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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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DSM Avocats à la Cour celebrates its 20th anniversary

This year marks two decades of commitment to service to our clients, guided by our fundamental values: excellence, international, closeness, reactivity and availability.

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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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EU adopts FASTER directive: a milestone for streamlining wit…

On 10 December 2024, the Council of the EU formally adopted the Faster and …

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Bill of law to modernise the insurance sector

On 24 March 2023, bill of law 8184 (the “Bill of Law”) was filed with the Parliament. It aims at (i) implementing Directive 2021/2118 amending Directi…

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New legislation: criminal penalties doubled for intention to discriminate

From 7 April 2023, the penalties for crimes committed with discriminatory intent will double.

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Upcoming amendments to the Luxembourg procedure in tax matters

On 28 March 2023, a new draft law (the “Draft Law”) was presented to the Parliament which amends the Luxembourg General Tax Law (“GTL”) as well as som…

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ECJ case C-555/21 | Consumer's right to early repayment under the MCD

The Austrian Supreme Court referred a question to the European Court of Justice (the “ECJ”) for a preliminary ruling. The question concerned whether A…

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Publication of the new law introducing in the Luxembourg employment code a protection against moral harassment…

Luxembourg Parliament voted on 9 March 2023 a new law published on 5 April 2023 and coming into force on 9 April 2023 (hereafter the “Law”), which wil…

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DLT | Significant developments at EU and national level

As of 23 March 2023, Regulation (EU) 2022/858 on a pilot regime for market infrastructures based on distributed ledger technology (the “DLT Pilot Regi…

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Luxembourg Administrative Tribunal rules on the tax treatment of share class redemptions

The share capital of Luxembourg companies may be divided into different classes of shares that provide the shareholder(s) with different rights. Here,…

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New ML/TF risk assessment questionnaire for life insurance intermediaries

The CAA circular letter 23/3 on the harmonised quantitative money laundering and terrorist financing risk exposure assessment questionnaire addresses …

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Luxembourg plans to amend tax procedure and documentation rules

The Luxembourg government proposes to reform certain aspects of the tax assessment and tax litigation procedures, as well as certain documentation obl…

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The CSSF launches SFDR data collection for Luxembourg investment funds

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Modernising the Luxembourg fund toolbox

Luxembourg further increases the attractiveness and competitiveness of its financial centre through targeted improvements to the Luxembourg fund rules…

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The Law of 22 June 2022 on the management and recovery of seized or confiscated assets: what are the consequen…

The Law of 22 June 2022 on the management and recovery of seized or confiscated assets (the "Law of 2022"), which entered into force on 5 July 2022, a…

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Bill of law – Modernization of the Luxembourg Investment Funds Toolbox

On 17 March 2023, the Chambre des Députés issued a first draft of a new bill amending the five sectoral laws regulating funds in Luxembourg.

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Luxembourg Parliament voted a new law on arbitration

Today, the Luxembourg Parliament voted a new law on arbitration (the “Arbitration Law”), aiming to modernise the current arbitration legislation deeme…

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New DLT Pilot Regime arrives in Luxembourg

On 23 march 2023, both the dlt pilot regime and the blockchain law iii will become applicable.

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Vote du projet de loi introduisant un dispositif relatif à la protection contre le harcèlement moral au travai…

En date du 9 mars 2023, la Chambre des Députés a adopté le projet de loi portant modification du Code du travail en vue d’introduire un dispositif rel…

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L’utilisation de la SOPARFI par des résidents belges et la montée en puissance de la substance économique…

Ce n’est un secret pour personne : de nombreux résidents belges détiennent des sociétés au Luxembourg à des fins fiscales. L’enquête LuxFiles, menée p…

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Luxembourg Competition Authority breaks boundaries and joins EU merger control request

The luxembourg competition authority has raised the bar for merger control by joining a referral request under article 22 of the eu merger regulation

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Implementation of the DLT pilot regime in Luxembourg – Blockchain law III

On 9 March 2023, bill of law 8055 laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) 2022/858 on a pilot regime for market infrastructures based…

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Upcoming: New obligations to combat mobbing in employment relations to come

To fill an obvious legal vacuum in comparison with a number of EU Member States (including notably the three neighbouring countries), Bill of law n°78…

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