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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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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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Protection of the euro against counterfeiting: new requirements applicable to relevant institutions

The Luxembourg legislator has adopted the bill of law 7464[1] amending i.a. the amended laws of 5 April 1993 on the financial sector an…

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Housing Pact" preemption rights - jurisprudence developments

The Law of 22 October 2008 on the so-called "Housing Pact", as amended by the Law of 3 March 2017 (the so-called "Omnibus Law"), gives, under certain …

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ESG New European Commission package of measures

On the 21 April 2021, the European Commission released a package of measures to help improve the flow of money towards sustainable activities acr…

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Loan origination - CSSF guidance on private lending

On 15 June 2021, the Luxembourg Financial Sector Supervisory Authority (the CSSF) updated its FAQs on the statuses of the Professionals of the Fi…

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Luxembourg adopts a new law on the transport of cash entering or leaving the country

On 30 June 2021, the Luxembourg legislator adopted bill of law 7677 (the “Bill of Law”) (i) regarding the organisation of the control of transport of …

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New law reforms Luxembourg civil and commercial legal proceedings

The new law of 15 July 2021 reforming aspects of civil and commercial legal procedure was published this week.   

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Draft revised vertical regulation and guidelines

The European Commission takes a hard line against online platforms, dual distribution and MFNs

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Benchmark Regulation | Update to ESMA’S Q&A

On 28 May 2021, ESMA published an updated version of the Questions & Answers (hereinafter the “Q&A”) on the implementation of the&nb…

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Modernisation of the authorisation regime for Luxembourg supervised entities

On 14 July 2021, the Luxembourg legislator has adopted, following the first vote and with a waiver for the second vote, the bill of law 7761 amending …

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CSSF updated Q&A | Application of MIFID II

On 10 June 2021, the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (the “CSSF”) published an updated version of its Frequently Asked Questions …

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General Court of the CJ annuls State aid decision in Amazon case

The case concerned the arm’s length nature of a royalty paid by a Luxembourg operating company (LuxOpCo) to a Luxembourg partnership (LuxSCS) – a…

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ESG: EU Commission’s Renewed SF Strategy published

The European Commission has published its updated Strategy for Financing the Transition to a Sustainable Economy (‘Renewed SF Strategy’) with over 50 …

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Application of SFDR RTS postponed and the European Commission’s New Sustainable Finance Strategy

In a letter dated 8 July 2021 addressed to the Council and the European Parliament, the European Commission stated that it will defer the application …

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Luxembourg IP Box tax regime : end of the transition period

On 22nd March 2018, Luxembourg had adopted a new ‘’IP Box’’ regime applicable to income (including capital gains) derived from eligible intellectual p…

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Adoption of the law of 20 May 2021: what's new?

Following the recent adoption of the law of 20 May 2021 transposing CRD V[1], BRRD II[2] and implementing CRR II[3] into Luxembourg law (the…

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GDPR - Adequacy decisions for the UK

The Adequacy Decisions come just in time to continue the bridging mechanism applicable under the Trade and Cooperation Agreement between the EU and th…

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VAT e-commerce package for B2C transactions

A VAT e-commerce package for business-to-consumer (B2C) transactions came into force as from 1 July 2021.

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Extension of the right for companies to hold meetings without physical attendance until 31 December

A new law has been adopted and published on 30 June 2021 to extend, with immediate effect, until 31 December 2021 the measures contained in …

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Extension of the possibility to organise virtual shareholder and board meetings and suspension of the one-mont…

The Act of 30 June 2021 has extended the possibility for Luxembourg-based companies to hold virtual board and shareholder meetings until 31 December 2…

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