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Peter Myners

Partner

Email

peter.myners@aoshearman.com

Phone

+352 44 44 55 460

Offices

Luxembourg

V-CARD
Peter is a member of the Board. His work consists of a wide range of corporate matters, with particular expertise in mergers and acquisitions (both domestic and cross-border) and joint ventures / co-investments, and the establishment and operation of Luxembourg investment platforms for alternative investment managers.
He regularly acts as the key point of contact for clients, coordinating specialist teams as needed, both in relation to Luxembourg structures and also the investments that are carried out from those structures. He was seconded to a FTSE 100 company in Luxembourg in 2006 and joined Allen & Overy in Luxembourg in 2010.

Peter is a member of the global board of A&O Shearman, a member of the board of the Luxembourg Private Equity & Venture Capital Association (LPEA), and a regular speaker at seminars in Luxembourg and the surrounding area on a broad range of topics, including recently on trends in the private capital space, M&A trends, recent developments in Luxembourg corporate law, and directors’ duties under Luxembourg law.

Expertise

Industries

Experience

Representative matters

  • Various major private capital clients, including Starwood Capital and EQT on their Luxembourg related matters.
  • A global investment bank on the sale of its global Corporate Services business to the Vistra Group, a global corporate service provider. The business specialises in the administration of structures for structured finance transactions (CLOs, CDOs, securitizations, mortgage-backed securities), aircraft leasing, commercial real estate holding and investment funds (mainly private equity and real estate).
  • A global asset management firm on the sale of its portfolio company SACO Property Group to Brookfield.
  • The seller on the sale of IVC Group, a major flooring manufacturer, to Mohawk Industries.

Published Work

  • Co-author (2018) Luxembourg chapters (for fundraising and investing), The Private Equity Review, seventh edition, (London, The Law Reviews)

Recognition

“Allen & Overy Luxembourg’s corporate and M&A department is ‘excellent’, and clients appreciate that the Luxembourg office is ‘part of a global relationship with the firm for M&A operations worldwide’. The ‘very dedicated, proactive and business oriented’ Peter Myners is ‘excellent’ – ‘a top-quality lawyer.”
Legal 500
“Clients value his 'availability and ability to think outside of the box,' and that he 'always does the best for the client.' Others that Myners is 'extremely commercially driven,' adding: 'He gets things sorted and is very sensible'.”
Chambers and Partners

Qualifications

Admissions

Admitted to the Luxembourg bar as an Avocat à la Cour, 2018
Admitted to the Luxembourg bar under his professional home title, 2010
Admitted as solicitor, England and Wales, 2003

Academic

LPC, The College Of Law, London, 2001
LLB, King's College London, 2000

Languages

English
Disclaimer
A&O Shearman was formed on May 1, 2024 by the combination of Shearman & Sterling LLP and Allen & Overy LLP and their respective affiliates (the legacy firms). Any matters referred to above may include matters undertaken by one or more of the legacy firms rather than A&O Shearman.