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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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The legal regime governing a simplified private limited liability company (hereinafter “S.à r.l.-S”), introduced by the Luxembourg Law of 23 July 2016…
On December 30th 2016, the law of December 23rd 2016 on market abuse (the “New Market Abuse Law”) entered into force. The New Market Abuse Law impleme…
On December 19th 2016, the Joint Committee of the European Supervisory Authorities (consisting of the European Securities and Markets Authority, the E…
The Luxembourg law of 10 August 2016 modernising the law on commercial companies of 10 August 1915 (the “Company Law”) and amending the Civil Code (th…
In the absence of a common EU framework for share classes of UCITS funds*, ESMA has identified diverging national practices as to the types of share c…
A few weeks after the adoption of the simplified private limited liability company (société à responsabilité limitée simplifiée), the Luxembourg legis…
The Regulation introduces two new categories of MMF, with each MMF required to meet the requirements: short-term MMFs, whose objective is to offer …
The law dated 23 December 2016 on market abuse was published in the Luxembourg official gazette (Mémorial A) on 27 December 2016 and entered into forc…
On 16 January, 2017 the law of 23 July, 2016 introducing the simplified private limited liability company (S.à r.l.-S) entered into force. The new ent…
This Law creates a new vehicle aimed at fostering entrepreneurial drive more effectively as well as boost productivity and innovation.
Less than six months remain to comply with the transparency requirements for undertakings for collective investment in pre-contractual documents Arti…
The law introducing a new ready-to-go / simplified form of private limited liability company ("S.à r.l.-S") will enter into force on 16 January 2017. …
On 27 November 2002, the Luxembourg supervisory authority, the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF), issued Circular 02/77…
The RAIF Law of 23 July 2016 has seen the creation of a new unregulated investment vehicle in Luxembourg, the reserved alternative investment fund (“R…
On 27 December 2016 the Luxembourg Tax Authorities (Administration des contributions directes) issued Circular Letter L.I.R. – N° 56/1 – 56bis/1 (the …
The law of 12 December 2016 (the “Law”) has introduced a new legal framework for companies having a social or societal impact: the société d’impa…
On 9 November 2016, the EU Commission confirmed its agreement on the postponement of the application of the PRIIPs Regulation (i.e. Reg…
Today, the Luxembourg Parliament enacted the law (the “New Market Abuse Law”) implementing Directive 2014/57/EU of the European Parliament and of the …
Arendt & Medernach is delighted to inform you that further to discussions with the Luxembourg Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (the…
The law on the Société d’Impact Sociétal (the “SIS”) was adopted on 23 November 2016 by the Luxembourg Chamber of Deputies (the “Law”) and w…
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