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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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Bill of Law – Residential Leases

A new Bill of law amending the Law of 21 September 2006 on residential leases, as amended, and amending certain provisions of the Civil Code (the “Bil…

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Consumer Class Action Law: Draft Legislation Gathering Pace in Luxembourg

On 14 August 2020, the Luxembourg Minister for Consumer Protection presented Parliament with bill n°7650 concerning the introduction of consumer class…

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New controller-processor guidelines: beware of impact on data processing agreements

Armed with useful flowcharts to help organisations determine their role, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) has published new guidelines on the…

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New CAA AML/CTF regulation

The aim of the New Regulation is to replace and repeal the amended CAA Regulation No. 13/01 of 23 December 2013 on the fight against money l…

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5G: Opportunities and Legal Challenges

This article is the first of a series of following publications, which will focus on more specific 5G topics.

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New /Amended AML-CTF regulations for Luxembourg's insurance, financial and asset management sectors

On 20 August 2020, two important texts from an anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing (“AML-CTF”) perspective were published:

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CSSF prohibition of loan investments for UCITS

On 7 August 2020, the Luxembourg supervisory authority for the financial sector, the CSSF, updated its frequently asked questions (the FAQ) on the Lux…

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"No-deal" Brexit scenario: overview and implications for UK AIFMs operating in Luxembourg

Many UK firms currently carry on cross-border services in Luxembourg in reliance on an EU financial services passport (e.g. under the Alternative Inve…

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Benelux Regulators to Apply EIOPA Guidelines on Outsourcing to Cloud Service Providers by Insurance and Reinsu…

On 24 April 2020, the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) issued new guidelines on outsourcing to cloud service providers (…

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UCITS can no longer invest in loans

The CSSF, Luxembourg’s supervisory authority for the financial sector, has announced that Luxembourg-domiciled UCITS may no longer invest in loans

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New bill of law allowing for issuance of dematerialised securities issued on the blockchain with central accou…

On 27 July, the Luxembourg parliament published a new bill of law n° 7637 (the “Bill of Law”) that will amend the following two laws:  

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Update on international transfers of personal data - Privacy Shield invalidated and new requirement around the…

In the context of the “Schrems II” case held before the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”), some mechanisms used to transfer personal dat…

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Issuance of dematerialised securities using blockchain technology – New draft legislation published!

On 27 July 2020, the government has introduced a draft bill n°7637 in Parliament (the “Draft Bill”), which – if adopted – will modernise the law …

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Luxembourg law on e-signature and other trust e-services now fully consistent with the eIDAS Regulation

Bill No 7427 was adopted on 17 July 2020 and published on 28 July 2020 (click here). The new law modifies the Luxembourg Act of 14 August 2000 on…

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Entry into force of the law creating a register of fiducies and trusts

Entry into force of the law creating a register of fiducies and trusts: new register for beneficial owners of fiduciary arrangements and express trust…

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CSSF provides further guidance on money laundering indicators in the collective investment sector

On 3 July 2020, the Luxembourg supervisory authority for the financial sector, the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (the “CSS…

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12-month review of the revised FATF standards on virtual assets and virtual asset service providers

In June 2020, the Financial Action Task Force (“FATF”) published a report which sets out the findings of the FATF on the 12-month review car…

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Luxembourg establishes a register of fiducies and trust

The Act of 10 July 2020 ("the Act") transposes into Luxembourg law the last part of the fourth Anti-money Laundering Directive (2015/849) as amended b…

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New mandatory automatic exchange of information rules for Digital Platforms “DAC7”

On 15 July 2020, the EU Commission published a directive proposal (the “DAC7 Proposal”), amending, for the 6th time, Directive 2011/16/EU on administr…

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Episode 11 - COVID-19 Webcast - Where Are We Now? Legal & Regulatory Update

This is the 11th episode of our COVID-19 webcast series. In this new episode, Mark Shaw gives a quick run-down of where we are in terms of f…

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