Founded with conviction.
Led with strategy, clarity and tenacity.
by Anis Bendimred, attorney-at-law.
Anis founded the red firm to rethink how disputes are approached.
After training and working in leading international law firms in Luxembourg and Belgium, he saw that clients rarely need legal analysis alone. They need clarity. They need perspective. They need to understand whether to negotiate, escalate, wait, settle or fight, and what each decision will truly cost.
That conviction became the foundation of the red firm.
Anis focuses on strategic dispute resolution, with experience in commercial litigation, shareholder disputes, post-M&A conflicts, enforcement, arbitration, real estate and construction disputes, and complex cross-border matters.
His background also includes M&A and corporate work, giving him a broader understanding of transactions, governance, shareholder dynamics and commercial risk. It also allows him to understand how disputes often arise before they formally become disputes.
His work is driven by one idea: a dispute must be treated as a strategic situation, not just a legal file. The law matters. But so do timing, pressure, incentives, personalities, financial exposure and the client’s real objective.
Through the red method, Anis helps clients understand where they stand, what their options are, and which path makes the most sense, legally, commercially and personally.
Graduated with distinction.
Foundational legal education combining rigorous legal reasoning with an interdisciplinary approach to law, economics, political science and the humanities.
Bachelor of Laws.
2019
University Saint-Louis, Belgium.
WTI.
2021
University of Bern, Switzerland.
Graduated with distinction.
Advanced training in international trade law and economic governance, with a focus on WTO law, international investment, trade policy and dispute settlement.
2021
University of Antwerp, Belgium.
Master of Laws.
Graduated with distinction.
Advanced legal training in European and international law, with a focus on cross-border legal issues, commercial transactions and dispute resolution.
education.
publications.
2022
Sequencing of genetic resource data: a challenge to the Nagoya Protocol's access and benefit-sharing regime, Annales de droit de Louvain (ADL).
2022
The role of the provisional administrator in company law: a review of recent Court of Appeal case law, Jurisnews, 2022.
2023
Employment law in Belgium and Luxembourg, Chambers, 2023.
2024
Procedural tactics in Luxembourg corporate and financial disputes: initiating proceedings, AGEFI, 2024.
2024
Procedural tactics in Luxembourg corporate and financial disputes: the appointment of a provisional director (administrateur provisoire), AGEFI, 2024.
work highlights.
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Obtained a favourable judgment before the Paris Court of Appeal on behalf of a client in a dispute against a real estate developer, securing damages awarded in the client's favour.
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Advised a distributor in a dispute over the termination of a long-term supply agreement, negotiated resolution within 3 months.
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Defended a company against a dismissal claim brought by a former executive. Successfully argued that the severance provided for in the executive's employment contract was sufficient to cover the damage suffered, a position that went on to set a precedent.
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Represented a minority shareholder in a dispute over exclusion from decision-making, resolved through negotiated buyout.
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Advised a business on compliance with EU competition rules ahead of a commercial agreement.
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Represented an executive in a contested dismissal, negotiated a favourable exit package.
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Advised a private equity fund on the Luxembourg law aspects of its exit from a pan-European infrastructure safety platform operating in 13 countries with turnover exceeding €1 billion.
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Advised a global investment firm on the Luxembourg law aspects of a €135m super senior bond subscription, within a court-approved restructuring plan for a French hotel operator listed on Euronext Paris.
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Advised a private equity investor on the Luxembourg law aspects of its full exit from a leading global multi-asset electronic trading and payments platform, structured alongside a management and CEO co-investment.