Luxembourg’s Parliament recently amended the bill of law implementing the C…
On 28 October 2024, the EU Commission published a proposal to amend the dir…
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On 16 July 2014, Luxembourg adopted the law concerning the compulsory deposit and immobilization of shares and units in bearer form (hereafter the "La…
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By law dated 28 July 2014 (published on 14 August 2014), the Luxembourg legislator substantially modified the rules governing the holding and transfer…
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The law dated 28 July 2014 on the immobilization of bearer shares and units and the obligation to keep a register of the registered and bearer shares …
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Formal, court-driven restructuring proceedings are available into Luxembourg law, but for practical reasons, these are rarely used in practice.
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On 11 September 2014, the Court of Justice issued an important judgment in one of the numerous pending competition law cases around credit card scheme…
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Luxembourg is one of the leading domiciles worldwide for international investment vehicles. This leading position has arisen from the combination of t…
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he bill of Law 6625 on the immobilisation of bearer shares (the "Bill") has been adopted by the Luxembourg Parliament on 16 July 2014 and entered into…
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On 27 June 2014, Regulation 655/2014 of the European Parliament and the Council of 15 May 2014 establishing a European Account Preservation Order proc…
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The CSSF has recently clarified the measures to be taken by professionals of the financial sector in Luxembourg in order to comply with the obligation…
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The Luxembourg Accounting Standards Board (CNC) recently published a general notice (CNC 01/2014) in which it stated its opinion regarding the possibi…
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ESMA published updated versions of its Q&A on 21 May 2014 (ESMA/2014/550) and on 10 July 2014 (ESMA/2014/815).
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The Law dated 10 July 2005 on the prospectuses for securities (the “Law”), implementing the Directive Prospectus of 2003/71/EC (as amended by Direct…
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On 12 June 2014, Directive 2014/59/EU establishing a framework for the recovery and resolution of credit institutions and investment firms and amendin…
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On 16 July 2014, Luxembourg Parliament voted a law aimed at changing the regime of bearer shares in response to recommendations by the Financial …
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On 12 June 2014, Directive 2014/49/EU on deposit guarantee schemes (the “DGS Directive“) was published in the Official Journal of the European Union. …
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On 15 May 2014, the Directive 2014/65/EU (“MiFID II”) and the Regulation 600/2014/EU (“MiFIR”), both on markets in financial instruments, were adopted…
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The CSSF has recently clarified the measures to be taken by professionals of the financial sector in Luxembourg in order to comply with the obligation…
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Laurent Schummer, Partner at Arendt & Medernach, and head of the firm's corporate, tax & capital markets business unit outlines the advantages…
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On 4 June 2014, two implementing regulations were published in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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The CSSF, in agreement with the Banque Centrale du Luxembourg (BCL), has recently published a new circular (Circular CSSF 14/588) which modifies the d…
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