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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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Amendment of the Law of August 1st 2001 on the Circulation of Securities

The law of August 1st 2001 (the “2001 Law”) on the circulation of securities and other financial instruments was already, historically, an import…

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Law of August 31st 2018 Concerning Societal Impact Companies

On September 14th 2018, the Law of August 31st 2018 (hereafter the “Law”) was published in the Luxembourg Memorial A. The Law entered into f…

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AML Law on information from fiduciaries

The Law of 10 August 2018 relating to the information to be obtained and held by fiduciaries transposes into national law the provisions und…

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Aide à l'innovation : à quoi les start-up peuvent-elles prétendre ?

Dans un contexte d’évolution constante en matière entreprenariale et face à l’émergence de nouvelles activités sur le marché, la modification de la lé…

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CDD requalifié en CDI – licenciement oral (oui)

Le contrat de travail signé entre les parties pour la durée déterminée allant du 2 mars 2015 au 30 juillet 2015 indique que le salarié « est engagé en…

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Renewable energy covered bonds

By the Law of 22 June 2018 , the Luxembourg legislator introduced renewable energy covered bonds through a modification of the relevant prov…

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The Luxembourg SPF: A private wealth management company of choice

The Luxembourg private wealth management company (hereafter: SPF – société de gestion de patrimoine familial), governed by the Law of 11 May 2007, is …

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Luxembourg Law complementing the GDPR

The Regulation (EU) 2016/679  of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and …

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New Civil Procedure Code : Law of 18 July 2018

The Law of 18 July 2018 supplements the Law of 17 May 2017 on the implementation of  Regulation (EU) 655/2014, which established a…

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EU Court of Justice confirms binding force and retroactivity of A1 Declarations

Which social security system is applicable when an internationally seconded employee is replaced by another internationally seconded employee with an …

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Simplified business permit regime

The business permit regime has been simplified for certain professional activities covered by the Law of 2 September 2011 regulating access to the pro…

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EU Commission finds no illegal State Aid in the McDonald's Case

On 19 September 2018, the EU Commission announced its decision in the McDonald's State Aid investigations. According to a press release1, th…

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Access to AML information on taxpayers by Luxembourg tax authorities

On 10 August 2018 new provisions entered into force in national law to allow the Luxembourg tax authorities to have access to information on taxpayers…

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CJEU further clarifies key concepts of data protection law

On 10 July 2018, the EU Court of Justice rendered a judgement in a case relating to the data processing activities of the Jehovah’s Witnesses Communit…

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Upcoming German tax law changes relevant to real estate investments

On 1 August 2018, the German Ministry of Finance published the amended draft bill of the Annual Tax Act 2018 which will be subject to further discussi…

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CSSF Issues a New Circular on the Authorisation and Organisation of UCITS Management Companies and Alternative…

On 23 August, the Luxembourg supervisory authority, the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF), issued Circular 18/698 relating t…

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Les clauses de sortie conjointe et de sortie forcée dans les conventions d’actionnaires

Dans nos deux précédents cahiers de MNKS consacrés aux conventions d’actionnaires[1], nous avons présenté brièvement les principales clauses conventio…

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New CSSF Circular 18/697 on non-UCITS depositaries

By way of preamble and as a reminder, a depositary of a Luxembourg fund may currently fall under either (1) the regime of the UCITS Directive&nbs…

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Luxembourg has started the MLI ratification procedure

On 7 June 2017 Luxembourg and more than 70 other jurisdictions signed the multilateral instrument (“MLI”) to integrate base erosion and profit shiftin…

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New CSSF Circular on AIFMs/UCITS ManCos

On 23 August 2018, CSSF released its new Circular 18/698 on the authorisation and organisation of Luxembourg investment fund managers (the C…

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