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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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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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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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Getting ready for the pan-European Personal Pension Product in Luxembourg

Having laid down the rules for the pan-European Personal Pension Product (or PEPP), Luxembourg is now prepared for when the harmonised EU PEPP regime …

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Leave for family reasons extended until 30 April 2022

A new law dated 28 February 2022 has amended the law of 22 January 2021 and the Labour Code regarding leave for family reasons in the context of the C…

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Luxembourg Securitisation: Law new changes and new opportunities

Securitisation vehicles (SVs) in Luxembourg are governed by the Law of 22 March 2004, as amended.

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Russia’s invasion of Ukraine: sanctions and trade restrictions overview

In response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the EU has progressively adopted a series of new sanctions and trade restrictions targeted at Russia, Bel…

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European Electronic Communication Code adopted

The Law of 17 December 2021 on electronic communications networks and services ("Law") was published on 22 December 2021 and came into force on 26 Dec…

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Bill on the Use of Digital Tools and Processes in Company Law Brought Before the Luxembourg Parliament

Bill No 7968 (the "Bill") transposing Directive (EU) 2019/1151 of the European Parliament and the Council of 20 June 2019 (the "Directive") amend…

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Grounds to reverse a judicial liquidation - recent Luxembourg case law

On 14 December 2021, the Luxembourg court of appeal rendered a decision setting out the potential grounds for overturning a judicial liquidation of a …

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Navigating the constantly changing COVID-19 legislation

With the new law of 11 February 2022, the Luxembourg legislator has once again changed the rules of the game by amending the law of 17 July 2020 on me…

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New edition of the OECD Transfer Pricing Guidelines released

On 20 January 2022, the OECD released a new version of the Transfer Pricing Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises and Tax Administrations.&nbs…

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ATAD 3 Directive : somme clarity as " Economic Substance"?

The dynamism of the EU Commission in the field of combating tax evasion seems to be limitless, after the recent initiatives culminating with ATAD (Ant…

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Luxembourg publishes first draft of administrative dissolution without liquidation procedure

Draft legislation n°6539B, issued from the split of bill n°6539 relating to business preservation and the modernization of bankruptcy law, c…

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New registration formality for natural persons as of 31 March 2022

On 31 March 2022, the Luxembourg Business Registers ("LBR"), which manages the Trade and Companies Register ("RCS"), will introduce a new requirement …

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Recent legal developments in Real Estate

The recent months have brought a variety of legislative changes impacting the real estate industry in Luxembourg, and further legal initiatives have b…

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Application of ESMA’s Guidelines on Marketing Communications for AIFs and UCITS from 2 February 2022

The introduction of the concept of pre-marketing was one of the more widely discussed elements of the Cross Border Distribution Directive (and Regulat…

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Boost for securitisation - Parliament passes bill amending the Securitisation Act

Bill No 7825 (the Bill), which, amongst other things, amends the Act of 2 March 2004 on securitisation was passed by the Chambre des Députés on 9…

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New developments in public procurement and concessions

Public Procurement and Concessions: new European thresholds applicable from 1 January 2022 for the years 2022 and 2023  

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The ESMA provides its expectations in relation to firms using tied agents and focuses notably on staffing requ…

On 2 February 2022, the ESMA released a Supervisory Briefing on supervisory expectations in relation to credit institutions and investment firms (the …

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Securitisation: a bill of law in favour of greater flexibility

On 21 May 2021, a bill of law amending the law of 22 March 2004 on securitisation (the “Bill of Law”) was presented to the Chamber of Deputies.

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Virtual general meetings during Covid-19 crisis

The coronavirus epidemic took hostage the course of life in many countries around the world, which found themselves in successive confinements since 2…

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Luxembourg further improves the flexibility and attractiveness of its securitisation regime

Today, the law modifying the law dated 22 March 2004 on securitisation (the “Securitisation Law”) was adopted (the “Law”).

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