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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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CJEU: Open door for VAT recovery on transaction costs in case of share disposal

On 8 November 2018, the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) released its decision in the C&D Foods Acquisition ApS case (C-502/17) con…

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CJEU doesn't like the taste of copyright

Today, the Court of Justice of the European Union ("CJEU") decided that the taste of a food product is not eligible for copyright protection.

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CDD requalifié en CDI – licenciement oral (oui)

L’article L.121-2 du Code du travail pose le principe général, selon lequel le recours au contrat à durée indéterminée est le principe en droit du tra…

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CJEU: VAT on share disposal costs recoverable in certain cases

VAT on costs incurred in connection with an envisaged share disposal is in principle not recoverable. However, if the reason for the disposal lies in …

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Business Licence Reform in Luxembourg: What's New?

On 30 July 2018, the law of 18 July 2018 (the “Law of 2018”) amending the law of 2 September 2011 regulating access to the craftsman, tradesman, indus…

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Capital Call Facilities – LPA and side letter review

"Capital call" facilities (also known as "subscription line" facilities) are facilities made available to funds (often on a revolving credit basis and…

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GDPR in Luxembourg : the date protection act

The General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) took direct effect in Luxembourg on 25 May 2018, but since it allows EU Member States latitude in spec…

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Licenciements successifs – arrangement entre parties – arrangement equivoque

Si un employeur qui a résilié le contrat ne peut plus revenir unilatéralement sur sa décision, il est néanmoins admis que les parties peuvent d’un com…

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Useful details concerning competition law inquiries

A request for information, issued by the Designated Advisor to the Competition Council in the context of an investigation of anti-competitive practice…

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Focusing on Funds - AIFMD pre-marketing proposals

This Focusing on Funds update looks at the hot topic of funds marketing and proposals for a pre-marketing regime for alternative investment funds.&nbs…

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The German Federal Tax Court limits German CFC rules and anti-abuse provisions to wholly artificial arrangemen…

In a decision of the German Federal Tax Court (GFTC) from 13 June 2018 (Decision I R 94/15 published on 17 October 2018), the GFTC ruled, among other …

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Allongement de la période d’indemnisation de 52 semaines à compter du 1er janvier 2019

La loi du 10 août 2018 modifiant le Code du travail et le Code de la sécurité sociale en matière de maintien du contrat de travail et de reprise progr…

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Licenciement économique – suppression de poste

Si le chef d’entreprise est seul responsable du risque assumé, il bénéficie corrélativement du pouvoir de direction et il décide seul de la politique …

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Money Market Funds | CSSF FAQ

The CSSF published its first Frequently Asked Questions (“FAQ”) concerning the Money Market Fund Regulation (“MMFR”) on August 28th 201…

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Fallback benchmarks for main IBORs: consultation published by ISDA

ISDA, the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, is planning to amend certain “floating rate options” in the 2006 ISDA Definitions in order …

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Cooperation between companies from the standpoint of competition law and the FEDIL competition conference of O…

The boundaries between the legal and the illegal can be very tight, which can be observed in the context of business cooperation agreements. On the Lu…

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ECJ: VAT on abort costs fully deductible

VAT on abort costs in case of an unsuccessful takeover bid is deductible, provided the buyer intended to supply management services for consideration …

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Draft Law on the Time-Saving Account

In June 25th 2018 the Chamber of Deputies of the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg issued a draft law 7324 (the “Draft Law”) implementing a time-sav…

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Respect the GDPR - prevention is better than cure

On 25 May 2018, Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with rega…

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Monitoring at the workplace: a new legal framework in Luxembourg

If the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) harmonizes the data protection rules across Europe, it also leaves room for EU Member States to provi…

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