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Christophe Ernzen

Counsel

Luxembourg

Ernzen Christophe
Christophe Ernzen

Counsel

Luxembourg

Christophe specialises in employment law. He advises financial institutions, funds/private equity players, multinationals and other corporate clients on the full range of individual and collective employment law topics including contractual documentation, workplace culture issues, sensitive separation cases and litigation.

He has significant experience in M&A projects (cross-border mergers, asset/share deals) and employee representation matters (European Works Council, social elections, etc.). He also has particular expertise in health and safety at work issues as well as in cross-practice matters including HR digitalisation and employee monitoring projects.

Christophe chairs the Legal Group of the British Chamber of Commerce (BCC) for Luxembourg and also sits on the BCC Council. He is also a member of ELSA (the Employment Law Specialists Association of Luxembourg).

Christophe joined Allen & Overy in 2010.

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Expertise

Practices

Employment and Benefits

Sectors

Banks

Private Equity

Office

Luxembourg

5 Avenue John F. Kennedy, L-1855 
Luxembourg

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Qualifications

Professional

Admitted as avocat à la cour, Luxembourg, 2013

Admitted as avocat, Luxembourg, 2011

Academic

LL.M., Trinity College, Dublin, 2010

Master 2, European Economic and Financial Criminal Law, Université du Luxembourg, 2009

Master 1, International Business Law, Université Panthéon-Sorbonne (Paris I), 2008

Recognition

Published work

  • Christophe Ernzen and Laurie Lougsami (2019) “Internship regulation: Closing the loophole”, article in AGEFI, Luxembourg: Agefi
  • Christophe Ernzen and Catherine Di Lorenzo (2017) “Employees’ right to use company IT vs. Employer’s rights to monitor such use”, article in Connexion magazine, Luxembourg: American Chamber of Commerce in Luxembourg