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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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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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Brussels 1 Regulation - Recast

Regulation (EC) 44/2001 of December 22nd 2000 on jurisdiction and the regulation and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters (the "Br…

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The Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect

The Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect (the "Stock Connect") is a securities trading and clearing program developed by Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing …

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EU – No copyright infringement when using embedding or hyperlinking for freely available works

The CJEU rendered two important decisions regarding the embedded linking of copyright protected work and on the scope of legitimate hyperlinking.

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Simplified private limited liability company

On February 2nd 2015 the draft law N°6777 having the purpose of creating a simplified private limited liability company (Société à responsabilité limi…

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Ucits V: New Independence Requirement Ucits Management Company/Depositary

During the discussions between the European ("EU") legislative authorities on the UCITS V Directive(1), a mandate was granted to the EU Commission to …

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EU – New round in Google adwords

The well-known case concerning the trade mark infringement action brought by Interflora against Marks & Spencer for the use of its INTERFLORA trad…

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Transparency Law - CSSF Enforcement

The CSSF has published Press Release 15/01 to the attention of issuers of securities subject to the law of January 11th 2008 on transparency requireme…

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A Simplified Version Of The Limited Liability Company: A Boost For Start-Ups And Small Size Entrepreneurs

The Luxembourg Government finally decided to follow in the footsteps of its European neighbours and to simplify the formalities relating to company cr…

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Advance Tax Agreements

The Law of 19 December 2014 on the first part of the future package (paquet d'avenir) introduced into Luxembourg tax laws a clear legal basis for the …

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Directive On Certain Rules Governing Actions For Damages For Infringements Of The Competition Law Provisions/D…

The directive 2014/104/UE on certain rules governing actions for damages under national law for infringements of the competition law provisions of the…

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Luxembourg adopts new transfer pricing legislation

With the Law of December 19th 2014, known as the "Package for the future", the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg amended and updated its tax legislation with …

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Le terme d’un avenant peut constituer une modification substantielle du contrat de travail

Dans une récente affaire, la Cour d'appel (Cour d'appel, 5 décembre 2014, n°38929 du rôle) a clarifié une question de droit visant à préciser la porté…

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New CSSF Circular On Central Administration, Internal Governance And Risk Management

On 24 November 2014, the CSSF published its Circular 14/597 (the "Circular") updating and amending CSSF Circular 12/552 on central administration, int…

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Luxembourg: a new kind of private limited liability company, the simplified private limited liability company …

On February 2, 2015, the Luxembourg government filed with the Chamber of Deputies bill 6777 (the Bill).introducing a new type of private limited liabi…

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Minimum Corporate Income Tax

As from the tax year 2015, the two different regimes for the minimum corporate income tax will apply as follow:

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UCITS IV: UPDATED ESMA Q&A ON ITS GUIDELINES ON ETFS AND OTHER UCITS ISSUES

On 9 January 2015, ESMA published an updated version of its Q&A on its guidelines on ETFs and other UCITS issues. In summary

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IMMOBILISATION OF BEARER SHARES : CSSF FAQ AND REMINDER

On 30 December 2014, the Luxembourg Commission for the Supervision of the Financial Sector (the "CSSF") published its first FAQ concerning the Law of …

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Immobilisation of Bearer Shares And Units: Deadlines for Compulsory Deposit on 18 February 2015

The Law of 28 July 2014 concerning the compulsory deposit and immobilisation of shares and units in bearer form (the "Law") imposes the compulsory dep…

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Facilitation for Belgium-Luxembourg cross-border workers

The Belgian and Luxembourg governments had a joint meeting on 5 February in Brussels and came to an agreement with respect to cross-border employment …

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The Luxembourg Double Tax Treaties Network

Latest updates: - 30 December 2014. Protocol regarding taxation of pension income with Denmark is in force as of 28 December 2014 and will be applicab…

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