Published on: 8/13/2006
Last Visited: 8/13/2006
Alex Schmitt
Senior partner
Email aschmitt@bsslaw.net
Alex Schmitt was born in Luxembourg.He was admitted to the Bar in Brussels in 1979 and in Luxembourg in 1983.He received his Lic.Jur. from the University of Brussels in 1978; his Lic.Droit Européen in 1980 from the Institute of European Studies, Brussels; and his LLM from Harvard Law School in 1981.
He is a member of CODOJU (consultative body to the Prime Minister of Luxembourg on the improvement of the financial centre's legislative framework) and the Committee on Undertakings for Collective Investment with the Supervisory Authority of the Financial Sector (UCI Committee - Comité OPC).He is also a lecturer at the University of Brussels Law School, a lecturer in tax law at the Institut de Formation Bancaire, Luxembourg, and a visiting lecturer in Taxation at the Université of Bourgogne, Dijon, France, and ICHEC, Brussels, Belgium.He is a member of the International Fiscal Association and of the panel of Conciliators and Arbitrators of the International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes in Washington, DC, as well as an arbitrator at the Permanent Court of Arbitration, The Hague, Netherlands.
His principal practice areas are banking and financial law, securities law and regulation and mergers and acquisitions.He speaks English, French, German and Italian.