News & Articles

04/04/23

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,…

03/04/23

New ML/TF risk assessment questionnaire for life insurance intermediaries

The CAA circular letter 23/3 on the harmonised quantitative money laundering and terrorist financing risk exposure assessment questionnaire addresses …

30/03/23

Luxembourg plans to amend tax procedure and documentation rules

The Luxembourg government proposes to reform certain aspects of the tax assessment and tax litigation procedures, as well as certain documentation obl…

29/03/23

The CSSF launches SFDR data collection for Luxembourg investment funds

28/03/23

Modernising the Luxembourg fund toolbox

Luxembourg further increases the attractiveness and competitiveness of its financial centre through targeted improvements to the Luxembourg fund rules…

27/03/23

The Law of 22 June 2022 on the management and recovery of seized or confiscated assets: what are the consequen…

The Law of 22 June 2022 on the management and recovery of seized or confiscated assets (the "Law of 2022"), which entered into force on 5 July 2022, a…

24/03/23

Bill of law – Modernization of the Luxembourg Investment Funds Toolbox

On 17 March 2023, the Chambre des Députés issued a first draft of a new bill amending the five sectoral laws regulating funds in Luxembourg.

23/03/23

Luxembourg Parliament voted a new law on arbitration

Today, the Luxembourg Parliament voted a new law on arbitration (the “Arbitration Law”), aiming to modernise the current arbitration legislation deeme…

23/03/23

New DLT Pilot Regime arrives in Luxembourg

On 23 march 2023, both the dlt pilot regime and the blockchain law iii will become applicable.

21/03/23

Vote du projet de loi introduisant un dispositif relatif à la protection contre le harcèlement moral au travai…

En date du 9 mars 2023, la Chambre des Députés a adopté le projet de loi portant modification du Code du travail en vue d’introduire un dispositif rel…

16/03/23

L’utilisation de la SOPARFI par des résidents belges et la montée en puissance de la substance économique…

Ce n’est un secret pour personne : de nombreux résidents belges détiennent des sociétés au Luxembourg à des fins fiscales. L’enquête LuxFiles, menée p…

15/03/23

Luxembourg Competition Authority breaks boundaries and joins EU merger control request

The luxembourg competition authority has raised the bar for merger control by joining a referral request under article 22 of the eu merger regulation

13/03/23

Implementation of the DLT pilot regime in Luxembourg – Blockchain law III

On 9 March 2023, bill of law 8055 laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) 2022/858 on a pilot regime for market infrastructures based…

10/03/23

Upcoming: New obligations to combat mobbing in employment relations to come

To fill an obvious legal vacuum in comparison with a number of EU Member States (including notably the three neighbouring countries), Bill of law n°78…

08/03/23

New powers for Competition Authority and New Case law concerning exclusivity

The Digital Markets Act and the Regulation on foreign subsidies distorting the international market enter into force during this year 2023 and provide…

08/03/23

VAT liability of online platforms

The CJEU confirmed the lawfulness of the liability of online platforms to collect vat on total amounts due on electronic services in the recent fenix …

07/03/23

The implementation of sustainable finance disclosure regulation (SFDR) level 2: key takeaways from EU regulato…

It has been confirmed that SFDR level 1 (Regulation (EU) 2019/2088 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 November 2019 on sustainability…

07/03/23

EFRAG educational videos on draft European Sustainability Reporting Standards

Following the entry into force of the CSRD in January 2023, EFRAG has released a series of videos to educate stakeholders about ESRS.

03/03/23

Luxembourg RBE: New procedure for entities to access their own RBE data

Following the judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union of 22 November 2022 confirming the invalidity of the general public’s access to i…

02/03/23

Secondment of workers: new rules

Secondments update: dedicated regime for road transport businesses, relaxation and modification of the rules for other types of secondment.