Catherine Kremer

Catherine has been elected Partner in May 2024 in our Luxembourg corporate practice.

She has in-depth knowledge of corporate law and advises international investors, private equity houses and other financial sponsor clients in a wide range of transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, co-investments, joint ventures, corporate restructurings along with management incentive schemes and governance matters.

Since joining Linklaters in July 2012, Catherine spent several months in our capital markets and banking department as well as in the investment funds group, where she enriched the team with her experience in the areas of infrastructure and private equity funds. In 2023 she was seconded for 6 months to our London private equity and financial sponsors group.

Catherine has built her career at Linklaters and alongside her many professional achievements she was a participant in the firm’s woman's leadership programme. She is committed to helping support and promote women throughout the firm.

Work highlights

Catherine has acted for and advised, among others:

• ARDIAN on the syndication of its stakes in (i) GreenYellow, a French company serving the energy transition of its customers worldwide, (ii) ASTM, one of the world’s largest operators in the management of motorway concessions with around 4,500 kilometres of network under concession, (iii) LBC Tank Terminals, headquartered in Belgium, a global provider of responsible logistics solutions, (iv) Ascendi Group, the 2nd largest Portugal motorway network
• Antin Infrastructure Partners on the formation of a joint venture with Scandinavian Enviro Systems supported by Michelin for the large-scale recycling of tires
• Advent International Corporation, Centerbridge Partners, L.P. and other financial investors on the setting up of a joint venture carrying out a successful voluntary public takeover offer to acquire approx. 90% of the share capital and voting rights of Aareal Bank AG and subsequent delisting. 
• Centerbridge on the sale of its majority interests in APCOA Parking Holdings
• Triton on (i) the sale of the portfolio companies Assemblin, EQOS Energie, Flokk and Unica by Triton Fund IV to Triton IV Continuation Fund (ii) the acquisition of RENK GmbH and its subsidiaries, as well as the partial divestment from the RENK group by Triton and management through a private placement

Catherine graduated from the University of Luxembourg with an LL.M. in European Banking and Finance Law. She holds a Master's degree in Private Law from the University of Brussels, part of which she completed at the University of Oslo, and a Bachelor's degree in Law from the University of Brussels.

Catherine speaks English, French, German and Luxembourgish fluently.