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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 Released its Opinion on MLI

On June 7th 2017, Luxembourg took part in the first signing session of the Multilateral Convention developed by the Organisation for Economic Co-…

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Brexit | ESMA Opinion to support Supervisory Convergence

On July 13th 2017, the European Securities and Markets Authority (“ESMA”) issued three opinions setting out relocation principles specific to&nbs…

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UBO Register

Article 30 of the Directive (EU) 2015/849 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2015 on the prevention of the use of the financial s…

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Year-End Tax Bulletin 2017

The Tax Bulletin for 2017, which you will find below (and which is available for download), gives an overview of the most significant tax developments…

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A special securitisation framework in the EU

The EU aims to equip its domestic economy with a broad and sustainable financial base by means of the Investment Plan for Europe (the “Investment Plan…

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GDPR Series: Part 16 - Processor Obligations

This series provides more detailed insight into the General Data Protection Regulation, which was published on 4 May 2016 and must be complied wi…

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CSSF Press Release 17/38 on risks of ICOs for investors

An ICO is an unregulated and innovative way of public fund raising, by selling coins or tokens. By launching an ICO, a company (the&nbs…

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New Luxembourg IP Tax Regime

Intellectual property (hereinafter "IP") is a key factor in economic growth. In this respect, draft law n°7163 was tabled on 4 August (hereinafter "Pr…

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IT Outsourcing Relying on Cloud Computing - CSSF Circular 17/654

On May 17th 2017, the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (“CSSF”) published four new circulars including Circular 17/…

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ESMA Q&A update and focus on the new EU prospectus regulation ESMA Q&A update and focus on the new EU …

On 20 October 2017, the European Securities and Markets Authority (the “ESMA”) updated its Questions and Answers Prospectuses document (27th version) …

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VAT | The IGP Exemption does not apply to the Financial and Insurance Sector

On September 21st 2017, the European Court of Justice (the “ECJ”) rendered its judgements in three different cases regarding the interpretation o…

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Les écrits numériques : vers une dématérialisation de tous contrats ?

Le développement du commerce électronique et des échanges à distance a eu un impact fondamental sur la manière d’entrer dans une relation contractuell…

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MIFID II | Draft Law and Grand Ducal Regulation

According to the Directive 2014/65/EU of 15 May 2014 on markets in financial instruments (“MiFID II”), Member States must transpose the directive in n…

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The amended EuVECA and EuSEF Regulations

Regulation (EU) 2017/1991 amending regulations (EU) No 345/2013 on European Venture Capital Funds (EuVECAs) and (EU) No 346/2013 on European Social En…

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Luxembourg Corporate - Unregulated securitisation vehicles

With over 1,000 securitisation vehicles (SVs) and thousands of related compartments, the Luxembourg securitisation market enjoys a continuous and stea…

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PRIIPS KID

Level 3 and 4 measures relating to the Commission Delegated Regulation on Key Information Documents (“KIDs”) for Packaged Retail and Insuran…

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Transposition of the second payment service directive (PSD2) in Luxembourg through draft bill n° 7195

On 10 October 2017, draft bill n°7195 transposing PSD2 into national law was submitted to the Luxembourg Parliament. PSD21 entered into force on…

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Introducing the RAIF and major BEPS developments relevant to funds

A year ago, the Luxembourg fund industry welcomed the Reserved Alternative Investment Fund (RAIF). The RAIF is governed by the law of 23 July 2016 (th…

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Small Claims Procedure - Regulation (EU) 2015/2421

Regulation (EU) 2015/2421 of 16 December 2015 (the “Regulation”) amending Regulation (EC) No. 861/2007 establishing a European Small Claims Proce…

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Regulation (EU) 2015/848 Of 20 May 2015 on Insolvency Proceedings (Recast)

On 20 May 2015, the European Commission published regulation (EU) 2015/848 on insolvency proceedings (recast) ("Regulation 2015/848") . This regulatio…

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