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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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Luxembourg draft legislation introducing EU anti hybrid and anti-abuse provisions in the participation exempti…

On 5 August 2015, the Minister of Finance submitted bill n°6847 (the “Bill”) to the Luxembourg Parliament. The Bill provides in particular for the imp…

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The Bill of Law N°6847 Has Been Filed With The Luxembourg Parliament

This bill most notably aims to implement Council Directives 2014/86/EU and 2015/11/EU amending Directive 2011/96/EU (so-called Parent-Subsidiary Direc…

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Réforme du dialogue social : les innovations apportées par la loi

Après plus de 3 ans d’attente et de vives négociations, le projet de loi n° 6545 portant réforme du dialogue social à l’intérieur des entreprises vien…

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Esma’s Advice on the Application of the Aifmd Passport to Non-Eu Aifms and Aifs

On 30th July 2015 the European securities and markets authority (“ESMA”) issued its advice (the “advice”) on the opportunity to extend the so-called A…

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New legislation on staff representation

On 23 July 2015, a new law concerning the reform of social dialogue (hereafter the “Law”) was enacted which profoundly changes the situation of staff …

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Luxembourg Draft Law For The Transposition of The Ucits V Directive

The draft law 6845 (the “Bill”) transposing Directive 2014/91/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of July 23, 2014 amending directive 200…

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Confidentiality Agreements Are Not Data Processing Agreements

Companies often rely on third parties to manage their websites, host databases, maintain their IT infrastructure, organize marketing campaigns, etc.

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Transposition Of Revised Transparency Directive

On 17 August 2015, the Luxembourg Parliament issued the Bill of Law n°6860regarding the transposition of Directive 2013/50/EU(1) of the European Parli…

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Tax Treaties News

On 18 June 2015, Austria and Luxembourg signed an amending exchange of notes regarding adjustments concerning the new exchange of information procedur…

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Legal Alert | Actualités estivales de l'AML

La perpétuelle évolution du droit luxembourgeois de l’anti-blanchiment ne connaît pas de pause estivale. Les règles du volet préventif de la lutte ant…

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Investment funds and treaty abuse (BEPS)

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (hereafter “OECD”) released on May 22nd 2015 a revised discussion draft regarding Action Po…

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VAT insurance exemption for car repairs

The Advocate General (the “AG”) of the European Court of Justice (the “ECJ”) has recently published his opinion in the Mapfre Warranty SpA case (C-584…

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Belgium’s Circular on the Taxation of Cross-Border Commuters

On 16 March 2015, Belgium and Luxembourg signed a mutual agreement (the “Mutual Agreement”) regarding the problem of the right of taxation of salaries…

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Proposed EMIR modifications to UCITS Directive

On May 22nd 2015, the European Securities and Markets Authority published its opinion to the EU institutions on the impact of Regulation 648/2012 (“EM…

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Upcoming Tax Changes

On 10 July 2015, the Government council adopted a bill containing various new tax measures (the “Bill”). The Bill itself has not yet been published bu…

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CSSF Circular 15/612 relating to Luxembourg AIFMs

On May 5th 2015, the CSSF issued CSSF Circular 15/612 (the “Circular”) on information to be submitted to the CSSF concerning non regulated AIFs and re…

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Adoption of the FATCA Law

On 1 July 2015, the Luxembourg Parliament adopted the Law for the ratification of the Intergovernmental Model 1 Agreement signed between the United St…

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Appointment of AML Compliance Officers in UCITS

On June 3rd 2015, a letter of the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier(“CSSF”) dated April 29th 2015 was made available by the Association …

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Adoption of the Law on Electronic Archiving

On 2 July 2015, after two years of discussions, the Chamber of Deputies finally adopted the Law relating to electronic archiving and amending Article …

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Market Abuse - Meaning of inside information "of a precise nature"

On March 11th 2015, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) published a judgment on Jean-Bernard Lafonta v Autorité des Marchés Financiers concerning the …

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