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09/05/23

Stibbe appoints Sabrina Lai Cheong as Counsel

Stibbe proudly announces the promotion of Sabrina Lai Cheong to Counsel in the Corporate and M&A practice of its Luxembourg office.

08/05/23

Tax bits and pieces before the general election...

Although the Government still claims to be working at a widely called-for tax reform, and despite acknowledging the shortfalls of the antiquated Abgab…

05/05/23

EU Directive on non-performing loans: Luxembourg Bill introduces a framework for their transfer and a new PFS …

On 24 March 2023, a bill of law aiming, inter alia, at transposing Directive (EU) 2021/2167 on credit servicers and credit purchasers ("NPL Directive"…

04/05/23

Whistle-blower protection: first constitutional vote

Luxembourg will soon have a Whistle-blower Protection Law as theParliament voted the Bill of law no. 7945 on 2 May 2023 (first constitutional vote)

02/05/23

DAC8: EU extends administrative cooperation to crypto-assets

On 8 December 2022, the EU Commission adopted a new proposal for a Directive, the so-called “DAC8” (hereafter referred to as the “DAC8 Proposal” or “t…

28/04/23

Luxembourg Administrative Tribunal rules on the tax treatment of share class redemptions

The share capital of Luxembourg companies may be divided into different classes of shares that provide the shareholder(s) with different rights. Here,…

26/04/23

New AML package is now close to the final stage

On 19 April 2023, the EU Parliament announced the approval of its negotiating mandate for three of the four proposed pillars of the much-anticipated n…

25/04/23

CSSF supervisory priorities in sustainable finance

On 6 April 2023, the Commission de surveillance du secteur financier (the « CSSF ») published its supervisory priorities in sustainable finance, which…

24/04/23

Question on the constitutionality of the minimum net wealth tax regime

In a judgement dated 18 April 2023 (docket n° 45910), the Lower Administrative Court (Tribunal administratif) referred to the Constitutional Court the…

20/04/23

Luxembourg government proposes amendments to tax procedures

On 28 March 2023, the government submitted to Parliament Bill of law no. 8186 amending the General Tax Law and introducing new provisions about transf…

19/04/23

Sustainable Finance update (asset management)

On 5 April 2023, the European Commission published its response to eight questions on the interpretation of SFDR that were submitted by the ESAs to th…

18/04/23

EU Commission answers ESA questions on SFDR interpretation

In September 2022, the ESAS jointly submitted questions to the eu commission about the interpretation of the SFDR. the answers to those questions have…

13/04/23

Proposal for a Directive to prevent misuse of shell entities (ATAD 3) and the amendments proposed by the Europ…

In mid-January 2023, the European Parliament approved the European Commission’s draft directive to prevent misuse of shell entities for tax purposes (…

12/04/23

Blockchain Law III: strengthening the rules on collateral over digital assets

The Luxembourg parliament voted bill of law no. 8055 on certain aspects of the dlt pilot regime into law on 14 march 2023. it introduces specific rule…

11/04/23

Bill of law to modernise the insurance sector

On 24 March 2023, bill of law 8184 (the “Bill of Law”) was filed with the Parliament. It aims at (i) implementing Directive 2021/2118 amending Directi…

10/04/23

New legislation: criminal penalties doubled for intention to discriminate

From 7 April 2023, the penalties for crimes committed with discriminatory intent will double.

07/04/23

Upcoming amendments to the Luxembourg procedure in tax matters

On 28 March 2023, a new draft law (the “Draft Law”) was presented to the Parliament which amends the Luxembourg General Tax Law (“GTL”) as well as som…

06/04/23

ECJ case C-555/21 | Consumer's right to early repayment under the MCD

The Austrian Supreme Court referred a question to the European Court of Justice (the “ECJ”) for a preliminary ruling. The question concerned whether A…

05/04/23

Publication of the new law introducing in the Luxembourg employment code a protection against moral harassment…

Luxembourg Parliament voted on 9 March 2023 a new law published on 5 April 2023 and coming into force on 9 April 2023 (hereafter the “Law”), which wil…

05/04/23

DLT | Significant developments at EU and national level

As of 23 March 2023, Regulation (EU) 2022/858 on a pilot regime for market infrastructures based on distributed ledger technology (the “DLT Pilot Regi…

02/05/24

02/05/24

A&o Shearman merger successfully completed

02/05/24

02/05/24

Norton Rose Fulbright annonce un nouvel associé gérant au Luxembourg

30/04/24

30/04/24

Clifford Chance announces winners of the third edition of its Scholarship for Diverse Students …

02/05/24

Synthèse des lois environnementales impactant le commerce de…

29/04/24

ESG in the insurance sector – CAA update on regulatory chall…

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09/05/23

Stibbe appoints Sabrina Lai Cheong as Counsel

08/05/23

Tax bits and pieces before the general election...

05/05/23

EU Directive on non-performing loans: Luxembourg Bill introduces a framework for their transfer and a new PFS …

04/05/23

Whistle-blower protection: first constitutional vote

02/05/23

DAC8: EU extends administrative cooperation to crypto-assets

28/04/23

Luxembourg Administrative Tribunal rules on the tax treatment of share class redemptions

26/04/23

New AML package is now close to the final stage

25/04/23

CSSF supervisory priorities in sustainable finance

24/04/23

Question on the constitutionality of the minimum net wealth tax regime

20/04/23

Luxembourg government proposes amendments to tax procedures

19/04/23

Sustainable Finance update (asset management)

18/04/23

EU Commission answers ESA questions on SFDR interpretation

13/04/23

Proposal for a Directive to prevent misuse of shell entities (ATAD 3) and the amendments proposed by the Europ…

12/04/23

Blockchain Law III: strengthening the rules on collateral over digital assets

11/04/23

Bill of law to modernise the insurance sector

10/04/23

New legislation: criminal penalties doubled for intention to discriminate

07/04/23

Upcoming amendments to the Luxembourg procedure in tax matters

06/04/23

ECJ case C-555/21 | Consumer's right to early repayment under the MCD

05/04/23

Publication of the new law introducing in the Luxembourg employment code a protection against moral harassment…

05/04/23

DLT | Significant developments at EU and national level