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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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Upcoming FATCA - CRS Issues: What the Alternative Fund Industry Needs to Know

The world of alternative investment funds was not the primary target of the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) and Common Reporting Standard (…

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General Court sets framework for the Commission to enforce arm’s length transfer pricing under State aid rules…

On 24 September 2019, the General Court upheld the Commission’s decision that Fiat had received unlawful State aid from Luxembourg, and at the same ti…

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Bill Affecting Luxembourg Tax Rulings Issued Before 1 January 2015

On 14 October 2019, the finance minister presented a bill on the 2020 budget (the “Bill”). The Bill includes inter alia tax provisions, one of which c…

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Bracing for Brexit: Luxembourg updates notification procedures for UK firms, UCIs and their managers in the ev…

On 15 July 2019, the CSSF published two press releases (19/331 and 19/342 ) directed at (i) UK firms and (ii) UCITS management companies and…

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Vade-mecum de la loi du 3 Février 2018 sur le bail commercial

Issu de la loi du 3 février 2018 entrée en vigueur le 1er mars de la même année (la « Loi de 2018 »), le nouveau régime applicable aux baux …

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CSSF extends the deadline for notifications in the context of Brexit

Following the extension of the delay within which the United Kingdom (“UK”) is to leave the European Union (“EU”), the Commission de Surveillance…

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Luxembourg Budget 2020: Limitation of validity period of advanced tax agreements

The draft 2020 Luxembourg budget includes a proposal limiting the validity of advanced tax agreements issued before 1 January 2015.

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Modification unilatérale contrat de travail (non) – demande en cessation – délégué du personnel – Compétence d…

Par requête déposée au greffe de la Cour d’appel à la date du 19 juillet 2018, A.) a relevé appel de l’ordonnance précitée et il demande à voir dire q…

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“Old” rulings, rule no more!

Luxembourg Minister of Finance Pierre Gramegna has presented the Luxembourg government’s budget bill for year 2020 to the Luxembourg Parliament today …

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Draft law proposes to reintroduce favourable tax regime on capital gains on private land and dwellings

On 23 October 2019, the Luxembourgish Parliament (“Chambre de Députés”) published a draft law reintroducing the favourable tax relief regime for capit…

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CSSF Has Updated its FAQs on Alternative Investment Fund Managers Relating to PRIIPs

The Luxembourg financial supervisory authority (Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier, “CSSF”) issued on 27 September 2019 a new version of …

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Commission decision on Fiat ruling confirmed

In a judgment   of 24 September 2019, the General Court of the European Union (“Court”) dismissed actions brought by Luxembourg and Fia…

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The New Anti-fraud and Anti-abuse Assessment for Cross-border Conversions, Mergers and Divisions

In April 2019 EU institutions approved the text of the new directive amending directive 2017/1132(1) by introducing procedures governing the…

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Mandatory CSSF PRIIPs assessment

By 31 October 2019 at the latest, all Part II UCIs, SIFs and SICARs are required by the CSSF to complete the PRIIPs assessment form

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Luxembourg 2020 draft Budget Law - Pre-2015 tax rulings may end on 31 December 2019

On 14 October 2019, the Luxembourg Government submitted the draft Budget Law for the year 2020 to the Luxembourg Parliament.

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Budget 2020: advance tax confirmations granted before 1 January 2015 no longer binding

On 14 October, the Luxembourg government filed the 2020 budget bill with the Luxembourg parliament.

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Competition update: Digital sector, provisional measures and competition law revision

At EU level, a number of developments took place over the summer regarding potential competition law infringements in the digital sector. 

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The Luxembourg-France Double Tax Treaty – amending Protocol signed on 10 October

On 19 August 2019, the new Luxembourg-France Double Tax Treaty (“DTT”) came into force following finalisation of each country’s ratification procedure…

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Projet de loi n°7348 sur les comptes inactifs, les coffres-forts inactifs et les contrats d'assurance en déshé…

Le 6 août 2018, le projet de loi n°7348 sur les comptes inactifs, les coffres-forts inactifs et les contrats d'assurance en déshérence a été déposé à …

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New CSSF communication in the context of Brexit for UK AIFMs

The CSSF has issued on 11 October 2019 a new press release (Press Release 19/48) in the context of Brexit and related mandatory communication by UK al…

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