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LHoFT Webinar: The Employment Landscape Covid19 and beyond : “Learn about the latest aid schemes & opportunities to seize”
2020-05-15 12:00 UTC
Description
The LHoFT team is pleased to invite you to an exclusive workshop on “The Employment Landscape Covid19 and beyond : “Learn about the latest aid schemes & opportunities to seize” with experts from ADEM & Do Recruitment Advisors & MoBerries
Agenda
Part 1: Mr. Laurent Peusch – Deputy Head of Employer Services at Adem – The Luxembourg Employment Agency

Government perspective on the current employment aid schemes
Which companies are eligible for which schemes?
An outlook and trends on the employment market Post-Covid19

Part 2: Ms. Sinead O’Donnell – CEO Do Recruitment Advisors
A leading recruitment firm’s perspective on how they are managing the COVID crisis from a company standpoint and what they have put in place in conjunction with the ADEM

What are the major changes in the hiring, staffing, recruitment processes?
What are the recruitment opportunities in this current climate?

Part 3: Mo Moubarak – Head of Business Dev. of Moberries

An AI-driven Recruitment platform perspective on the current Covid19 crisis.
How can technology be leveraged to support solving employment issues now and Post-Covid19

Get your questions ready for the open Q&A
Don’t miss out on our upcoming Virtual Fintech Friday this week,May 15th starting at 6h45 by registering next at – The House Party Vol 2 on REMO
Meet the speakers:
Mr. Laurent Peusch – Deputy Head of Employer Services at Adem
After graduating from technical school for health profession in 2004, Laurent Peusch worked for a short time in the hospital sector. In 2005, Laurent Peusch joined the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, the Directorate of Immigration at the Department of third-country workers. In 2007, after 2 years Peusch Laurent joined the foreign employment department at the Luxemburgish Public Employment Services, where he was promoted head of department in 2012. In 2016, the foreign employment department has been integrated into the employer department where Laurent Peusch became the deputy head and still responsible for all matters related to the third-country nationals and the asylum seekers.
Ms. Sinead O’Donnell – CEO Do Recruitment Advisors
Sinead O’Donnell has become an expert in identifying and attracting the finest candidate talent available from both local and international sources by using her extensive and detailed knowledge of the Luxembourg employment market, knowledge that she has built up from working in the Grand Duchy for over two decades. She attained her 4-year management degree from the GMIT in Galway. Her first job was with the Irish Embassy in Luxembourg. In 1999, she moved to the financial sector until 2001 when she made the transition into recruitment. In 2008, with business partner Nathalie Delebois, she founded DO Recruitment Advisors, a highly renowned recruitment agency that has accumulated numerous industry awards.
Mr. Mo Moubarak – Head of Business Development
Mo Moubarak has over a decade of experience in business development. He helped scale startups across sectors in fintech, marketing, e-commerce, fashion & recruitment. He focuses on optimizing sales infrastructures as well as building & training teams. Currently, as the head of business development at MoBerries, he focuses on growth while creating an equal opportunity that works for everyone.
Upcoming webinars

International Leadership Perspectives: “The Economics and Implications of Data Post-Covi19” with Vikram & Yan from the IMF, Friday, 6h00 – 6h40 pm
Fintech Friday – The House Party Vol 2, Fri, 6h45 – 8h85 pm
International Leadership Perspectives: “Regulation the day after COVID-19 and the role of technology”, with SantiagoSantiago Fernández de Lis, Global Head of Regulatory Affairs & Chief Economist Financial Systems and Regulation, BBVA (Madrid), Monday May 18th at 5 pm
International Leadership Perspectives: “Building and scaling the next wave of financial services firms”, with Ramin Niroumand, CEO of FinLeap (Berlin), Wednesday, May 20 at 5 pm

LHoFT Webinar: Thought Crisis Leadership: Cybersecurity Covid19 - A New Cyber Landscape
2020-05-13 12:00
Description
The LHoFT team is pleased to invite you to an exclusive workshop on “Thought Crisis Leadership: Cybersecurity Covid19 – A New Cyber Landscape” with Christophe Bianco, Managing Partner of Excellium and Pascal Steichen, CEO of securitymadein.lu on Wednesday, May 13 from 12h00 to 12h45
Agenda
Part 1 – “State of Cyber Threats during COVID19 crisis” with Pascal Steichen
First lesson of the Covid Crisis after 2 months of Remote working:
When safety and cybersecurity can go hand in hand with threats, phishing, and scams on the rise.
Part 2 – “Best Practices in Cybersecurity in a post COVID19 World”, with Christophe Bianco
Cybersecurity guide on how to transition back to normal – Best Practices to adopt:

What is the end of the contingency period?
What are the main risks we, as Fintech startups, can face?
Being startups which kind of questions we can be asked by our prospects when it comes to Cyber?

Part 3. – Cybersecurity – Post-Covid19
Open Q&A, with Pascal Steichen & Christophe Bianco
Don’t miss out on our upcoming Virtual Fintech Friday this week May, 15th starting at 6h45 by registering next at – The House Party Vol 2 on REMO

Speakers’ Bio:
Pascal Steichen, CEO of securitymadein.lu
Pascal holds a master degree in “astrophysics” and, in parallel of having his first work experience as a software engineer, he graduated in “applied information technology”. In 2002 he joined the Luxembourg government, first at the “Task Force eLuxembourg” and afterwards at the Ministry of the Economy as advisor and project manager in the area of network and information security. From 2003 to 2014 he was a member of the management board of ENISA (the European Network and Information Security Agency). Today, Pascal is CEO of SECURITYMADEIN.LU, the structure behind the main information security initiatives of the Luxembourg government: CASES, CIRCL, BEE SECURE and the Cybersecurity Competence Center (C3), launched in 2017 as a european-wide unique facility to empower the Luxembourg economy in the field of cybersecurity. He is a member of the Luxembourg Cyber Security Board, lecturer in information security at the University of Luxembourg, president of the CLUSIL (an association representing the information security landscape of Luxembourg) and member of the FIC advisory board.
Christophe Bianco, Managing Partner at Excellium
Christophe is the co-founder and the managing director of Excellium Services. Excellium was founded in 2012 by the willingness of people active in the Information Security field and currently have about 120 employees, present in 7 countries (across Europe and Africa) and realise about 15.5 MEuros in revenues. In December 2018, Excellium opened its equity to SonaeIM the investment arm of the Portuguese Group SONAE. Before Excellium, Christophe has been vice-president and General Manager for the European, Middle East & African region of Qualys, a Worldwide leader in computer vulnerability management solutions. In this job, he has been responsible for strategic, operational, sales and marketing activities. With about 20 years of experience in providing security, governance, security audits and penetration tests, his mission has been to support the company IPO in 2012. Beforehand, he managed the activities development of Verizon Business on the European Region for the security division during 10 years. Before that, he had a 1st experience as network administrator in Paribas Luxembourg Bank during 3 years. He is since September 2018 Associate professor at Telecom Nancy on the cybersecurity track and regularly speaks at conferences on Information Security issue, analysis of the economics of cybercrime or evolving threats. He is supporting the Institut Luxembourgeois des Administrateurs (ila.lu) on cybersecurity education and the cybersecurity Working Group at Association of Information professionals in Luxembourg.
Upcoming webinars

The Employment Landscape Covid19 and beyond with ADEM, Do Recruit Advisors & Moberries: “Learn about the latest aid schemes & opportunities to seize”, Friday, 12h00 – 13h00 pm
International Leadership Perspectives: “The Economics and Implications of Data Post-Covi19” with Vikram & Yan from the IMF, Friday, 6h00 – 6h40 pm
Fintech Friday – The House Party Vol 2, Fri, 6h45 – 8h85 pm
International Leadership Perspectives: “Regulation the day after COVID-19 and the role of technology”, with SantiagoSantiago Fernández de Lis, Global Head of Regulatory Affairs & Chief Economist Financial Systems and Regulation, BBVA (Madrid), Monday, May 18th at 5 pm
International Leadership Perspectives: “Building and scaling the next wave of financial services firms”, with Ramin Niroumand, CEO of FinLeap (Berlin), Wednesday, May 20th at 5 pm

LHoFT Webinar: Optimize your Linkedin & attract opportunities
2020-05-08 12:00
Description
The LHoFT team is pleased to invite you to an exclusive workshop on “Optimize your Linkedin & attract opportunities” delivered by Christine Homolko Communications Consultant & Linkedin Coach on Friday, May 8th on Zoom.
COVID-19 has brought on new everyday challenges, job insecurities, and also…lots of time spent at home! Now is the perfect opportunity to sit down, give your LinkedIn profile a makeover, and learn how to use this powerful platform. Whether you’re looking for a job, to pivot careers, or to find new business opportunities — learn to harness the power of Linkedin today.
What you will learn

6 ways Linkedin can help you get what you want
How to optimize your profile
Why asking others for help is crucial
How to engage with your community
Free Linkedin goodies

Meet Christine
Christine Homolko is a Communications Consultant and Linkedin Coach.
She is all about communicating with impact, creative storytelling, and human leadership. Oh, and she is a big fan of Linkedin!
Christine has 10+ years of experience working in fields like fashion, automotive, education, and technology. She has collaborated with household names like Goodyear, the University of Cologne, and Hugo Boss, but also with lesser-known, unique companies. Brands trust her when it comes to building things: a strategy, a brand, a team, you name it!
This global citizen graduated with an MA in psychology and socio-cultural studies from Ludwig-Maximilians-University in Germany and studied business and economics at Harvard University. Her education, combined with her creative personality led her to the vast realm of communications. After about a decade in this field, she can tell you this: the secret sauce to a successful brand is a great story!
By day, Christine leads the communications team at SnT, a technology research center at the University of Luxembourg.
But entrepreneurship runs deep. In her “off-time”, Christine helps clients elevate their brand and professionals boost their careers. She regularly posts stories on Linkedin, speaks at events hosted the first Linkedin Local event in Luxembourg in 2018, is a contributor at Thrive Global and the first Linkedin Campus Editor in Luxembourg.
Amidst all this noise about leadership, she believes the most important lessons are:

Embrace change and see it as an opportunity to improve.
Send the elevator back down.
A leader is never finished learning.

Christine grew up in different countries, and so she has 3 native languages: English, German, French. Strange, isn’t it?
She lives in Luxembourg, loves to draw, and spends most of her time-off in Arizona these days. There’s just something soothing about the desert.
You can reach her at: goodpeoplelu@gmail.com

LHoFT Webinar - Critical Leadership skills in uncertain times : From managing your team efficiently to better decision-making
2020-05-06 12:00 - 15:00
Description
Critical Leadership skills in uncertain times: From managing your team efficiently to better decision-making
In a time of crisis, unprecedented changes can affect your and your team’s emotional and physical well-being impacting the functioning of your startup or SME.
With Marion, international speaker on Leadership, current advisor on Crisis Management, and former SVP Competency Management at Telecom Germany, you will learn how to proactively take action on those missing clues and turn yourself, your team, and firm around in the midst of adversity.
Learning outcomes:

Being able to take sustainable and faster decisions privately and publicly
Being more attuned to your teams’ needs
Being psychologically more resilient and remaining healthy overall

Dr. Marion Bourgeois has 20 years of executive and leadership experience in IT, Marketing, Strategy, and Human Resources through her advisory ventures and as former SVP Competency Management at Telekom Germany. Marion’s empathetic style and practical experience enable clients to achieve sustainable high performance in complex business situations. She is an experienced Crisis and Change Management Adviser and serves as Associate Professor at the Luxembourg School of Business.

LHoFT Crisis Thought Leadership - Communication Post-COVID19: Strategy & Tools
2020-04-29 11:00 - 17:00
Description
The LHoFT team is pleased to invite you to an exclusive workshop on “Communication Post-COVID19: Strategy & Tools” delivered by Pascale Kauffman, Managing Director of Apollo Strategists and reputable communication expert on Wednesday 29th of April from 11.00 am to 11.45am on Zoom.
Pascale and the Apollo Team strongly believe in opportunities that crisis and change provide. Due to the COVID19 unprecedented situation, we need to stay positive, seize opportunities, and take advantage of time to innovate, change and create new leadership.
What you will learn

Best practices in post-crisis communications planning
Building your post-crisis response team
Engaging key audiences
Effective messaging post-crisis
Techniques to control the narrative with media
Rebuilding confidence following a crisis

Meet Pascale
Pascale Kauffman is Managing Director of Apollo Strategists.
Prior to founding Apollo in 2012, Pascale gained a 12 years’ international experience in corporate and marketing communications and in marketing, market development and sales at SES Group, one of the world-leading satellite operators. After her experience in the private sector, she spent 5 years as head of communications & PR of the City of Luxembourg, which provided her with deep insights into and understanding of the Grand-Duchy’s administrative and political functioning.
Pascale has a master degree in communications and public relations from Université Libre de Bruxelles (Belgium), which she successfully concluded with a thesis on crisis communication in the chemical industry. She fluently speaks 5 languages, is an expert in financial and industrial communications and enjoys to accompany social, architectural and design projects.
Pascale Kauffman is a Luxembourg national. She is married and lives in Luxembourg with her husband and their two children.
For imminent crisis communication support you can send your questions to crisis@apollo.lu

Global Talent and HR Challenges in a Time of Crisis
2020-04-24 12:00 - 15:00
Description
Hiring, recruiting and retaining global tech talent is an increasingly challenging mission for every startup and incumbent. Traditional recruitment best-practices for employers have drastically changed recently, forcing them to adapt their approaches and remain relevant in the chase and retention of great talent.
Learn from Luxembourg n°1 tech talent recruiter how to quickly achieve your recruitment and retention KPIs in difficult times, in three simple chapters:

5 golden nuggets to help your employees be engaged and perform well during the lockdown.
5 key facts, you should know about headhunting for Tech talent during epidemics.
Practical ways of seeing opportunities during crisis times.

Meet Valentina:
Valentina Brysina was born in Ukraine and moved to Luxembourg in 2016 to join the Docler Holding Tech Recruitment team. In 2018, she was promoted to the role of Services Manager to implement the Docler Recruitment Services project. Over the last few years, Valentina and the team have earned their reputation as 1of the leading Tech Talent Recruiter in Luxembourg.

LHoFT Crisis Thought Leadership - Disruptive Negotiation in Disruptive Times
2020-04-23 16:00 - 17:00
Description
Negotiating the right deal for all stakeholders is an applied methodical art requiring self-and general awareness, considering what is at stake for all parties. Now, imagine your company being shaken by unprecedented circumstances causing potential devastating consequences to your business, in the midst of a financial crisis or pandemic.
What are the methods, mindsets, and approaches to rely on? Can you still maintain a solid frame and save those critical relationships essential to your business?
NEW TIME : Join us on April 23rd at 4:00pm and learn from an experienced professional and humanitarian with skin in the game, Frank Schmit.
Meet Frank
Frank Schmit started his professional life as a postman in Luxembourg, before building himself a strong experience in sales, marketing and communication. He was Head of Marketing, Sales, and Communication of Biopsytec, the first Luxembourgish Biotech Start-up, and managed to launch their innovative food-traceability solution all over Europe, before joining P&G as Sales & Business Manager. During his career he held executives’ roles in sales & marketing in highly competitive environments, trying to deliver paradigm changes by applying common sense as breakthrough initiative.

Your weekly Meditation Session - Bringing care to your emotions, body and mind in a time of crisis
2020-04-21 18:00 - 19:00
Description
As the number of COVID-19 cases have risen across the globe, stress and anxiety around the virus have increased right alongside them. To keep supporting you during the lockdown and beyond, we welcome Maurizio Cortesi, Ph.D and Founder of Zegtraining for a weekly 30 minutes meditation practice each Tuesday starting at 6 pm.
Learn how to:

Stick to your priorities by focusing on fundamentals
Balance your emotional state
Boost your immune system
Reconnect with yourself and your team

About Maurizio:
Maurizio is a trainer and coach by professional vocation. A long-standing mindfulness practicioner himself, he has trained to become a certified MBSR teacher (CFM is the only MBSR-certifying institution in the world) and trained educator in the Mindful Schools K-12 curriculum, bringing mindfulness to kids and teenagers in schools around the world. Nowadays, he supports individuals, groups, and organisations (such as BGL BNP Paribas, EIB, BIL, Louis Vuitton to only name a few) through mindfulness interventions (MBI), MBSR programs, as well as workshops and coaching for personal and professional development. Moreover, he accompanies and coaches Bachelor, Master and PhD students at different universities. To read Maurizio’s full biography please go to www.zegtraining.com
About Mindfulness:
Mindfulness is a very old meditation practice, having its roots in the Buddhist tradition. Companies such as Google, Apple, Patagonia, Unilever, Deutsche Bank, EIB and the World Bank propose mindfulness-based training for their employees; entrepreneurs in the Silicon Valley have also integrated this practice in their days. A simple exercice to support yourself and your work, while developing more centered connections with the people around you and better surf the ups and downs of your entrepreneurial venture. Mindfulness practices known as meditation can be geared toward reducing stress or anxiety through breathing exercises, or thought leadership content on how to deal with negative thoughts and be more empathetic toward others in a time of crises.

LHoFT Fintech Friday - The Ultimate Virtual House Party
2020-04-17 18:30 - 19:00
Description
Dear Innovators, Partners, and Friends,
In the last weeks, our lives have been drastically changed by an unprecedented state of emergency. Covid-19 has forced all of us to review our routines and find new ways to work and live. However, this period of quarantine has also brought us great things: more solidarity, more collaboration, and unprecedented creativity.
Since Luxembourg has declared its state of emergency, the LHoFT team has remained dedicated to supporting you to the best of its abilities. With our Fintech Friday – The ultimate House Party, we are inviting you to a unique virtual experience, meant to gather our amazing community of institutional partners and fintech Innovators.
Lët’z take also this opportunity to renew our sincere thanks to the healthcare professionals and every other essential worker who is truly supporting our communities. The best way to show them appreciation is that we stay safe in our houses enjoying our beloved ones and all the amazing beauties of life, like this House Party.
Agenda

18:00 – Exclusive Speech from Luxembourg Finance Minister, Mr. Pierre Gramegna on ZOOM
18:30 – Doors open to our Ultimate Virtual House Party > Join us on REMO
19:00 – Opening words by Nasir Zubairi, CEO of LHoFT
19:05 – Party Time and Live DJ set

Have a seat in our theme lounge!

Show and discuss your favorite book with others in the dedicated “Reading List Lounge”. Which book has marked you the most and/or is a must-read during quarantine and why?
Show and share your favorite recipe with others in the dedicated “Culinary Recipe Lounge”. Which recipe couldn’t you live without in confinement?
What is your favorite movie you would like to recommend as a must-watch during confinement and why? Have a seat in the “Cinematography Lounge”.
You envision a new world order post-Covid19, then engage in the “Utopia post-Covid19 lounge” with other futurists and philosophers.

How to use Remo, short and sweet guidelines:

1. Setup your profile and link it to your Linkedin account in less than 2 min
2. Login and enter the event
2. Join a table and interact with other attendees

See you there and stay safe 🙂
With love, the LHoFT team

Fintech Briefing amid the Covid19 Situation with Mr Pierre Gramegna, Luxembourg Finance Minister
2020-04-17 18:00 - 19:00
Description
Join us on ZOOM on Friday 17 April as from 6.00pm for an exclusive briefing on the Fintech scene with Mr. Pierre Gramegna, Luxembourg Finance Minister and Chairman of the LHoFT Board.
Please send us your questions beforehand on support@lhoft.lu
And don’t forget to continue the evening with us 🙂 Join us as from 6.30pm to the LHoFT House Party, a unique virtual experience, meant to gather our amazing community of institutional partners and fintech Innovators.
To register to the Fintech Friday click here
See you there and stay safe

LHoFT Crisis Thought Leadership - Communications in times of crisis - Walking the fine line
2020-04-17 12:00 - 14:00
Description
Leadership in times of crisis: Improving your SME organisational agility using communications. Are you worried about your cash flows? Employee retention? Customer satisfaction?
If so, how much of an agile leader are you at this time? If so, how are you doing with your communications and engagement these days?
Are you ready to face a question from your current employees and customers of

“How did you handle the pandemic?”
“How did you treat them?”
“What exactly were the steps you took to make your SME relevant, hopeful, results-oriented?”

Learning Outcomes:

Times of crises and adversity are not a threat, but rather a huge opportunity for growth for SMEs. While every other company bankrupts, you keep going.
True Leadership characteristics are rising to the top. Be that SME that can win the Covid-19 fight!
Seek out & employ passionate leaders ready to embrace the unknown. They will bring in Transparency, Clarity, Re-assurance, Security and a Direction, simply by caring, cutting to the chase, setting criteria, checking understanding and truly committing to the bottom line.
Shift to a No Fear mentality. Adopt to a Growth and Experimentation Mindset culture. Learn to engage, adopt, innovate no matter what.
Break down communication barriers. Encourage participation at all levels. Give people a voice and a purpose.

Meet Vassilia:
Vassilia is a Crisis Communications Strategist, a Digital & traditional Content & Comms Lead, a Diplomacy Mediator and Leadership Coach.
Her line of expertise lies in crisis communications & journalism, investigative reporting, social media, PR, Media Relations, Innovation, Startups, Diplomacy & International Relations, peacekeeping, peacebuilding and human/child trafficking.
To-date she has cooperated with many companies, such as Deloitte, Ecorys, the Starwood and Marriott network, European Dynamics SA, Bloomberg LP, Beckerman PR and Keating & Co PR having served equally the US and EU markets. Her press-network extends to the EU and the US markets.

LHoFT and Allen & Overy Webinar - Covid 19: Your Legal Guide in a time of crisis - Episode 2 - 30 minutes
2020-04-10 13:00 - 15:00
Description
LHoFT and Allen & Overy Webinar – Covid 19: Your Legal Guide in a time of crisis
Episode 2: Managing your workforce and key HR issues caused by the Covid-19 outbreak with Allen&Overy, featuring Maurice Macchi, Senior Associate Allen & Overy
The Covid-19 virus outbreak has created an unprecedented disruption on a global scale across the entire business community. This disruption raises a number of significant legal challenges for companies regardless of their sector or size. In its efforts to help Luxembourg companies tackle the disruptive effect of Covid-19, the Luxembourg government has taken numerous emergency measures: special family leave, state-backed partial unemployment, possibility to increase working duration, interruption of parental leave, etc.
During this webinar, Maurice will focus on the following three situations:
· You are still able to pursue your activities more or less normally: can you still ask your employees to work in your premises? what are the points of attention when working remotely?
· You are suffering from a reduction of your activities: what tools are at your disposal to manage your workforce? how to minimize the financial impact?
· You may face several HR issues as an indirect consequence of the pandemic: how to plan the employee’s ordinary holidays? how to sign HR documents while working remotely? how to communicate with staff representatives?
Duration: 30 minutes

Maurice Macchi, Senior Associate Luxembourg
Maurice specialises in employment law matters and has an extensive experience in a wide range of subjects, notably in drafting contractual documentation (employment contracts, internal policies, flexible compensation and working time arrangements) and advising on individual termination issues (including settlement negotiations and litigation procedures), collective redundancy procedures (social plan) and transfer of undertakings (notably in M&A and outsourcing transactions) and complementary pension schemes.
He joined Allen & Overy in 2014. He holds a Master 1 Droit de l’entreprise and a Master 2 Droit du travail et de la protection sociale, both obtained at the Université Nancy 2. He also holds a Licence en Droit from the same University. Prior to joining Allen & Overy, he worked for more than 2 years in an independent business law firm in Luxembourg.

LHoFT and Allen&Overy Webinar - Covid 19: Your Legal Guide in a time of crisis - Episode 1 - 30 minutes
2020-04-03 12:00 - 13:00
Description
LHoFT and Allen&Overy Webinar – Covid 19: Your Legal Guide in a time of crisis
Episode 1: Managing your governance and contractual obligations with Allen&Overy, featuring Jacques Graas
The COVID 19 virus outbreak has created an unprecedented disruption on a global scale across the entire business community. This disruption raises a number of significant legal challenges for companies regardless of their sector or size.
During this webinar, Jacques will focus on three key areas of concern:
· Corporate governance: how to organize board and shareholder meetings and generally maintain good governance in the times of confinement?
· M&A transactions: what happens with arrangements pending between signing and closing? Can you still go ahead with planned transactions?
· Interactions with commercial counterparties (clients, suppliers,…): can contractual obligations be suspended because of a force majeure event?
Duration: 30 minutes
You would like to ask a question to Jacques, then drop an email at antony.martini@lhoft.lu, prior to the webinar.
Meet our speaker:
Jacques has experience of a wide range of cross-border public and private M&A and corporate transactions across all sectors with a specific focus on financial institutions, asset management, real estate, and private equity. Over the last years, he has advised on some of the major FIG M&A transactions in Luxembourg. Jacques also regularly advises actors from the public sector in Luxembourg. He heads our local FIG/Banking working group and is an active member of our local Real Estate taskforce as well as our FinTech task force, supporting clients from established financial institutions, incumbents and start-ups.
“Jacques Graas is lauded by his clients for his dedication, with one interviewee stating: ‘He has a very hands-on approach, he follows up on all our projects and he is extremely reliable.’ Graas is very active on M&A transactional work, acting on both the seller and the buyer side.”

Seedstars Summit - The Entrepreneurship Forum For Emerging Markets
2020-04-02 - 2020-04-03
Description
Seedstars Summit – The Entrepreneurship Forum For Emerging Markets
The world is full of opportunities for Impact Investing
84% of the world’s population is located in emerging markets. Naturally, in order to reach the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for 2030 defined by the UN, the focus, support and investments need to shift from developed regions to emerging markets. We decided to lead this initiative by leveraging entrepreneurship and technology.
Attending the Seedstars Summit is the best way to discover the most promising startups, the unicorns-to-be from Africa, Latin America, Asia, Middle East, North Africa, and Central and Eastern Europe; while at the same time learning about the tech trends in those regions and accessing a word-class network of global changemakers!
Impact investment opportunities are everywhere, you just need to know how to leverage them.

Discover more about the Seedstars Summit 2020 HERE
Check out the Agenda HERE
Check out the speakers and panelists HERE

The 101 on Recruitment - Vol. 2
2020-04-01 12:00 - 17:00

Adem Recruitment Best Practices - Vol.2
2020-03-25 12:00 - 18:00
Description
During the Masterclass with Laurent Peusch, you’ll be introduced to the specific measures developed by the ADEM aiming at helping both candidates and employers to find their way in a constantly evolving labor market, where it is crucial to be listening to all its players and to pay attention to new technology trends, whose impact are far from negligible.
The Masterclass main takeaways:

Luxembourg labor market – key figures
The Employers’ department
Skills shortage – Talent attraction
Third-country nationals

Meet Laurent Peusch: After graduating from technical school for health profession in 2004, Laurent Peusch worked for a short time in the hospital sector. In 2005, Laurent Peusch joined the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, the Directorate of Immigration at the Department of third-country workers. In 2007, after 2 years Peusch Laurent joined the foreign employment department at the Luxemburgish Public Employment Services, where he was promoted head of department in 2012. In 2016, the foreign employment department has been integrated into the employer department where Laurent Peusch became the deputy head and still responsible for all matters related to the third-country nationals and the asylum seekers.
