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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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Central administration, internal governance and risk management requirements: CSSF update

On 22 April 2022, the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (the “CSSF”) issued the Circular CSSF 22/807 updating the amended…

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Piercing the corporate veil of a Luxembourg limited liability company - Recent case law

On 3 April 2019, the Luxembourg court of appeal reiterated certain principles applicable for a claimant seeking to pierce the corporate veil of a Luxe…

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Decision of the Court of Cassation on the deductibility of VAT incurred on general expenses

In a recent decision, the Luxembourg Supreme Court (Cour de cassation) rejected an appeal (pourvoi en cassation) lodged by Luxembourg VAT authorities …

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Reform of the right of establishment in Luxembourg: what to expect?

On April 8, 2022, the Minister of Middle Classes submitted draft bill n°7989 amending the law dated September 2, 2011 regulating access to t…

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Luxembourg financial regulator adopts new rules governing outsourcing arrangements

On 22 April 2022, the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (the "CSSF") published a set of documents on outsourcing arrangements …

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Luxembourg regulator announces new requirements on central administration, internal governance and risk manage…

On 22 April 2022, the CSSF released Circular CSSF 22/807 which updates the Circular CSSF 12/552 on central administration, internal governance and ris…

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New tax on Luxembourg real estate assets: first compliance deadline on 31 May 2022 for investment funds

On 20 January 2022, the Luxembourg tax authorities (the LTA) published the circular PRE_IMM n°1 (the Circular) which clarifies the provision…

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Disproportion between costs and income does not prevent input VAT recovery

The Luxembourg Court of Cassation had the opportunity to adjudicate at last instance on a condition for the right to deduct VAT asserted by the Luxemb…

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Inactivity in accounts, safe-deposit boxes and insurance contracts: a new era will now begin!

Following a lengthy parliamentary process, the new law on inactive (bank) accounts, safe-deposit boxes and unclaimed insurance contracts (the “La…

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Revamped CSSF outsourcing guidance for the financial sector

On 22 April 2022, the Luxembourg financial regulator (the "CSSF") released Circular 22/806 on outsourcing arrangements (the "Circular"). By …

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CSSF Telework Circular applicable as of 1 July 2022: are you ready?

On 31 March 2022, the CSSF confirmed that Circular 21/769 on “Governance and security requirements for supervised entities to perform tasks or activit…

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Status of foreign direct investments (FDI) screening regulation in Luxembourg

As in Switzerland, the legislative process for the adoption of a regulation of foreign direct investments ("FDI") is underway, with the adoption of a …

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VAT fixed establishment in parent-subsidiary supplies

The Court of Justice of the European Union has further clarified the concept of a ‘fixed establishment’ for VAT purposes

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Staff delegation involvement in teleworking matters

The law of 1 April 2022, which enshrines in law the staff delegation's involvement in remote work arrangements, was published on 12 April 2022 and wil…

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The European Commission’s proposal for a directive on corporate sustainability due diligence

On 23 February 2022, the European Commission published a proposal for a Directive on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence (the “Directive”).

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OECD released a public consultation document concerning a new global tax transparency framework

On 22 March 2022 the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (“OECD”) released a public consultation document concerning…

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Securitisation entities within the meaning of the EU Securitisation Regulation no longer exempt from the inter…

On 9 March 2022, a draft law was presented to Parliament in order to remove the exemption applicable to securitisation entities within the meaning of …

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Rules on telework governance and security requirements - Applicable from 1 July 2022

The Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF) has recently published Circular 22/804 on governance and security requirements fo…

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New Copyright Directive 2019/790 has been implemented into Luxembourg law

On 1 April 2022, the bill implementing the EU directive on copyright and related rights in the Digital Single Market was finally adopted.

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The CSSF provides guidance on the liquidity management tools in the context of the Ukraine crisis

In recent weeks, investment fund managers have been faced with the question of how to deal with Russian and Belarussian assets in their managed funds.…

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