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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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Les dernières pérégrinations jurisprudentielles en matière de règlement des loyers commerciaux pendant les pér…

On s’en souvient, la proclamation de l’état de crise lié au Covid-19 par le règlement grand-ducal du 18 mars 2020 et l’interdiction corrélative d’un c…

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New rules for investment firms remuneration policies as of 31 July 2021 in Luxembourg

Directive 2019/2034 on the prudential supervision of investment firms was implemented by a law of 21 July 2021, amending the law of 5 April 1993 on th…

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Direct taxation - AG Kokott opines on the ‘expected interest’-criterium (État luxembourgeois)

The French tax authorities made a request for exchange of information to the Luxembourg tax authorities aiming at the bene cial owners of the Lux…

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New prudential regime for investment firms

Investment firms offer a variety of services and vary by their size, business model, risk profile and complexity. Considering that their activities an…

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The new EU Commission AML/CFT legislative package revealed

On 20 July 2021, the European Commission put forward a bumper package of legislative proposals (“the Package”) which implements the commitments of its…

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Clarification on losses carry forward and social security deductions

On 10 August 2021, the Luxembourg Tax Authorities issued a new circular I.C.C n° 31 clarifying the application of carried forward tax losses and the d…

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Financial assistance rules not applicable to private limited liability companies (société à responsabilité lim…

The draft law 7791 aiming at clarifying whether the rules regarding financial assistance contained in the Luxembourg law on commercial companies of 10…

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VAT deduction right of Lux PropCos owning/exploiting German real estate – VAT changes

In its decision C-931/19 (“Titanium case”), the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) ruled that a foreign company should not be considered …

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New prudential regime for investment firms

Investment firms offer a variety of services and vary by their size, business model, risk profile and complexity. Considering that their activities an…

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The CJEU extends Achmea to intra-EU Energy Charter Treaty arbitrations

In a judgment dated 2 September 2021 in Komstroy v Moldova (Case C-741/19), the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) has hel…

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Law clarifying and confirming the non-applicability of the financial assistance

Law clarifying and confirming the non-applicability of the financial assistance prohibition set out in the Luxembourg Companies Act to private limited…

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Clarification of the financial assistance rules applicable to Luxembourg sociétés à responsabilité limitée

On 14 July 2021, the Luxembourg Parliament adopted a long-awaited amendment to the law of 10 August 1915 on commercial companies, as amended (the “LSC…

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Changes to the CSSF’s fund authorisation process

The CSSF continues to optimise its fund authorisation process. To this purpose, it recently published information on certain procedural changes and ne…

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Adoption of the law implementing a new prudential regime for investment firms

Investment firms offer a variety of services and vary by their size, business model, risk profile and complexity. Considering that their activities an…

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Questions and answers clarifying the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation

On 26 July 2021, the EU Commission published a Q&A on the SFDR  

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Taxation of the Digital economy: What’s in the pipeline?

At the end of 2020, the OECD aimed at addressing and coming to a successful conclusion on tax challenges arising from globalisation and the digitalisa…

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New rules proposed to tackle financial crime in the EU: is the European game now over for money launderers?

The European Commission (“Commission”) has been looking to strengthen European anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing (“AML/CTF”) enfor…

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Cross-border distribution of investment funds – the Luxembourg law of 21 July 2021

The law of 21 July 2021 implementing Directive (EU) 2019/1160 with regard to cross-border distribution of collective investment undertakings (the “CBD…

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Follow-up: New rules on pre-marketing and marketing of AIF have been transposed in Luxembourg

As a reminder, Regulation (EU) 2019/1156 (the “Regulation”) and Directive (EU) 2019/1160 (the “Directive” and together the “Cross-Border Marketing and…

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The new EU AML-CFT package

This package aims to further enhance the existing EU AML-CFT framework by taking into account new and emerging challenges linked to technological inno…

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