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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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Amendment of the Luxembourg law on the exchange of tax information on request in sight

In our newsletters Q1 and Q2 2017, we announced a paradigm shift in Luxembourg concerning the exchange of tax information on request by another EU mem…

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Budget Law 2018: Changes for corporate tax payers

The most important tax-related changes for corporate taxpayers under the  Budget Law ("Law") can be summarised as follows: Extension of the…

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PRIIPs

As a reminder, on 1 January 2018, persons and entities advising on or selling a PRIIP(not benefiting from the grandfathering period like UCITS fu…

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The revamped MiFID and EUVECA frameworks

Completing the MiFID framework, the Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/1946 supplementing Directives 2004/39/EC and 2014/65/EU of the European …

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Law amending certain paid leaves

A law aiming at reforming leave for family reasons and certain extraordinary paid leave was published in the official gazette (Mémorial A) o…

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Loi modifiée du 10 août 1915 concernant les sociétés commerciales - version consolidée au 19 décembre 2017

The law of 10 August 1915 has been entirely renumbered and the table of contents has also been reordered. The new version does not contain any substan…

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CJEU does not allow too general anti-abuse and substance provisions for holding companies (Deister Holding an…

On 20 December 2017, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) issued its judgment in joined cases Deister Holding AG (C-504/16) and…

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Tax Treatment of the Reversal of an Impairment

In a decision handed down on August 9th 2017 (docket No. 38981C), the Higher Administrative Court (Tribunal administratif) ruled on the tax treatment …

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The issuance of bonds to the public by a private limited liability company (société à responsabilité limitée)

The legislator through the adoption of the law of 10 August 2016 which modernized the law of 10 August 1915 on commercial companies (the “Law”) has ex…

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Human rights also applies on VAT litigations

The ruling of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) of 5 December 2017 on case C-42/17 "M.A.S. and M.B." is remarkable, as it went as far …

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La mise en place annoncée du registre luxembourgeois des bénéficiaires effectifs... Soyez prêts !

Répondant aux exigences internationales en matière de transparence des personnes morales portées par la 4èmedirective anti-blanchiment, …

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Registers of beneficial ownership: new rules to be implemented soon

The draft laws implementing AMLD 4 set out strict rules to allow for protection against improper access to the information on BOs. On 6 December 2017,…

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New IP Regime | Draft Law

On August 4th 2017, the Minister of Finance submitted a draft law to the Luxembourg Parliament, which intends to introduce a new intellectual pro…

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Central registers for the ultimate beneficial owners (“UBO Register”)

On 6 December 2017, the Bill 7217 establishing a register of beneficial owners has been deposited with the Luxembourg Chamber of Deputies. This bill i…

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Petit clin d’œil aux pères des temps modernes

Il serait équitable de finir cette année 2017, parsemée d’initiatives en matière de défense des droits des femmes - initiatives que nous saluons et so…

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MiFID II will come into force soon: what is the impact on the investment fund industry?

Since 2007, the aim of the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID) has been to establish a regulatory framework for the provision of invest…

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CJEU Upholds Prohibition on the Sale of Luxury Goods via Branded Third-party Internet Platforms

The Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) has just ruled, in the context of a selective distribution system for luxury goods, that contractual clauses pro…

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EU adopts list of non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes (black list)

On 5 December 2017, the Economic and Financial Affairs Council (ECOFIN) determined a list of 17 non-cooperative jurisdictions, i.e. the EU black list.…

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Venture Capital and Social Entrepreneurship Funds - Update

On September 14th the European Parliament voted to adopt a regulation amending the European venture capital funds (“EuVECA”) and the&nb…

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New Circular Letter on stock option plans

As announced by the Luxembourg Finance Minister in his presentation of the 2018 budget bill, the tax regime of stock option plans has been amended. On…

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