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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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It is the perfect way for lawyers at the Bar, in-house counsel, barristers, solicitors, notaries, bailiffs, paralegals and any other legal professional with an interest in Luxembourg and European law to keep informed of new legislative initiatives, case law, legal doctrine and all other legal developments on the Belgian legal scene!

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EU Trade Marks Should Be Distinctive Throughout the EU, Not Just a Significant Part Thereof

In its recent Nestlé v Mondelez decision (C-84/17P, C-85/17P and C-95/17P), the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) confirmed that the acqui…

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Main clauses relating to the maintenance of the structure of the share capital

In our previous « MNKS booklet » dedicated to shareholders’ agreements[1], we briefly described the main clauses restricting the transferabi…

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Index increase

From 1 August 2018, the index applicable to employees' wages will climb from 794.54 to 814.40. This index increase will result in a 2.5% increase in t…

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Amendments to Labour Code | "Omnibus" Law of April 8th 2018

The “omnibus” law of April 8th 2018, effective since April 15th 2018 (hereinafter the “Law”), amends many provisions of the Labour Code in order to st…

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VAT group legislation voted

The bill of law n°7278 implementing the VAT group into Luxembourg law, as outlined in our previous Newsflash on 13 April 2018, was voted on 26 Ju…

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Employeur succursale – absence de personnalité juridique – acte entâché de nullité

Une succursale d’une société de droit étranger n’a en effet pas de personnalité juridique propre, alors qu’elle fait partie d’une société dont elle es…

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CJEU in Truvada case: no SPC for A+B (unless "the claims relate necessarily and specifically to that combinati…

Today (25.07), the Court of Justice of the European Union ("CJEU") has rendered a long awaited decision in a dispute revolving around the supplementar…

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Prospectuses | Draft Law

On June 29th 2018, the Chamber of Deputies of the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg issued a draft law 7328 on prospectuses (the “Draft Law”) for the purposes…

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GDPR Series: Part 18 - Automated Individual Decision-Making, Including Profiling

This series provides more detailed insight into the General Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR"), which was published on 4 May 2016 and entered into ef…

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The OECD releases the Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) public discussion draft on BEPS actions 8-10: Fi…

On 3 July 2018, the OECD launched a consultation on the transfer pricing of financial transactions by publishing the first draft of a new chapter of t…

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The Luxembourg Double Tax Treaties Network

List of double Tax treaties in force and in negotiation as of 14 June 2018.

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Licenciement avec préavis suivi d’un licenciement avec effet immédiat – absence de 5 jours – licenciement abus…

L’absence injustifiée de cinq journées de travail d’affilée est un motif suffisamment grave pour entraîner une rupture immédiate des relations de trav…

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EU Proposal in Relation to Crowdfunding Service Providers for Business

On March 8th 2018, the European Commission released a new proposalfor a European Regulation on European Crowdfunding Service Providers (“CSP”) for Bus…

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Law of 17 April 2018 and PRIIPs Regulation

The law of 17 April 2018 on key investor documents for packaged retail and insurance-based investment products (the “2018 Law”) was published in the M…

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Unrestricted VAT deduction for active holding companies

On 5 July 2018, the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) released a welcome decision in the Marle Participations case (C-320/17) concerning…

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Consequences of intellectual property rights infringement in Luxembourg

Over the last five years, the European Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), through the European Observatory on Infringements of Intellectual Propert…

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Luxembourg Implementation of Anti-Tax Avoidance Directive

On 20 June 2018, the Luxembourg Government filed the bill of law n°7318 (“Draft Law”) implementing the so-called Anti-Tax Avoidance Directive (“ATAD 1…

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Transfer pricing: new requirements in 2017 tax returns

The Luxembourg Tax Authorities (“LTA”) inserted in Form 500 “Corporate income tax, municipal business and net worth tax return for resident corporatio…

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La réforme du droit d'auteur dans l'UE : une nouvelle protection contre l'hégémonie des GAFA ?

En matière de réforme visant à faciliter l’émergence d’un marché unique du numérique, on aura souvent entendu ces jours derniers l’application du Règl…

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The Luxembourg ATAD bill of law has been published

Council Directive (EU) 2016/1164, the “Anti Tax Avoidance Directive” or «ATAD 1 » published on 12 July 2016, implements the OECD’s recommendation…

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