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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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The revised Commission merger control referral mechanism – Practical considerations for Luxembourg M&A tra…

On 26 March 2021, the European Commission (the “Commission”) published “Commission Guidance on the application of the referral mechanism set out …

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EU Recovery Prospectus: temporary fast-track to boost listed companies' COVID-19 recovery

In addressing the severe economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the European legislator amended the existing Prospectus Regulation and introduced t…

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Climate-Aligned Issuers now displayed on the Luxembourg Green Exchange

The Luxembourg Green Exchange has recently added to its labelled bond section, a brand-new section dedicated to Climate-Aligned Issuers, built on the …

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Further specifications to the AML Law

In order to perfect the transposition into Luxembourg law of the fourth EU AML Directive 2015/849, in line with GAFI recommendations, the Law of 12 No…

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Snapshot: SPACs - the Luxembourg alternative

While SPACs have existed for decades on public markets, a revival seems to be taking place, with SPACs representing about 60 percent of IPOs in the US…

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Welcomed clarification on the financial assistance measures applicable to Luxembourg Sàrls

A welcomed clarification on the financial assistance regime applicable to private limited liability companies (société à responsabilité limitée, …

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Rapport final sur les normes techniques de réglementation (RTS) par les autorités européennes de surveillance

Les autorités européennes de surveillance enrichissent le puzzle de l’environnement règlementaire de la finance durable par l’apport de nouvelles pièc…

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Luxembourg competition law update

Several decisions and judgments in the competition law field over the last quarter are noteworthy. A link to the 2020 Annual Report of the Competition…

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PSF advice to the European Commission on transition activities in the taxonomy

On 19 March 2021, the Platform on Sustainable Finance (“PSF”) delivered its advice on transition financing requested by the Commission&…

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Council of the EU adopts DAC7

DAC7 extends the existing EU tax transparency rules to digital platforms. Broadly speaking, it requires platform operators to report information on in…

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Luxembourg positions itself as an attractive player on the rising SPAC market

The market for initial public offerings by special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) has shown significant growth in recent years and reached unpr…

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DAC7 approved: New reporting obligations for digital platforms

On 22 March 2021, the Council of the EU amended the directive on administrative cooperation (through the so-called “DAC7”) to expand reporting obligat…

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New CSSF interactive digital portal: e-Prospectus

The CSSF has built a new digital portal (e-Prospectus) where issuers will, as of 1 March 2021, be able to submit and follow their application requests…

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Covid-19 vaccination in the Luxembourg workplace

As the Covid-19 vaccination process gathers steam, employers around the world consider what their vaccination strategy will be once (and if) the vacci…

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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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EU regulatory milestones timeline in 2021

The EU legislative machine is in full swing. We have put together a one page timeline to help you anticipate and keep track of the evolution of draft …

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Long-awaited bill clarifying and confirming the financial assistance prohibition

Long-awaited bill clarifying and confirming that the financial assistance prohibition of the Companies Act does not apply to SARL submitted to the Lux…

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Online intermediation services: new law for implementing the Platform-to-Business Regulation

Entry into force of the law of 5 March 2021 on certain rules for the implementation of Regulation (EU) No 2019/1150 of the European Parliament

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New bill brings Luxembourg to the forefront of distributed ledger technology

On 22 January 2021 Parliament approved Bill 7637, which modified:  the Law of 5 April 1993 on the financial sector; and the Law of 6 April 20…

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REMINDER - Transitional period of Luxembourg’s former IP regime coming to an end

Luxembourg has an attractive IP regime offering an 80% tax exemption of net income and gains from qualifying IP assets.

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