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AMLD6 – EU unveils tougher anti-money laundering rules: key highlights

AMLD6 is set to address the organisation of the institutional AML/CFT framework at national level. The new directive transfers the rules applying to the private sector from AMLD6 t…

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Ogier strengthens Luxembourg banking and finance team

Real estate and private equity specialist Delphine Gomes has joined Ogier's Banking and Finance team in Luxembourg as counsel, bringing more than a decade of experience in cross-bo…

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07/11/24
Latest developments in Luxembourg’s CSRD implementation proc…

Luxembourg’s Parliament recently amended the bill of law implementing the C…

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04/11/24
New EU proposal to simplify Pillar 2 filing obligations for …

On 28 October 2024, the EU Commission published a proposal to amend the dir…

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Les monnaies virtuelles, le jeu en vaut-il la chandelle ?

A l’aune où de plus en plus de start-ups technologiques mettant en place des systèmes de paiement sont constituées à Luxembourg, un outil pouvant les …

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Banking Secrecy and The Law of 27 February 2018: A Shrinking Concept

Further to the passing of draft law No 7024 on 6 February 2018 by the Chamber of Deputies, the law of 27 February 2018 on interchange fees and amendin…

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What You Need to Know About Luxembourg's MiFID II Legislation

The new act on markets in financial instruments (the “MiFID Act”), transposing Directive 2014/65/EU on markets in financial instruments (“MiFID II”) a…

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Main contractual clauses restricting the free transferability of shares in S.A. and S.A R.L. companies

Under the influence of common law, we have been assisting for many years in the exponential development of extra-statutory agreements under Luxembourg…

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Political agreement reached on EU proposal setting new transparency rules for intermediaries

On 13 March 2018, the EU Finance Ministers reached a political agreement on the Proposal for a Council Directive amending Directive 2011/16/EU as rega…

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Amendment to the Luxembourg AML-TF framework

The Law of 13 February 2018, entered into force on 18 February 2018, substantially modifies the amended law of 12 November 2004 relating to the fight …

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Start-up, évitez les problèmes juridiques !

Pour éviter d’être plus tard confrontés à divers problèmes juridiques,  les fondateurs de start-up devraient, dès la constitution, avoir en tête …

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Banking secrecy

Article 41 of the Law of 5 April 1993 on the financial sector (“LFS”), as amended, provides for an obligation of professional secrecy with regard to i…

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European proposal for cross-border transactions and online company establishment

On 25 April 2018, the European Commission published two proposals for directives: a proposal to make it easier for companies to merge, divide and tran…

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The Future of Luxembourg Investment Funds in the Next Decade (1)

The fund industry is permanently evolving, but incremental changes are hardly noticed. Sometimes however, industries undergo radical changes, where th…

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Implementation of the 4th Anti-Money Laundering Directive

The law of February 13th 2018 (“AMLD Law”) which entered into force on February 18th2018 has now implemented most of the outstanding provisions o…

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Virtual currencies and initial coin offerings

The CSSF (Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier) has recently published two warnings on its website regarding in particular the si…

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Clarification of UCIs Part II: Depositary Regime

Under the law of 10 May 2016 transposing UCITS Directive 2014/91/EU (UCITS V), it was originally expected that all undertakings for collective investm…

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Les principales clauses conventionnelles tendant à restreindre la libre cessibilité des titres dans les S.A. e…

Sous l’influence du droit anglo-saxon, nous assistons depuis plusieurs années au développement exponentiel en droit luxembourgeois des conventions ext…

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Overviews of the new corporate governance rules after the adoption of the Law on Modernisation

Management rules and authority With respect to SARL: possibility - to provide in the Articles an authorised share capital mechanism; - to delegat…

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CSSF’s change of policy regarding UCITS eligible investments

The CSSF provides in Press Release 18/02 that the eligibility criteria of such target UCI (“Target UCI”) under Article 50(1)(e) of the UCITS Directive…

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Recent significant corporate litigation case law

The Luxembourg District Court had the opportunity to specify the requirements and procedure of the judicial management report provided for in article …

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Cross-border distribution of investment funds: a proposal for harmonisation

Reducing barriers for cross-border distribution of investment funds within the EU, thus reducing the costs of going cross-border, while deepening the …

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EU legislative proposals to facilitate the cross-border distribution of investment funds

On 12 March 2018, in the context of the Capital Markets Union Action Plan and further to consultations conducted by the European Commission with natio…

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CSSF warnings on ICOs, tokens and cryptocurrencies

Fintech leads the way in the rapidly changing world of financial services, and the industry is keen to position Luxembourg as an innovation hub. Among…

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