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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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CSSF Circular 14/598 - Common definition of European MMFs

On December 2nd 2014 the CSSF issued Circular 14/598 adopting the opinion issued by the European Securities and Markets Authority ("ESMA") on August 2…

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Le projet de loi relatif à l’archivage électronique : le Conseil d’Etat lève trois oppositions formelles et en…

En date du 8 octobre 2013, le Conseil d'Etat luxembourgeois rendait un premier avis sur le très attendu Projet de loi relatif à l'archivage électroniq…

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Updated ESMA Q&A On Prospectuses

On 21 October 2014, ESMA published an updated version of its Q&A on prospectuses.

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Luxembourg – Publication of guidelines on surveillance in the workplace

The CNPD and the Luxembourg Chamber of Employees published extensive guidelines about surveillance in the workplace in a brochure dated 7 October 2014…

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ESMA - Share classes of UCITS

On December 23rd 2014 the European Securities Markets Authority ("ESMA") issued a discussion paper (the "Discussion Paper") on share classes of UCITS.…

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Tax Treaty News

On 24 October 2014, Croatia ratified the double tax treaty between Croatia and Luxembourg on Income and Capital signed on 20 June 2014. Luxembourg has…

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New tax ruling procedure in Luxembourg

An advance tax ruling is an agreement between a taxpayer and national tax authorities, clarifying and confirming the application of domestic tax laws …

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EU – Right to be forgotten

A long-awaited judgment of the CJEU dated 13 May 2014 held that the giant search engine Google must give effect to a so-called "right to be forgotten"…

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E-Books no longer subject to the super reduced VAT rate of 3 percent in Luxembourg

Since 2012, Luxembourg applies the super reduced VAT rate of 3 % to the supply of e-books (Circular N° 756 dated 12th December 2011), and no dist…

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ESMA - Updated Q&A on ETFs and other UCITS issues

On January 9th 2015, the European Securities and Markets Authority ("ESMA") issued an updated version of its Q&A on the ESMA guidelines on ETFs an…

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Three-Dimensional Trademarks And Flagship Stores: The European Court Of Justice’S Position

In a judgment rendered on 10 July 2014(1), the European Court of Justice (the "Court") confirmed that the protection conferred by a trademark could ex…

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Luxembourg government announces overhaul of IP tax regime and confirms grandfathering of the existing scheme u…

Luxembourg Minister of Finance announces that Luxembourg will amend its IP Income Tax Regime so as to align it with the "nexus" approach agreed upon w…

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EU – Data Retention Directive invalidated

On 8 April 2014, the Court of Justice of the European Union (the "CJEU") declared invalid the Directive 2006/24/EC of 15 March 2006 on the retention o…

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The evolution of the bill of law n°6595 regarding a private foundation in Luxembourg

On 22 July 2012, the Luxembourg Chamber of Deputies introduced the bill of law n°6595 on the creation of a private foundation, which aims at providing…

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New Practices Concerning Accounting Documents To Be Submitted On An Annual Basis By The Credit Institutions

By means of Circular CSSF 14/596 dated 28 November 2014, the CSSF has decided to abolish the VISA procedure for published annual accounts for all cred…

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Luxembourg – Clarification of the regime of IP rights

The Luxembourg Cour administrative ruled on disputes relating to the application of Article 50bis of the Luxembourg Income Tax Act.

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EuSEF and EuVECA - Update

On September 26th 2014 the European Securities Markets Authority ("ESMA") issued a consultation paper (the "Consultation Paper") on ESMA's technical a…

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New Value Added Tax Rate

Since 1 January 2015, the applicable VAT rates are increased by 2 percentage points. The standard VAT rate rises from 15 % to 17 %. This still remains…

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Asset encumbrance risk management policy for Luxembourg banks

The Luxembourg regulator recently aligned its administrative practice with the recommendations of the European Systemic Risk Board in terms of risk ma…

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EU – Definition of “parody” by the CJEU

Parody is one of the exceptions to copyright infringement, contained in Article 5(3)(k) of Directive 2001/29/EC of 22 May 2001 on the harmonisation of…

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