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The CJEU has held that a payment service provider cannot refuse to immediately refund an unauthorised payment transaction on the ground that the payer enabled it through gross negl…
With the Council and Parliament positions settled and trilogues expected to open on 22 October 2026, SFDR 2.0 is taking shape: three product categories, a binding 70% threshold, ma…
AIFMD II gives private equity sponsors a clearer route to use Luxembourg AIFM capabilities beyond managed funds, provided that substance, governance and scope are addressed from th…
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With the MiCA transitional period over since 1 July 2026, Luxembourg's auth…
Two EU delegated regulations published on 21 September 2026 finalise the re…
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In April 2019 EU institutions approved the text of the new directive amending directive 2017/1132(1) by introducing procedures governing the…
Le 6 août 2018, le projet de loi n°7348 sur les comptes inactifs, les coffres-forts inactifs et les contrats d'assurance en déshérence a été déposé à …
The CSSF has issued on 11 October 2019 a new press release (Press Release 19/48) in the context of Brexit and related mandatory communication by UK al…
On 11 October 2019, the Luxembourg supervisory authority, the CSSF, issued a new press release in relation to the mandatory notification process in th…
A digital world calls for digital assets. Investors’ interest in equity tokens as a new way to invest and get ownership in a company is on the rise.
The Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (the “CSSF”) has published on 9 October 2019 a press release in which it informs profess…
This is the second of a series of two briefing notes published by the Restructuring & Insolvency practice of Arendt on recent or ongoing legislati…
The transition from the Euro OverNight Index Average ("EONIA") to a new interest rate based exclusively on actual transactions – the euro short-term r…
Vous trouverez ci-dessous une version à jour de la loi du 10 août 1915 concernant les sociétés commerciales dans sa version coordonnée par le règlemen…
Banks and insurance companies have a growing number of accounts, safes, and insurance contracts which have been inactive for several years and which i…
As environmental, social and governance (ESG) principles become increasingly mainstream and with asset managers under increasing pressure to embrace t…
Regulation (EU) 2016/1011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2016 on indices and financial contracts or to measure the performanc…
Part 1 – Update on the upcoming reform of Luxembourg insolvency law
Luxembourg is the largest European and the second largest worldwide fund domicile, due to its efficiency, flexibility and its professional, well-estab…
On April 25, 2018, the European Commission published a proposal for a directive1 amending directive 2017/11322 by introducing…
Acting in its role as prudential supervisor, the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier(the “CSSF”), the Luxembourg financial supervisor…
An English translation of the consolidated version of the Law of 24 May 2011 on the exercise of certain rights of shareholders at general meetings of …
The Luxembourg law implementing notably the Regulations (EU) 345/2013 on European venture capital funds, (EU) 346/2013 on European social entrepreneur…
On 29 August 2019, the Luxembourg Business Registers (LBR) announced that the deadline for entities to file information on their beneficial owners has…
As of 21 July 2019, a new Luxembourg law on prospectuses for securities came into effect (the New Prospectus Law), repealing and replacing the Lu…
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