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A&O Shearman announces three partner promotions in Luxembourg

A&O Shearman has announced the promotion of three new partners, two counsel and four senior associates in Luxembourg. The promotions will be effective on May 1st, 2026.

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Can a corporate mandate be combined with an employment contract?

The Luxembourg Labour Court (17 February 2026) confirms that a corporate mandate can be combined with an employment contract within the same company, provided the employment contra…

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Linklaters elects Adrien Timmermans to partnership in Luxembourg

Linklaters in Luxembourg is pleased to announce the election of Adrien Timmermans to the partnership, effective 1 May 2026.

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24/04/26
Luxembourg tax circular clarifies simplified transfer pricin…

Arendt analyses Luxembourg Circular L.I.R. 56/2 – 56bis/2 of 13 April 2026,…

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21/04/26
GDPR access rights under scrutiny: the boundaries of lawful …

NautaDutilh (Agefi Luxembourg, April 2026) analyses the CJEU's 19 March 202…

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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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Modernisation of Luxembourg company law

The most recent amendments to the draft law (Projet de Loi) No 5730 regarding, notably, the updating of the Law of August 10th 1915 (as amended) on co…

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Data Proctection: US Safe Harbour invalid - time to weigh anchor

In its judgment of 6 October 2015, the Court of Justice of the European Union invalidated the so-called Safe Harbour Decision of the European Commissi…

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Luxembourg CSSF clarifies marketing and reverse solicitation under AIFMD

On 10 August 2015, the CSSF published an updated version of its Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) on the AIFM Law of 12 July 2013 (transposing AIFMD in…

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Transposition of the Transparency and Prospectus Amendment Directive

On August 17th 2015, draft law No 6860 (the “Draft Law”) was introduced to the Luxembourg Parliament. The Draft Law will transpose

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Bill n° 6847 – Amendment to the participation exemption regime in Luxembourg

On 5 August 2015, the Luxembourg government presented a bill implementing Council Directives 2014/86/UE and 2015/121/UE amending Council Directive 201…

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The FATCA Law of 24 July 2015

On 28 March 2014, Luxembourg and the US signed an intergovernmental agreement ("IGA") to implement automatic exchange of information in the context of…

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