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A new Senior Counsel and new promotions at BSP

BSP is pleased to announce the arrival of Françoise Pfeiffer, who has joined the Banking & Finance and Capital Markets department as Senior Counsel, and the promotion of three…

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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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06/01/25
Global minimum taxation (Pillar 2) in Luxembourg: implementa…

On 19 December 2024, the Luxembourg Parliament adopted bill of law 8396 and…

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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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Luxembourg based ICO's: new guideline from the CSSF

Initial coin offering (the “ICO”) and, more generally speaking, crypto-currencies related topics are at the heart of the current discussions in the Gr…

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CSSF warning notice on Initial Coin Offering

In a precedent newsflash dated November 16th 2017, we informed you about a press release issued by the Luxembourg Commission de Su…

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No, Employee Hard Drive Labelled "Personal Data" Is Not Private

For various reasons, employers may wish or need to check files on an employee's desktop or laptop. From a legal point of view, this is often tricky as…

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New EU Mandatory Disclosure Rules for intermediaries applying to cross-border tax advice and circumvention of …

On 13 March 2018, the Council of the European Union reached political agreement on a Council Directive (“Directive”) introducing mandatory disclosure …

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Requalification du CDD en CDI et conséquences juridiques

En effet, un employeur qui méconnait, comme en l’espèce, plusieurs dispositions du code du travail en remettant à son salarié seulement un an après le…

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The European Company (SE) in Luxembourg: an Interesting Tool for International Growth or European Hub - an Opp…

The triggering of Article 50 in March 2017 has set into motion the formal process for the United Kingdom (UK) to leave the European Union (EU). Unless…

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Additional flexibility with respect to the minimum requirements for depositaries of part II-funds

Funds subject to part II of the law of 17 December 2010 on undertakings for collective investment (Part II-Funds respectively the 2010 Law) …

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MiFID II and the Luxembourg Market

As of today(23.02.2018), the Directive 2014/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on markets in financial instruments as …

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Outsourcing made easier: professional secrecy in the financial and insurance sector softened

Through the law of 27 February 2018 implementing the EU regulation (UE) 2015/751 on interchange commissions for card based payments, which amends vari…

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New law on commercial leases

On 17  January, the Parliament adopted the Law on commercial leases (the “Law”) which modifies significantly the regime applicable to commercial …

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La conformité au Réglement Général sur la Protection des Données : un nouveau défi pour les entreprises

La protection des données personnelles est devenue, avec l'essor de l'utilisation des nouvelles technologies et le nombre croissant de données personn…

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Anti-money laundering: Amendments to legislation

Significant changes have been brought recently to the Anti-Money Laundering ("AML") legislation. The Luxembourg Law of 13 February 2018 (“Amending La…

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GDPR: relying on consent for processing personal data

As announced in our previous publications, all entities processing personal data should be prepared for the application of the General Data Protection…

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Entrée en vigueur de la nouvelle loi sur le bail commercial

La loi du 3 février 2018 portant sur le bail commercial et modifiant certaines dispositions du Code civil (ci-après, la « Nouvelle Loi&…

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The financial outsourcing (r)evolution

Luxembourg's well-known financial secrecy laws are changing. Bill n° 7024 amending inter alia Article 41 of the Financial Sector Act of 5 April 1993 (…

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CSSF on-site inspections

Grand-Ducal Regulation of December 21 2017 relating to fees to be levied by the CSSF Grand-Ducal Regulation of December 21 2017 (the Regulation)…

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European Commission publishes State aid decision on Amazon

On 26 February 2018, the Commission published the non-confidential version of its October 2017 decision ordering Luxembourg to recover State…

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Check-List avant l'entrée en vigueur du RGPD

A moins de 4 mois avant la date butoir du 25 mai 2018 sonnant l’entrée en vigueur du nouveau règlement européen sur la protection des données personne…

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Bill of Law: Simplification of access to certain professions in Luxembourg

On 22 December 2017, the Luxembourg Minister of Economics filed Bill of law 7228("Bill”) aiming to amend the Law of 2 September 2011 on access to…

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European Systemic Risk Board on liquidity and leverage risks in investment funds

On 14 February 2018, the European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB) published a Recommendation addressed to the European Securities and Markets Authority (ES…

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