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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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Copyright issues on the internet in light of European international private law

In a recent judgment dated 22 January 2015, the Court of Justice of the European Union ("CJEU") ruled that the competent court for breach of copyright…

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CCPS - Equivalence decisions

Under article 25 of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of July 4th 2012 on OTC derivatives, central counterpart…

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CSSF FAQ - Update

On December 29th 2014 the CSSF issued an update of its Frequently Asked Questions concerning the Luxembourg Law of 12 July 2013 on alternative investm…

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UCITS V - ESMA technical advice

On November 28th 2014 the European Securities and Markets Authority ("ESMA") released its final report ("Final Report") in respect of the delegated ac…

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Crowdfunding - Update

On December 18th 2014 the European Securities and Markets Authority ("ESMA") published an Opinion (the "Opinion") and an Advice (the "Advice") on inve…

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Conclusion d’une transaction dans le cadre d’un licenciement avec effet immédiat : gare au remboursement des i…

Il est de pratique courante que suite à un licenciement avec effet immédiat, l'employeur et le salarié concluent une transaction.

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Luxembourg – Grand Duchy of Luxembourg as the new digital Hub

October 2014, Luxembourg's Prime Minister and Minister of Communications and Media, Xavier Bettel, presented the so-called "Digital Letzebuerg" in the…

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PRIPS Regulation - Update

The European Parliament issued on November 26th 2014 Regulation number 1286/2014 (the "Regulation") on key information documents ("KID") for packaged …

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CSSF FAQ - Immobilisation of bearers shares

On December 30th 2014, the Luxembourg Supervisory Authority for the Financial Sector ("CSSF") published its "Frequently Asked Questions in relation to…

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Limitation to WHT refund

In order to bring Luxembourg legislation in line with recent case law of the ECJ (Tate & Lyle Investments Ltd/Belgique, C-384/11 and Com/Allemagne…

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Strengthened obligations preventing the use of the financial system for money laundering and terrorist financi…

A draft Directive (the "draft 4th Directive") of the Parliament and the Council (2013/0025 COD) that will directly impact most financial institutions …

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Directive for disclosure of non-financial and diversity information

On September 29th 2014, the Council of the European Union adopted a directive (following the European Parliament which had done so on April 15th 2014)…

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New procedure for tax rulings

The Budget Laws introduced a new paragraph (§29a) in the General Tax Law, the Abgabenordnung, detailing the TCL procedure applicable from now on, both…

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EU – New Unitary Patent

To recap, the European Parliament, after many years of discussion, voted positively on 11 December 2012 on two draft EU Regulations on a unitary paten…

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Evaluation of certain benefits-in-kind granted by employers

The Luxembourg tax authorities issued a new circular n° 104/1 on November 20th 2014 (hereafter the "Circular"), setting forth the evaluation rules for…

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Further steps towards transparency

Since January 1st 2015, the withholding tax on interest income paid by Luxembourg paying agents to individuals resident in another EU Member is abolis…

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The Luxembourg double tax treaties network

18 March 2015. In its 2014 Annual report, the Luxembourg Direct Tax Authorities reported that 727 exchange of information upon request, spontaneous in…

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Updated CSSF FAQ on AIFMD

On 29 December 2014, the CSSF updated its frequently asked questions ("FAQ") on the Law of 12 July 2013 on Alternative Investment Fund Managers ("AIFM…

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EU – Revision of the EU rules on copyrights

Directive 2001/29/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2001 on the harmonisation of certain aspects of copyright and related rig…

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Le droit de contrôle par l’employeur en cas d’absence de ses salariés

L'absentéisme est une problématique récurrente pour tout employeur et une source de désorganisation au sein de l'entreprise.

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