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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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18/12/24
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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GDPR: EU Commission’s Q&A about the New Standard Contractual Clauses for Transfers

On 25 May 2022, exactly 4 years after entry into force of the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”), the European Commission (the “Commission”) …

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Gender diversity on corporate boards

What to expect from the new EU Women on Boards Directive, including the practical changes for your management structure and the impact on the national…

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New CSSF outsourcing arrangement rules

On 22 April 2022, the CSSF published Circular CSSF 22/806 on Outsourcing arrangements. It concerns banks, FSPs as well as various other financial…

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Establishment of a new committee to monitor financial restrictive measures

On 20 July 2022, the law of 20 July 2022 establishing a monitoring committee on the implementation of financial restrictive measures (the “Committee”)…

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Merger Control in Luxembourg – first results of the public consultation procedure and next steps

Merger control seeks to scrutinise concentrations of competitive power by requiring certain transactions to be notified to national or supranational c…

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Misuse of corporate assets turns 30

30  years ago, with the law of 21 July 1992, Luxembourg criminal law was enhanced with a new offence targeting company directors: misuse of corpo…

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EDPB Statement about transfers of personal data to Russia

On 12 July 2022, the European Data Protection Board (the “EDPB”) published a Statement 02/2022 on personal data transfers to the Russian Federation. A…

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Insurance and reinsurance intermediaries – time to assign for the Legal Entity Identifier

Update on the use of the Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) by insurance and reinsurance intermediaries and insuranc intermediaries

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The new Luxembourg/United-Kingdom tax treaty has been signed

More than four years after the announcement of negotiations, the new tax treaty between Luxembourg and the United Kingdom was finally signed on 7 June…

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ESG in the banking sector – Integrating sustainability into the MiFID II framework

Two major delegated acts will come into force that amend the MiFID II framework in order to integrate sustainability risks and factors into banks' org…

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How will the partial legalisation of cannabis impact employers?

Cannabis is the most widely used illegal drug in Luxembourg. After protracted political debate, it has now been decided to proceed in stages toward le…

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Implementing DAC 7 in Luxembourg: bill laid before parliament

On 13 June 2022, the Luxembourg government laid bill no. 8029 (the “Bill”) before Parliament. It would implement into domestic law Council Directive (…

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Accepted invoice principle (“principe de la facture acceptée”) – Application to lawyers’ invoices - recent Lux…

While lawyers may exercise their activity by forming a commercial company, such law firm admitted to the Luxembourg Bar is civil by nature despite the…

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CSSF AML/CFT reporting tool: first reporting period approaches

Following the publication of three circular letters [1] in December 2021 introducing new prudential and AML/CFT reporting requirements,…

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Recreational cannabis: overview of the proposed amendments to the current legal framework

In line with the Government’s initiative to regulate access to recreational cannabis, as set out in the Coalition Agreement for 2018-2023, a bill of l…

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The new Luxembourg-UK double tax treaty: key points for investors in UK real estate

On 7 June 2022, the United-Kingdom (UK) and Luxembourg signed the text of the new double tax treaty.

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Cross-border home working: different taxation rules starting 1 July 2022

The special bilateral agreements signed between Luxembourg and the Belgian, French and German authorities concerning cross-border workers in the conte…

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CSSF AML/CFT reporting tool: first reporting period approaches

Following the publication of three circular letters [1] in December 2021 introducing new prudential and AML/CFT reporting requirements,…

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Introduction of a New eDesk Module – ePassporting

Following the publication on 12 May 2022 of CSSF Circular 22/810 on pre-marketing and cross-border marketing notification procedures, the CSSF has rel…

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Updated CRS FAQ by the Luxembourg tax administration

The common reporting standard (“CRS”), which has been implemented in Luxembourg by the law of 18 December 2015, has introduced an automatic exchange o…

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