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19/12/25
19/12/25
Gender Balance on Boards of Listed Companies: Luxembourg transposes EU Directive

On 17 December 2025, the Luxembourg Parliament voted Bill n°8519 (“Law”) transposing Directive (EU) 2022/2381 on improving the gender balance among directors of listed companies an…

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09/02/26
New investment rules for Luxembourg unit-linked life insuran…

On 28 January 2026, the Commissariat aux assurances (CAA) released circular…

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29/01/26
US fund managers: structuring considerations for Belgian Pri…

US fund managers rely on a Luxembourg access point (Lux Fund) within their …

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Each day we publish several articles written by legal and tax specialists from law firms, notaries offices, the legal departments from payroll agencies and tax consultants.

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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11/03/24
New EU regulation of loan origination by funds

On 26 February 2024, the EU Council adopted new rules amending the EU Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD II). In this blog, our Fin…

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01/03/24
Understanding AIFMD II: loan origination

The long-awaited amendments to directive, (the AIFMD II[2]) were adopted by the European Council on 26 February 2024 and will enter into force 20 days…

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29/02/24
Amendments to Directive 2011/61/EU on alternative investment fund managers have been formally approved

On 26 February 2024, the Council of the European Union officially approved amendments to Directive 2011/61/EU on alternative investment fund managers …

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16/02/24
CSSF publishes updated money-laundering/terrorist financing risk assessment for the private banking sector

On 7 February 2024, the Luxembourg supervisory authority for the financial sector (Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier, “CSSF”) released t…

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14/02/24
The EU Parliament and Council reached an agreement on ESG rating

On 5 February 2024, the European Parliament (the Parliament) and the Council of the European Union (the Council) reached a provisional agreement on th…

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12/02/24
ESMA reports on impact-washing concerns around funds focused on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goa…

On 1 February 2024, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published an article on the efficiency of funds focused on the United Nations…

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09/02/24
The future of avoidance actions in Luxembourg: the potential impact of the proposed EU Directive on harmonisat…

While there is a certain alignment between the proposed EU Directive on harmonisation of insolvency law and Luxembourg law, Luxembourg legislation wil…

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29/01/24
DORA: first set of final level 2 rules for ICT and third-party risk management and incident reporting framewor…

The ESAs have published the first set of final draft technical standards under DORA aimed at enhancing the digital operational resilience of the EU fi…

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25/01/24
ICT-related incident reporting – new CSSF Circular and Regulation

On 5 January 2024, the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF) issued Circular CSSF 24/847 (CSSF Circular). At the same time, the CSSF …

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24/01/24
New EBA guidelines to manage AML risks as part of the activities of crypto-asset service providers

EBA released guidelines amending ML/TF Risk Factors Guidelines to include crypto-asset service providers within its AML framework.

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18/01/24
Directors' fees are no longer subject to VAT in Luxembourg

On 21 December 2023, the Court of Justice of the European Union (“ CJEU ” or “ Court ”) issued a decision on the case C-288/22. The Court puts an end …

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17/01/24
AFM's spotlight on substantial holding notifications

In its recently published market watch, the AFM focuses on notifications of substantial holdings and gross short positions. The AFM expands on its sup…

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10/01/24
ELTIF 2.0 now applicable! What does it mean in practice?

The European Parliament voted on 15 February 2023 in favour of a major update to the EU’s regulation for long-term investment funds (ELTIFs), also kno…

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04/01/24
Luxembourg’s new bill on merger control

Luxembourg is the last EU Member State without a legal framework on merger control. At present, the Competition Authority (“Authority”) can only inter…

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02/01/24
European Green Bonds Regulation adopted

The long-awaited Regulation (EU) 2023/2632 on European Green Bonds (“Regulation”) was adopted on 22 November 2023. It sets out the requirements that b…

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22/12/23
Forthcoming new rules on information accompanying transfers of crypto-assets

Regulation (EU) 2015/847 imposes certain rules in the context of transfers of funds, in any currency, where at least one of the payment service provid…

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21/12/23
Clarification on draft technical standards for the ELTIF 2.0 regime

On 19 December 2023, ESMA published its final report setting out the draft regulatory technical standards (RTS) for Regulation (EU) 2015/760 on Europe…

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19/12/23
ESAs propose amendments to the SFDR RTS

Continuing the theme of frequent changes to the application of the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (“SFDR”), the European Supervisory Author…

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18/12/23
Accelerated application process for ELTIF 2.0

On 15 December 2023, the CSSF announced its updated application questionnaire for ELTIF 2.0. With the updated application questionnaire, the CSSF aims…

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12/12/23
Keen to issue a European green bond or a sustainability-linked bond? Here’s what you need to know

On 30 November 2023, Regulation (EU) 2023/2631 of 22 November 2023 on European Green Bonds and optional disclosures for bonds marketed as environmenta…

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