Molitor Avocats a La Cour

INPLP member firm · Luxembourg, Luxembourg

MOLITOR is a leading independent Luxembourg law firm with extensive international reach, known for pairing legal precision with practical commercial judgment. The firm covers a wide range of practice areas with capacity to team-up to better serve its clients’ interests, including banking and finance, commercial, corporate and M&A, employment, insurance, data and technologies, litigation, private equity, real estate and tax. The team delivers innovative, commercially focused solutions on domestic and cross-border matters. Our lawyers are multi-disciplinary specialists in their chosen practice areas, and they advise local and global corporate clients from across industry sectors in a wide range of corporate and commercial law matters, including Media, Data, Technologies & IP. Our firm is consistently involved in high-profile matters, and we work closely with an ever-increasing number of top-ranked international law firms on a variety of complex issues. MOLITOR is recognised by the main legal directories. The Legal 500 EMEA recommends the firm for combining “deep legal expertise, strategic foresight, and a client-first ethos” and for providing “practical and forward-looking solutions”. The firm’s Media, Data & Technologies team advises clients on the full range of issues arising from the creation, protection, exploitation and governance of media, data and technology assets. Its intellectual property practice covers trademarks and domain names (including Benelux, EU and international filings and UDRP disputes), patents, Benelux and EU designs, copyright and related rights, as well as trade secrets and know-how. The team also handles IT and new technologies matters, including IT contracts for software development and licensing, IT system integration, cloud computing and IT outsourcing. It further advises on telecommunications, electronic signatures and archiving, as well as the development and use of artificial intelligence tools, AI Act regulatory compliance, and the data protection and intellectual property implications of AI. In data protection matters, the team deals with GDPR information notices, privacy policies and procedures, data breach management and related notification requirements, as well as on international data transfers. The team also represents clients in administrative and judicial procedures before the competent authorities. The team advises on digital marketing and cookie compliance, and on cybersecurity (including NIS 2, DORA and GDPR compliance) and cyber-incident management. The Media, Data & Technologies lawyers support clients on a broad range of commercial matters, including reviewing and drafting various agreements and general terms and conditions. In addition, the team the legal and regulatory aspects of e-commerce and marketplaces, and consumer law and unfair commercial practices. Michel MOLITOR, Managing Partner, is Avocat à la Cour and has been a member of the Luxembourg Bar since 1985. He has a law degree from the University of Strasbourg and a PhD in political sciences from the University of Vienna. Michel has over 40 years’ extensive experience representing local and international companies and advising clients on commercial law matters. Michel heads the firm’s Business & Commercial department. He is a renowned litigator and is highly experienced in advising domestic and foreign banks, insurance companies and other professionals in the financial sector on regulatory compliance issues. He is an active member of the International Bar Association (IBA), the Luxembourg Insurance and Reinsurance Association (ACA) and the European Employment Lawyers Association (EELA). He is consistently ranked by the main legal directories. In The Legal 500, Michel is ranked in the Hall of Fame, recognising him as a lawyer at the very top of the profession, widely known and respected by peers and clients for his longstanding involvement in market-leading work. Clients describe him as a “seasoned lawyer with many years of experience” and say that he “always has a smart idea and solution to a problem”. Julien PÉTRÉ, Counsel, is Avocat à la Cour and has been a member of the Luxembourg Bar since 2019. He holds a Master’s degree focused on business and intellectual and property laws from the Université catholique de Louvain, and an LL.M. in Intellectual Property and Information Law from King’s College London. With over ten years of experience advising clients in Luxembourg, Julien heads the firm’s Media, Data & Technologies practice group and he regularly assists domestic and international companies and organisations in navigating complex legal and regulatory issues relating to intellectual property, data, technology and digital activities. Julien has a particular focus on legal matters arising at the intersection of innovation, regulation, digital transformation and business strategy. He also has significant experience in intellectual property litigation and enforcement and co-authored several publications including the Luxembourg chapter of the publication “Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights in the EU Member States” and a dedicated article on the Luxembourg regime relating to cookies.