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Participez à l’enquête de Larcier‑Intersentia sur les pratiques numériques des professions du d…

À la suite de la conférence “Artificial Intelligence Day in Luxembourg Law” organisée en novembre dernier avec le Barreau de Luxembourg et la Conférence du Jeune Barreau de Luxembo…

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Arendt appoints five new Partners

Luxembourg, 3 February 2026 - Arendt is pleased to announce the appointment of three new Partners: Lorraine Chéry, Błażej Gładysz-Lehmann, Yves Philippart de Foy; and two new assoc…

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New Carried Interest Regime Law Voted!

23/10/2026, the Luxembourg Parliament approved Bill of Law No. 8590, which modernizes the Luxembourg carried interest regime.

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New investment rules for Luxembourg unit-linked life insuran…

On 28 January 2026, the Commissariat aux assurances (CAA) released circular…

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Draft Bill 8676 for a single tax class from tax year 2028

On 6 January 2026, the Luxembourg Government released draft Bill n°8676 int…

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AIFMD | ESMA guidelines - Asset segregation

Asset segregation is one of the provisions of more relevance when it comes to depositaries under Directive 2011/61/EU of the European Parliament and o…

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EU – Adoption of the EU Regulation

On 23 July 2014, the Council of the European Union adopted a Regulation on electronic identification and trust services for electronic transactions in…

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Taxation of income and gains from IP rights

In its answer to a parliamentary question on patent boxes (QP 896), Luxembourg Finance Minister announced that a new IP tax regime in line with the so…

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The Luxembourg Implementation Of Fatca

On 6 January 2015, the Luxembourg tax authorities (administration des contributions directes) released a draft version of the first administrative cir…

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Luxembourg – New consumer regulation

The Luxembourg government has adopted the Law of 2 April 2014 implementing Directive 2011/83/CE of 25 October 2011 on consumer rights and amending the…

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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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