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A new Senior Counsel and new promotions at BSP

BSP is pleased to announce the arrival of Françoise Pfeiffer, who has joined the Banking & Finance and Capital Markets department as Senior Counsel, and the promotion of three…

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Upcoming changes at Luther Luxembourg: Introducing our new Managing Partner

After 15 years at the helm of Luther Luxembourg, Eric Sublon hands over the reins to Bob Scharfe, who assumes the role of Managing Partner, effective from 1 January 2025.

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CMS Luxembourg renews its Management Board and announces new Managing Partner

International law firm CMS is pleased to announce the appointment of Vivian Walry as Managing Partner of its Luxembourg office, along with the appointment of Aurélien Hollard to t…

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06/01/25
Global minimum taxation (Pillar 2) in Luxembourg: implementa…

On 19 December 2024, the Luxembourg Parliament adopted bill of law 8396 and…

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20/12/24
Key modifications to Luxembourg RBE and RCS Laws

On 19 December 2024, the Luxembourg Parliament adopted bill of law 7961 (La…

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First European BitLicense granted in Luxembourg

The Minister of Finance of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg has announced it has granted the first bitcoin licence to provide services as a regulated pay…

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Working time Directive – Travel to place of work

Directive 2003/88/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of November 4th 2003 concerning certain aspects of the organisation of working time…

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Luxembourg IP Revenues Tax Regime : taxpayers eligible on 30 June 2016 continue to benefit until 30 June 2021

The Luxembourg so-called 50bis Regime reduces the effective tax rate applicable to income from registered intellectual property and copyright protecte…

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Common reporting standard

On 14 August 2015, bill of law 6858 (the “Bill”) concerning the automatic exchange of financial account information in the field of taxation…

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Les Garanties Légales En Matière De Vente Immobilière

L’acquisition d’un bien immobilier représente souvent l’investissement le plus important d’une vie, car son financement nécessite la plupart du temps …

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Confirmation of the established case law in the matter of abuse of law

On July 15th 2015, the Administrative Court took a decision on the application of the concept of the abuse of law to transactions performed by a Luxem…

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Reserved alternative investment funds (RAIFs) – a new type of AIF

The Luxembourg government approved the draft bill on a new type of AIF, the reserved alternative investment fund ("RAIF"). It’s a new type of Luxembou…

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Le bail commercial, une réforme en travail

Le bail commercial, dont le régime n’avait plus connu de modifications majeures depuis un arrêté grand-ducal de 1936, reçoit les honneurs d’un nouveau…

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Luxembourg innovates: The RAIF, a new type of AIF

Last Friday, the bill of law introducing a new type of Luxembourg alternative investment fund ("AIF") managed by an authorised AIFM has been approved …

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Tax treaties news

Details have been published on the double tax treaty signed between Andorra and Luxembourg on 2 June 2014.

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2016 budget

On 14 October 2015, the Luxembourg government submitted the bill of law 6900 relating to the 2016 budget (the “Budget Bill”) to the Lux…

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List of Double Tax Treaties In Force And In Negotiation

Situated at the crossroad of Europe, the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg is based on a dynamic and open economy which actively promotes the development of c…

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Omnibus bill 6891

Bill of law 6891 (the “Bill”) was submitted on 13 October 2015 to the Luxembourg Parliament.

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UCITS V | Guidelines on sound remuneration policies

Further to the entry into force of Directive 2014/91/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of July 23rd 2014 (“UCITS V Directive”), th…

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The Commission's Us Safe Harbour Decision Invalidated By The CJEU

On 6 October 2015 the Court of Justice of the European Union (hereafter CJEU) rendered a major decision by reaffirming the importance of the protectio…

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BEPS

On 5 October 2015, the OECD released the final set of measures on international tax planning and an explanatory statement.

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Exchange of tax rulings

On 6 October 2015, the EU Council (the “Council”) reached a unanimous political agreement on mandatory automatic exchange of advance cross-b…

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Luxembourg Rating Upgraded To "Largely Compliant"

The global forum on transparency and exchange of information for tax purposes has released on 30 October 2015 new compliance ratings on transparency i…

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Tax Treaty update

With draft law N° 6826 (the “June Draft Law”), which was submitted to Parliament on June 9th 2015, Luxembourg aims at expanding further its already co…

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Transfer of personal data – ECJ judgment

On 6 October 2015, the European Court of Justice (the “ECJ”) rendered a landmark judgment regarding the Safe Harbour principles that represent a key e…

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