News & Articles

The perfect place for any legal or tax professional to keep abreast of everything that’s happening on the Luxembourg legal scene

BSP logo
Read More
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…

Read More
Luther logo
Read More
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.

Read More
CMS Luxembourg logo
Read More
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…

Read More
Arendt logo
06/01/25
Global minimum taxation (Pillar 2) in Luxembourg: implementa…

On 19 December 2024, the Luxembourg Parliament adopted bill of law 8396 and…

Arendt logo
20/12/24
Key modifications to Luxembourg RBE and RCS Laws

On 19 December 2024, the Luxembourg Parliament adopted bill of law 7961 (La…

Dotted texture left
Dotted texture left

Each day we publish several articles written by legal and tax specialists from law firms, notaries offices, the legal departments from payroll agencies and tax consultants.

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!

Dotted texture right

More News & Articles

Base Erosion and Profits Shifting (BEPS)

On 16 September 2014, the OECD released recommendation documents on the following first 7 elements of the BEPS Action Plan: Action 1: addressing the c…

Read More
New European Rules for the financing of important projects of common European interest

The European Commission adopted on 13 June 2014 a new communication to support important projects of common European interest.    

Read More
THE FIRST RECOGNITION OF THE RIGHT “TO BE FORGOTTEN”

By judgement rendered on 13 May 2014, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) affirms the right "to be forgotten" by acknowledging that a person may requi…

Read More
New legal requirements regarding bearer shareholding in Luxembourg.

he bill of Law 6625 on the immobilisation of bearer shares (the "Bill") has been adopted by the Luxembourg Parliament on 16 July 2014 and entered into…

Read More
Establishment of an European account preservation order

On 27 June 2014, Regulation 655/2014 of the European Parliament and the Council of 15 May 2014 establishing a European Account Preservation Order proc…

Read More
European Court of Justice declares the Data Retention Directive invalid

In its decision of 8 April 2014, the European Court of Justice ("ECJ") declared the Data Retention Directive 2006/24/EC (the "Directive") invalid. The…

Read More
OUT-OF-COURT RESOLUTION OF COMPLAINTS: NEW CSSF CIRCULAR 14/589

The CSSF has recently clarified the measures to be taken by professionals of the financial sector in Luxembourg in order to comply with the obligation…

Read More
ECJ - C-201/13 – an autonomous concept of what constitutes a parody

On August 3, 2014, the European Court of Justice ("ECJ") issued a judgment in response to a request from the Hof van Beroep te Brussel ("Court of Appe…

Read More
Luxembourg Free Zone : Bill on VAT provisions submitted to Parliament

On 1 September 2014, a bill of law n°6713 was submitted to the Luxembourg Parliament (the "Bill"). The Bill aims to amend the Law of 12 February 1979 …

Read More
FLOATING FINANCIAL YEAR

The Luxembourg Accounting Standards Board (CNC) recently published a general notice (CNC 01/2014) in which it stated its opinion regarding the possibi…

Read More
European Court of Justice clarifies what constitutes a "parody"

On September 3, 2014, the European Court of Justice ("ECJ") issued a judgment in response to a request from the Hof van Beroep te Brussel ("Court of A…

Read More
EMIR : UPDATED Q&A

ESMA published updated versions of its Q&A on 21 May 2014 (ESMA/2014/550) and on 10 July 2014 (ESMA/2014/815).

Read More
The filing of a complaint before a competition authority

A recent EU case reminds us of how important it is to meticulously prepare an antitrust complaint.

Read More
Market abuse: a new framework in the European Union

A new framework applicable to market abuse prohibition and prevention has been adopted by the European institutions. It consists of Regulation 596/201…

Read More
Search engine activities are subject to data protection rules when processing online personal data

On 13 May 2014 the European Court of Justice (“ECJ”) rendered a decision in a case in which the Court had to answer important questions relating to …

Read More
Publication of supplements to the prospectus

The Law dated 10 July 2005 on the prospectuses for securities (the “Law”), implementing the Directive Prospectus of 2003/71/EC (as amended by Direct…

Read More
Single supervisory mechanism ("SSM")

On 14 May 2014, two regulations issued by the European Central Bank (“ECB”) within the framework of the SSM were published in the Official Journal of …

Read More
European Court of Justice specifies conditions under Article 8(3) of the Copyright Directive governing an inju…

In a decision of 27 March 2014, the European Court of Justice (“ECJ”) held that Article 8(3) of Directive 2001/29/EC (the “Copyright Dir…

Read More
Recovery and resolution of credit institutions and investment firms

On 12 June 2014, Directive 2014/59/EU establishing a framework for the recovery and resolution of credit institutions and investment firms and amendin…

Read More
Luxembourg law amending the bearer shares regime adopted by Luxembourg Parliament and published

On 16 July 2014, Luxembourg Parliament voted a law aimed at changing the regime of bearer shares in response to recommendations by the Financial …

Read More