Guy is currently a partner in Harvey and the head of the Litigation and Dispute Avoidance & Resolution practice group. Guy focuses on civil, commercial and administrative litigations and assists a clientele of individuals and companies. He provides Luxembourg legal advices and represents domestic and international clients before Luxembourg courts in a broad range of areas (lability, contacts, insurance, business law, debt collection, liability of directors, disagreement between shareholders and administrative approvals). Guy also provides assistance in litigation cases involving the award of public contracts. Since 2008, he also assists investors in several legal proceedings related to the Madoff case in Luxembourg.
CARRER
- Partner at Dentons
- Senior associate at Molitor Fisch et Associés
- Senior associate at Assa Lutgen Schaack
- Lecturer at Luxembourg Ministry of Justice for the teaching of the drafting of legal proceedings to admitted lawyers (2018 – present)
- Teacher researcher at University Nancy 2 and University Paris XI
- Lecturer in administrative law at Nation Center for Local civil service (Centre national de la Fonction publique territoriale) of Epinal
- Lecturer in the Specialised Graduate Degree (DESS) in public contract law
- Lecturer at Faculty of Medicine of Nancy
- Teaching assistant in administrative law at Faculty of Law of Nancy
- Lecturer in French constitutional and administrative law at Prefecture des Vosges
LANGUAGES
English, French and German
MEMBERSHIPS
- Luxembourg Bar (since 2002)
- Paris Bar (2015-2020)
- President of the Luxembourg Bar Commission on civil procedure
- Board member of the Luxembourg Arbitration Association
- Previous member of the board of Luxembourg Bar
EDUCATION
- University of Luxembourg, Additional courses in Luxembourg Law and Registration in Luxembourg bar 2002
- University of Paris XI, Registration in final year of doctoral thesis, 2001
- University of Nancy, Post graduate diploma in public domestic law with distinction, 1995
- Goethe Institut of Nancy, Zentrale Mittelstufenprüfung (ZMP) with distinction, 1991
TRACK RECORDS
- Legal assistance before Luxembourg courts of 183 clients invested in Luxembourg investment fund (one of the two Luxembourg funds affected by Madoff’s fraud)
- Legal assistance of a subsidiary of Generali in the scoop of the reimbursement of notes (for an amount of USD 180,000,000)
- Liability of a custodian and a AIFM in the context of the incorporation of a Luxembourg fund (EUR approx. EUR 400,000)
- Challenging a request for enforcement in Luxembourg of a Jersey judgment sentencing the client to pay EUR 200,000,000
- Challenging the petition for unpaid commission for an amount of EUR 1,200,000 and condemnation of the counterparty to reimburse approx. EUR 250,000
- Liability of the domiciliary agent for having instruct the bank to pay EUR 800,000 on the base of counterfeit orders
- Judicial liquidation of a company in the context of disputes between shareholders (underlying asset: approx. EUR 40,000,000)
- Seizure of Luxembourg assets of a Spanish company for an amount of 1,000,000,000
- Advising for the seizure of Luxembourg assets of the Russian State for an amount of USD 50,000,000,000
AWARDS AND RECOGNITION
Guy is ranked as Tier 2 leading individual in the dispute resolution chapter of the 2020 edition of The Legal500 and to be recognized as “one of the best litigation lawyers in the market for very complex matters”, providing “highly sophisticated legal advice with practical application”. Many thanks to my peers and to my clients for their support and recommendations. Be assured of my continuing support during these challenging times.
Guy Perrot provides “an excellent level of services across a range of matter”, Legal 500, edition 2016.
PUBLICATIONS
- « Nouveau code de procédure civile luxembourgeois annoté » Legitech 2021, 2ème édition
- « Les moyens d’irrecevabilité devant le magistrat de la mise en état : naissance d’un juge d’instruction civil ? », Legitech, 2020, Revues des procédures, n°1
- « Panorama de jurisprudence sur les marchés publics : II – les actions au fond », in Marchés publics et concessions – Droit luxembourgeois et européen (sous la dir. Guy PERROT), Legitech, Collégiales, 2018, pp. 189-275
- « Nouveau code de procédure civile luxembourgeois annoté », Legitech 2016, 1ère édition
- « Luxembourg Chapter in Tax disputes and litigation review », Ed. Simon Whitehead, Law Business Research, 2015 (en collaboration avec Frédéric Feyten)
- « Luxembourg Chapter in Enforcement of Foreign Judgments 2014 », Ed. Getting the Deal Through, Mark Moedritzer and Kay C Whittaker of Shook, Hardy & Bacon LL, September 2013 (en collaboration avec Christel Dumont)
- « Panorama de jurisprudence depuis la loi du 25 juin 2009 relative aux marchés publics et la loi du 10 novembre 2010 instituant les recours en matière de marchés publics : I – les référés », Les cahiers du droit luxembourgeois, Legitech 2012
- « L’inefficacité des recours en référés en matière de marchés publics », Legitech, Revue Laws, 2012, n° 1, pp. 32-33
- « L’introduction du dialogue compétitif dans la nouvelle loi sur les marchés publics », ACE n° 1, Wolters Kluwer 2010, pp. 3-29
CONFERENCES
- « Points saillants de la réforme de la procédure par la loi du 15 juillet 2021 ayant pour objet le renforcement de l’efficacité de la justice civile et commerciale », Conférence du Jeune Barreau de Luxembourg, 9 décembre 2021
- « Dans quel contexte s’inscrit la nouvelle directive sur les concessions », IFE 6 décembre 2013
- « Réforme des directives sur les marchés publics. Quels objectifs aujourd’hui ? », IFE 5 décembre 2013
- « Panorama de jurisprudence marquante depuis la loi du 25 juin 2009 sur les marchés publics, et la loi du 10 novembre 2010 instituant les recours en matière de marchés publics », IFE 27 novembre 2012
- « Permanences et nouveautés du contentieux des marchés publics après les lois des 25 juin 2009 et 10 novembre 2010 », IFE 7 décembre 2010
- « Comment choisir l’offre la plus intéressante aujourd’hui ? », IFE 2 décembre 2009