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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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It is the perfect way for lawyers at the Bar, in-house counsel, barristers, solicitors, notaries, bailiffs, paralegals and any other legal professional with an interest in Luxembourg and European law to keep informed of new legislative initiatives, case law, legal doctrine and all other legal developments on the Belgian legal scene!

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Mandatory immobilisation of bearer shares and units

As per our previous article dated 2014 in relation to the law dated July 28th 2014 on the immobilisation of shares and corporate units in bearer form …

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Payment Accounts: Enhanced Consumer Rights Through Adoption Of Directive 2014/92/Eu

On 23 July 2014, Directive 2014/92/EU1 (the "Payment Accounts Directive") has been adopted with the aim to improve consumer rights of EU citizens in t…

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Reform of the Bearer Shares Regime In Luxembourg

Instead of abolishing bearer shares as already done or planed to be done by some neighboring countries, the Luxembourg lawmaker, after leading an in-d…

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2015 Luxembourg tax news

The Luxembourg budget law for 2015 and the law introducing measures for the future ("paquet d'avenir") have been adopted on 19 December 2014.

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2015 TAX CHANGES

The law applies to information requested by another State under a bilateral agreement, relevant European Directives as implemented in Luxembourg or th…

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CRD IV - Higher ratio notification procedure imposed by the CSSF

The CSSF has issued a new Circular 15/601 relating to the ratio increase notification procedure laid down in Article 94(1)(g)(ii) of Directi…

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Taxation of Luxembourg partnerships (SCS or SCSp)

The Luxembourg Tax Authorities (hereafter "LTA") have recently clarified the situation on taxation of income realised by Luxembourg partnerships, thro…

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New Tax Mesures for 2015

On 19 December 2014, the Luxembourg Parliament adopted the 2015 budget and the first part of the future package (paquet d'avenir). The most relevant t…

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Useful clarification of the Luxembourg tax treatment of a SCS/SCSp

On 9 January 2015, the Luxembourg tax authorities published Tax Circular L.I.R. n° 14/4 (the "Circular") on the Luxembourg tax treatment of income rea…

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Luxembourg codifies ruling practice and arm’s length principle

As per 1 January 2015, Luxembourg codified (i) the Luxembourg advance tax ruling and advance pricing agreement (ATR/APA) practice and (ii) the arm's l…

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The Luxembourg Administrative Court rules on the IP Income Tax Regime: a call for a prior assessment of eligib…

In the framework of the Lisbon strategy for growth and employment in the EU, the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg added Article 50bis to the Income Tax Act 1…

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Latest developments on automatic exchange of information within the EU

Automatic exchange of information ("AEOI") has been a hot topic on the international scene for more than a decade now. Besides the FATCA turmoil, the …

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Forthcoming private wealth foundation and philanthropic foundation in Luxembourg

Many years after the introduction of the Philanthropic Foundation1, the draft bill n° 6595 dated 22 July 2013 presents the private wealth foundation (…

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European Commission investigates on a potential State aid to Fiat Finance and Trade

On 30 September 2014, the European Commission (the "EC") published the non-confidential version of a decision taken on 11 June 2014 launching a formal…

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Non-periodic paid activities and their tax qualification as “extraordinary wages”

With the financial crisis and recent scandals provoked by the publication of the bonuses of some directors leaving companies in bankruptcy, some count…

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The Renewable Energy Framework in Luxembourg

Within the framework of our membership to the ELG (Energy Law Group), David Maria, Partner and Delia Nitescu, Senior Associate have contributed an art…

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Law concerning the compulsory deposit and immobilisation of shares and units in bearer form

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

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Confirmation of mechanism of capital restructuring, Court of Appeals, Luxembourg, 10 July 2014

On 10 July 2014, the Court of Appeals confirmed the conditions set forth mainly by the French courts regarding the mechanism of capital restructuring …

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BANKRUPTCY DECLARED FOR ESPIRITO SANTO INTERNATIONAL S.A.

The Luxembourg District Court sitting in commercial matters has declared bankrupt the group parent company ESPIRITO SANTO INTERNATIONAL S.A. (ESI) on …

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New European Regulation in matters of succession - Nouveau règlement européen en matière de successions

The EU has adopted a new Regulation on successions (Regulation (EU) 650/2012 of 4 July 2012 on jurisdiction, applicable law, recognition and enforceme…

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