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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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New EU rules for personal data protection finally adopted

After 4 years of political discussions, the EU Regulation 2016/679 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data…

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Securities Financing Transactions - ESMA Discussion Paper

On March 11th 2016 ESMA published its Discussion Paper on Draft Regulatory Technical Standards and Implementing Technical Standards under the Regulati…

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Farewell Mémorial C. Welcome RESA! Full computerization of the Luxembourg official gazette for legal publicati…

On 10 May 2016 the Luxembourg Parliament adopted draft bill no. 6624 on the reform of the publication regime relating to companies and associations, a…

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New circular on taxation of capital gains or transfer of usufruct

On March 7th 2016, the Luxembourg Tax Authorities published a new circular regarding the taxation of capital gains stemming from the disposal of real …

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Entry into force of amendments to capital markets transparency legislation

The Luxembourg law of 10 May 2016 (the "Amending Law") implementing amendments to the Luxembourg transparency law for issuers of securities has entere…

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Surveillance of Internet usage in the workplace

By its decision of January 12th 2016, the European Court of Human Rights (hereinafter the “ECHR”) ruled that the monitoring of an employee’s use of th…

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Luxembourg Transposition of the UCITS V Directive

On 12 May 2016,  the Luxembourg Law of 10 May 2016 transposing the Directive 2014/91/EU  of the European Parliament and of the Cou…

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Reform of the Luxembourg legal publication regime

This Reform basically aims at significantly reducing the administrative burdens and establishing a one-stop shop for legally required publications in …

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Luxembourg legal vehicles to invest in Art

A lot has already been said and written about the numerous opportunities in investing in art and why to use Luxembourg for that. Luxembourg is now kno…

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Luxembourg transposes EMIR into national Law

On March 15th 2016, the Luxembourg Parliament passed the Law 6846 on OTC derivatives, central counterparties and trade repositories (“Law”). The Law w…

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EU General Data Protection Regulation applicable as from 25 May 2018: an implementation plan for data controll…

EU General Data Protection Regulation applicable as from 25 May 2018: an implementation plan for data controllers, processors and EU Member States for…

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Travail au Luxembourg: l’administration doit motiver l’avis de rectification de la déclaration

Un résident belge était engagé dans les liens d’un contrat de travail à durée indéterminée auprès d’une société luxembourgeoise, comme gestionnaire de…

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EU Anti-Tax Avoidance package

On January 28th 2016, the European Commission unveiled new anti-tax avoidance measures, the most notable of which being a draft Anti-Tax Avoidance Dir…

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Reform of the legal publication regime adopted

Today the Luxembourg Parliament adopted a reform of the legal publication regime in respect of commercial companies. The reform will apply as from 1 J…

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Modernisation of Luxembourg company law

The draft law (Projet de Loi) no 5730 regarding notably a modernisation of the Law of 10 August 1915 on commercial companies (as amended) (the “Compan…

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Dismissal for improper use of Internet

While accusing his receptionist (hereinafter the “Employee”) of using the company’s internet to play indie games during working time, the employer all…

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Actions for damages for infringements of competition law

The draft law n° 6968 on certain rules governing actions for damages for infringements of competition law (hereinafter the “Draft Law”) amends the law…

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Changes to the investor compensation scheme regime in Luxembourg

With the entry into force of the law of December 18th 2015 on the resolution, reorganisation and winding-up measures of credit institutions and certai…

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Panama Papers: les détenteurs de sociétés offshore seront-ils pris la main dans le sac à partir de 2017?

Depuis 2013, les particuliers belges sont tenus de déclarer la détention de « constructions juridiques », telles que des sociétés établies dans des pa…

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Director's fees are subject to VAT

The Luxembourg VAT Authorities recently confirmed to the Luxembourg Association of Company Directors that independent director’s fees are subject to V…

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