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Luxembourg regulator refines captive and reinsurance licensing processes

Luxembourg continues to consolidate its position as one of Europe’s premier hubs for captive insurance and reinsurance. With nearly 200 reinsurance undertakings, the Grand Duchy re…

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ABILWAYS Luxembourg devient SKOLAE Training

ABILWAYS Luxembourg annonce son changement d’identité et devient SKOLAE Training. Cette évolution s’inscrit dans le cadre du rapprochement d’ABILWAYS et de M2I, donnant naissance à…

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Arendt appoints new CIO

Arendt is pleased to announce that Olivier Ramlot has joined the firm as Chief Information Officer (CIO) as of 15 October 2025. With extensive experience, notably as CIO of BIL, Ol…

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Parliament’s finance committee passes amendments to the carr…

On 17 November 2025, the Luxembourg parliament published amendments to the …

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03/12/25
Are your crypto assets taxable in Luxembourg?

Crypto currencies and other crypto assets are increasingly being adopted by…

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AIFMD | ESMA Advice on the extension of the passport

On July 30th 2015, the European Securities and Markets Authority (“ESMA”) published its advice to the European institutions on the application of the …

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EMIR - Draft Law

On August 5th 2015, the Luxembourg government introduced before the Parliament the draft law N° 6846 on OTC derivatives, central counterparties and tr…

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New corporate tax measures

On August 5th 2015, a new draft law (draft law N°6847 hereafter referred to as the “Draft Law”) was presented to the Luxembourg Parliament.

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AIFMD | Updated ESMA Q&A

On July 21st 2015, the European Securities and Markets Authority (“ESMA”) published an updated version of its questions and answers (“Updated Q&A”…

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Modifications to the Luxembourg Tax Law and Budget 2016

The Minister of Finance presented a new draft law (draft law N°6891 hereafter referred to as the “Draft Law”) on October 13th 2015 and the 2016 State …

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Revised Regulation 1346/2000 on insolvency proceedings: seeking strengthened efficiency in an attempt to halt …

On 20 May 2015, the European Parliament adopted a new version (the "Revised Regulation") of Regulation 1346/2000 on insolvency proceedings (the "Origi…

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Is Your App a Greedy One?

The 2014 and 2015 sweeps performed by the Global Privacy Enforcement Network ("GPEN"), an informal network of 57 privacy enforcement authorities in 43…

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EU-FATCA and the OECD MCAA - Draft Law

With draft law N° 6858 (the “Draft Law”), which was submitted to Parliament on August 14th2015, Luxembourg aims at enhancing its commitment with regar…

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ELTIF – Draft regulatory technical standards

Regulation 2015/760 (the “Regulation”) on the European Long-Term Investment Fund (“ELTIF”) entered into force on June 9th 2015.

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Application of Article 50 bis LITL to IP rights acquired in exchange of shares

On June 16th 2015, the Administrative Court (Tribunal Administratif) (the “Court”) took a decision on the application of the provisions of Article 50 …

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Introduction of a bill for the creation of a new legal form for companies with a social or societal purpose: t…

On 1 July 2015, the Luxembourg Ministry of Labour, Employment and the Social and Solidarity Economy introduced a new draft bill no. 6831 aimed at crea…

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UCITS V | Draft Law

On August 5th 2015, the government introduced the draft law 6845 which aims at transposing Directive 2014/19/UE of the European Parliament and of the …

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The Commission's US Safe Harbour Decision invalidated by the CJEU

On 6 October 2015 the Court of Justice of the European Union (hereafter CJEU) rendered a major decision by reaffirming the importance of the protectio…

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AIFMD | CSSF FAQ - Update

On August 10th 2015 the CSSF issued an updated, 9th version of its Frequently Asked Questions (the “FAQ”) concerning the Luxembourg Law of July 12th 2…

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Data transfers to the US: the European Court of Justice declares that the EU Commission’s Safe Harbour Decisio…

The Data Protection Directive (95/46/EC) provides that European companies may transfer personal data to countries outside the European Economic Area i…

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Going paperless with the adoption of the e-archiving law in Luxembourg

The law on electronic archiving ("Law") was voted through by the Luxembourg parliament on 2 July 2015, offering market niches for new tech companies a…

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ESMA’s advice and opinion on EU passport and national private placement regimes

On 30 July 2015, the European Securities and Markets Authority ("ESMA") published (i) its advice for the European Commission, Parliament and Council o…

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Projet de loi portant sur le bail commercial

Le projet de loi n° 6864 pourrait, s’il est adopté, changer un certain nombre de dispositions en matière de bail commercial et la protection du preneu…

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Case Law - Individual claims against banks and PSF based on breaches of rules of conduct

Luxembourg’s highest Courts issued on February 25th and March 26th 2015, two different rulings which override the past position that refused the possi…

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Data transfer to US – Safe Harbour scheme declared invalid

The Court of Justice, by its judgment on 6 October 2015 in case C-362/14, declared invalid the US Safe Harbour scheme which provides for personal data…

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