Jean-louis Schiltz*
Tech Law Advisor
Management
RTL Group
Luxembourg
Biography
On 19 April 2017, Jean-Louis Schiltz was appointed Non-Executive Director to RTL Group’s Board of Directors for a term of office of one year, to expire at the end of the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders ruling on the 2017 accounts. Jean-Louis Schiltz, born in 1964, holds a post graduate degree (DEA) in business law from the University of Paris I, Panthéon-Sorbonne. He has also been teaching at his alma mater in the early 1990’s. From 2004 to 2009, Jean-Louis Schiltz was a Cabinet minister in Luxembourg. His portfolios included media, telecommunications, technology (IT and internet in particular), international development and defense. Jean-Louis Schiltz is a tech law advisor, a partner at Schiltz & Schiltz (avocats) and a Professor (inv.) at the University of Luxembourg. His work focuses on Technology (TMT, FinTech, internet), Regulatory as well as M&A and Finance. He is a regular speaker at tech law conferences and has authored and coauthored a number of articles and reports in the field over the last years. He continues to do so. Jean-Louis Schiltz serves on the boards of a number of companies and non-profit organisations. He is also a member of the Advisory Board of the Smart Sustainable Development Model (SSDM) of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU).
Research Interest
Strategy, Management,Mergers & Acquisitions, Marketing Strategy, Business Development
