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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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Luxembourg’s new IBAN register: increased obligations for entities offering accounts and safe deposit boxes se…

In line with the requirements of the 5th Anti-Money Laundering Directive, Luxembourg has introduced a centralized IBAN and safe-deposit box register. …

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Episode 7 - COVID-19 Webcast - Legal & Regulatory Risks Around the Use of Virtual Conferences

This is the seventh episode of our COVID-19 webcast series. In this episode Partner Mark Shaw wants to look at the legal and regulatory risks around t…

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Fighting money laundering and terrorist financing remains of paramount importance during the Coronavirus (COVI…

On 10 April 2020, the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (“CSSF”) published a new circular 20/740 on financial crime …

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Luxembourg law on State guarantee for bank loans

The Luxembourg Parliament recently adopted a new law establishing a guarantee regime in favour of the economy within the framework of the COVID-19 pan…

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COVID-19 : Data Protection and Coronavirus : FAQ for Employers

In the context of the coronavirus pandemic, companies are implementing exceptional measures to protect the health and safety of their employees and cl…

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Restructuring and Corporate Recovery measures in Luxembourg – April 2020

Luxembourg went into full Coronavirus lockdown on March 16. By the ministerial decree of 16 March 2020, the State narrowed down the movement of citize…

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Episode 6 - COVID-19 Webcast - CSSF Circular 20/740 on the Financial Crime, Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-…

This is the sixth episode of our COVID-19 webcast series. In this episode Partner Mark Shaw wants to look at CSSF Circular 20/740, which was issu…

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Luxembourg announces additional deadline extensions in direct tax matters

A new bill seeks to grant a one-year extension for claims whose collection is entrusted to the Luxembourg tax authorities (such as direct taxes and so…

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Brexit Impact On Insurance Undertakings - Clarifications By The Luxembourg Supervisory Authority

In two information notices dated April 2 and April 8, 2020, the Commissariat Aux Assurances (“CAA”) clarified the impact of a hard Brex…

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Episode 5 - COVID-19 Webcast - Issues Associated with the BCP Remote Working

In this episode Partner, Mark Shaw is joined by George Ralph CITP, Managing Director of RFA. They focus on the issues associated with BCP remote worki…

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COVID-19: impact on M&A (Luxembourg)

Round up of the Luxembourg contractual remedies available to business to mitigate the effects of the coronavirus spread.

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COVID-19 impact on logistics in Luxembourg: latest developments

In response to the Covid-19 crisis, the Luxembourg Government declared the state of emergency by its regulation of March 18th, 2020, and passed severa…

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Guidance on Luxembourg CFC Rules

Whilst some countries have had comprehensive rules on controlled foreign corporations for years, Luxembourg only introduced such rules recently, furth…

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Episode 4 - COVID-19 Webcast - Temporary Changes to Luxembourg Company and Tax Law

In this episode Partner Mark Shaw wants look at Luxembourg company and tax law relief measures in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Special serie COVID-19 - n°6 Temporary adaptations to some employment laws

In the context of the COVID-19 outbreak, most companies are currently facing unprecedented legal issues within their organisations. As a result, they …

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Parent-Subsidiary Directive not applicable to Gibraltar companies

On 2 April 2020, the European Court of Justice ("ECJ") (Case-458-18) ruled that a company incorpored in Gibraltard an subject to Gibraltar C…

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New ESMA Guidelines on performance fees in UCITS and certain types of AIFs

The Guidelines are applicable to all UCITS and have been extended to AIFMs which market AIFs to retail investors in accordance with Article 43 of the …

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COVID-19: What is the Impact on the Free Movement of Persons?

The coronavirus has spread around the globe and the scale of the threat faced today underlines the imperative need for coordinated restriction measure…

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CSSF details the registration process for Virtual Assets Service Providers

Following its call asking Virtual Assets Service Providers (“VASPs”) active in Luxembourg to prepare for compliance published in January, th…

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Episode 3 - COVID-19 Webcast - Legal & Regulatory Developments Coming from ESMA (Part 2 of 2)

Partner Mark Shaw wants to turn to the regulatory developments coming from European Securities and Markets Authority. In this episode he speaks on cal…

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