Tandem Partners is your guide for starting business in Luxembourg.

TANDEM Partners is an independent service provider company established with a mission to provide it’s clients with a wide range of financial services to a client base which includes asset owners, financial institutions, investment funds, and the private equity sector

We attach high importance to satisfying our clients with our expertise and by responding quickly and effectively to their needs.

Colm Smith founded Tandem Partners in 2006, after five years as Finance Director at Intertrust (Luxembourg), and prior experience in various accounting, auditing, and securitization roles.

Educated at Griffith College and the Institute of Certified Public Accountants, he received his CPA license in 1996.

Tandem Partners obtained “Made in Luxembourg” Label in 2017.

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Luxembourg has a central position in EU and is within a short distance to main European Capitals (London 550km, Paris 380km, Brussels 200km, Amsterdam 350km and Frankfurt 250km).

It has an open, stable and diversified economy and has excellent connectivity to markets in the EU and worldwide.

Luxembourg is a prime business location that has favourable tax rules for both corporations and individuals and state of the art infrastructures.

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Our team has vast experience from the shipping, energy, commodity, and debt capital markets, providing our clients advice on optimal structures, deal origination, restructuring, and sophisticated financial solutions.

We are a financial advisory firm, specializing in new investments, capital raises, workouts, securitization, and restructuring in the maritime and energy sectors. The firm maintains C.P.A. status, as well as qualification as a Dirigeant Maritime under the laws of Luxembourg.

We combine financial accreditation expertise with physical market experience to optimize our advisory services.

In addition, the principals have deep acumen in trading markets, financial derivatives, including commodity swaps (in energy, biofuels, and grains), operations, and forward freight agreements (FFAs) in both the wet and dry sectors.

Additional services

• Establishment of Luxembourg corporate entities
• Board of director representation
• Corporate Governance Expertise
• Corporate and Portfolio Restructuring, including refinancing
• Risk Management
• Expert witness testimony and research for trials & arbitrations
• Third Party Institutional Marketing with access to our global distribution platform
• Arrangement services, including senior & junior debt, leasing, and Export and Agency Finance
• Private Equity investments
• Executive search for hedge funds, investment funds, and financial institution boards of directors