Jean Steffen

Jean manages and coordinates complex domestic and multi-jurisdictional legal projects for major local and international companies in a wide array of both financial structures and industries.

He is a regular counsel on structuring, negotiation and execution of complex acquisitions, divestitures and mergers, financial arrangements, corporate and tax planning.

• Assisted Index Ventures, international venture capital firm investing in technology-enabled companies with a focus on e-commerce, fintech, mobility, gaming, infrastructure, and security, through its controlled company Pentavest S.à.r.l., in the sale of shares of Adyen N.V., an innovative online payments platform with 15 offices around the world and more than 650 employees.
• Assisted Bissell International Finance Company S.à.r.l., a subsidiary of Bissell Homecare Inc. (USA), with the acquisition of the commercial floor care business of AB Electrolux in various jurisdictions in Europe (Sweden, Belgium, Delaware, Hungary and Mexico).
• He regularly advises private equity houses Apax, Lime Rock Partners, Cadent Energy Partners and Index Ventures. 

• Financial restructuring
• Private equity

• Consumer goods and services
• Financial services
• Forestry

• Admitted to the Luxembourg Bar, 1991.

• Conférence du Jeune Barreau du Luxembourg (CJBL)
• Commission des Experts Juristes (CODEJU), a legal committee advising the Luxembourg Banking Supervisory Authority on draft bills pertaining to the financial sector.

• Visiting Lecturer, Université de Bourgogne - Dijon, France - and ICHEC Brussels