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Supplementary Pension: A Strategic Issue for Self-Employed Lawyers

In Luxembourg, lawyers practising independently are subject to a statutory pension scheme whose benefits are, by nature, less protective than those applicable to salaried employees…

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Index adjusted on 1 June 2026

From 1 June 2026 the Luxembourg salary index is automatically raised from 968.04 to 992.24, triggering a mandatory 2.5% increase of gross salaries paid under employment contracts s…

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Dentons Luxembourg invests in its talent and strengthens its banking, finance and corporate law…

Dentons Luxembourg announces the promotion of Olivier Lesage to Partner and David Paiva to Managing Counsel, marking a new milestone in the international law firm’s development i…

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Restrictive and post-contractual clauses under Luxembourg La…

Restrictive and post-contractual clauses are common features of employment …

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Luxembourg Pillar Two FAQ updated: LTA provides further guid…

On 4 June 2026, the Luxembourg direct tax authorities ("LTA") updated their…

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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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Level 2 measures for UCITS V: an overview

On 24 March 2016, the European Commission Delegated Regulation EU 2016/438 (the “Delegated Regulation”) supplementing the UCITS V Directive with regar…

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New tax measures announced

The Luxembourg Government presented today a new set of tax measures to be implemented by 2017, known as the 2017 tax reform package. The new measures …

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Luxembourg Stock Exchange - Amended Rules and Regulations

On January 1st 2016, amendments to the rules and regulations of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange (the “Rules”) entered into force.

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EU-US data transfers: Privacy Shield to replace Safe Harbor

Under the existing regulations, personal data can only be transferred to a country or territory outside the European Economic Area (EEA) if that count…

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Fighting tax evasion: The European Union and the Principality of Monaco initial new tax transparency agreement…

The EU and Monaco have today initialled a new tax transparency agreement marking another major step forward in the fight against tax evasion. The agr…

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European Commission proposal for a new securitisation framework

On September 30th 2015, the European Commission adopted its Securitisation initiative, consisting of a proposal for a Securitisation Regulation (the “…

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Affaire Hellas

Beaucoup d’encre a déjà coulé pour décrire un des procès les plus médiatiques de la Place ces derniers mois, tant pour sa dimension internationale et …

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Luxembourg rules for exchange of information in the light of the EU Fundamental Rights chapter

Since December 1st 2014, Luxembourg applies new procedural rules regarding the exchange of information on request under inter alia the double tax trea…

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Le Conseil de la concurrence s'oppose au projet de loi N° 6864 portant sur le bail commercial

Le Conseil de la concurrence s'est à nouveau saisi de sa propre inititiave pour rendre le 16 février 2016 un avis sur un projet de loi, cett…

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CSSF Regulation 15/03 - Marketing of foreign AIFs to retail investors

The CSSF released on December 2nd 2015 Regulation 15/03 (the “Regulation”) laying down general rules for the application of article 46 of the law of J…

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Law of December 18th 2015 - Unemployment Compensation Arrangements

So far, the Labour Code provided an apprenticeship for occupational reintegration purposes (“stage de réinsertion professionnelle”) for every job seek…

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Transparency Law - CSSF Enforcement

The CSSF has published Press Release 16/02 for the attention of issuers of securities subject to the law of January 11th 2008 on transparency requirem…

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Elargissement de la taxe caïman: les SICAV dédiées luxembourgeoises dans la ligne de mire

La fameuse taxe Caïman (également dénommée taxe par transparence) prévoit en substance que les personnes physiques belges, fondateurs ou bénéficiaires…

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EBA recommends new prudential framework for investment firms

On December 14th 2015, the European Banking Authority (the “EBA”) published a reportwith recommendations, in response to the European Commission’s cal…

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UCITS V Update - Level 2 Regulation on depositary obligations

On December 17th 2015, the European Commission adopted the long-awaited awaitedofficial draft of the Level 2 Regulation, supplementing Directive 2009/…

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Recent lifting of the EU nuclear-related sanctions against Iran: some business restrictions still apply!

Further to the verification by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) that Iran has implemented the agreed nuclear-related measures as set out …

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Reserved Alternative Investment Fund (RAIF)

On November 27th 2015 the Luxembourg Council of Government approved the draft law relating to Reserved Alternative Investment Funds (the “Draft Law”).…

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EU - US Privacy Shield: To be or not to be?

The EU Commission and the US have agreed on a new framework for transatlantic data flows, named "the EU-US Privacy Shield". This, however, does not me…

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Esma Updates Q&A on AIFMD

The European Securities and Markets Authority (“ESMA”) published in December two updated versions of its questions and answers (“Updated Q&A”) on …

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Data Protection: the Safe Harbor 2.0

On 2 February 2016, the European Commission and the United States reached an agreement on a new framework for transatlantic data flows. This EU-US Pri…

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