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11/02/26
11/02/26
Participez à l’enquête de Larcier‑Intersentia sur les pratiques numériques des professions du d…

À la suite de la conférence “Artificial Intelligence Day in Luxembourg Law” organisée en novembre dernier avec le Barreau de Luxembourg et la Conférence du Jeune Barreau de Luxembo…

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03/02/26
03/02/26
Arendt appoints five new Partners

Luxembourg, 3 February 2026 - Arendt is pleased to announce the appointment of three new Partners: Lorraine Chéry, Błażej Gładysz-Lehmann, Yves Philippart de Foy; and two new assoc…

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29/01/26
29/01/26
New Carried Interest Regime Law Voted!

23/10/2026, the Luxembourg Parliament approved Bill of Law No. 8590, which modernizes the Luxembourg carried interest regime.

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09/02/26
New investment rules for Luxembourg unit-linked life insuran…

On 28 January 2026, the Commissariat aux assurances (CAA) released circular…

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02/02/26
Draft Bill 8676 for a single tax class from tax year 2028

On 6 January 2026, the Luxembourg Government released draft Bill n°8676 int…

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Each day we publish several articles written by legal and tax specialists from law firms, notaries offices, the legal departments from payroll agencies and tax consultants.

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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25/01/19
Constitutional Court to rule on the compatibility of the procedure for exchange of information with the rule o…

In 2014, the Luxembourg legislator changed the procedural rules applicable to the exchange of information upon request, in tax matters.

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24/01/19
The Luxembourg Register of Beneficial Owners goes live on 1 March 2019

The Luxembourg law creating a register of beneficial owners transposing article 30 of Directive 2015/849 was adopted on 13 January 2019 and published …

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24/01/19
Key Changes Introduced by the Securitisation Regulation

Regulation (EU) 2017/2402 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2017 laying down a general framework for securitisation and cre…

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24/01/19
Maladie professionnelle – reclassement interne- comportement réfractaire de l’employeur – absence injustifiée …

La société S1 (Lux) GmbH reproche à A dans son courrier de licenciement avec effet immédiat les faits suivants : – un abandon de poste consécutif à u…

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23/01/19
Brexit and broadcasting: Luxembourg as the ideal gateway to provide audiovisual media services throughout the …

Since the UK Parliament has rejected the Withdrawal Agreement between the EU and the UK on 15 January 2019, a so-called "no deal" scenario becomes a b…

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22/01/19
Luxembourg Law on register of beneficial owners

The 4th EU AML Directive [1], as amended by the 5th EU AML Directive [2], requires each Member State of the EU inter alia to establish registers of be…

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22/01/19
New reporting obligation for payment service providers

By a circular 18/704 of 17 December 2018 (the Circular 18/704), the Luxembourg regulator of the financial sector, the Commission de surveill…

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21/01/19
The Law of January 15th 2019 setting up a register of beneficial owners

On December 6th 2017, the Luxembourg Parliament published two bills of laws (PL 7216 and PL 7217) aimed at implementing new transparency measures prov…

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19/01/19
Loi du 14 septembre 2018 relative à une administration transparente et ouverte : Nouvelles règles d'accès aux …

La loi du 14 septembre 2018 relative à une administration transparente et ouverte (ci-après « la Loi »), est entrée en vigueur le 1er janvier 2019. L’…

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18/01/19
Absence – remise du certificat médical dans les délais légaux (non) – faute grave (oui) – faute grave automati…

Le fait de ne pas respecter les dispositions de l’article L.121-6 (1) et (2) ne constitue pas toujours, à lui seul, une faute grave justifiant un lice…

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18/01/19
Update on the Implementation of Directive on Trade Secrets

Business secrets have long been poorly protected and difficult to defend compared to intellectual property rights (including patents, copyrights and t…

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17/01/19
Leave entitlements

On 11 January 2019, the Council of the Government approved a draft law on the amendment of articles L. 232-2 and L. 233-4 of the Luxembourgi…

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17/01/19
Law of 13 January 2019 Establishing the Register of Beneficial Owners

The law dated 13 January 2019 on the register of beneficial owners has been published on 15 January 2019 in the Luxembourg Official Journal and shall …

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10/01/19
UK FCA temporary permissions regime notification for EEA firms and fund managers

Following the announcement of the UK government at the end of last year of its intention to introduce a temporary permissions regime (TPR) for inbound…

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09/01/19
CJEU Denies SPC for Medical Devices Incorporating an Ancillary Active Ingredient

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) recently ruled that, unlike medicinal products, medical devices incorporating an ancillary drug subs…

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07/01/19
Reminder: supplementary pension schemes

The Chamber of Deputies of the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg adopted on 1 August 2018 a law (hereinafter “the Law”) modifying the law of 8 June 1999 on su…

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03/01/19
Les clauses portant sur le droit de vote dans les pactes d’actionnaires

Dans nos précédents cahiers de MNKS (qui deviennent désormais les cahiers de PwC Legal) consacrés aux conventions d’actionnaires[1], nous avons briève…

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02/01/19
CJ rules that UK may unilaterally withdraw from Brexit (Wightman and others)

On 10 December 2018, the CJ issued its judgment in case Andy Wightman and others v Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union (C-621/18). …

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31/12/18
Regulation (EU) 2018/302 on geo-blocking now applicable

“Geo-blocking” designates the problem of customers not being able to buy goods and services from traders located in a different European Union (“EU”) …

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27/12/18
State Aid/WTO CJ rules that exemption from real estate transfer tax in the context of a restructuring within a…

On 19 December 2018, the CJ issued its judgment in case Finanzamt B v A-Braueri (C-374/17). The case deals with a request made by A-Brauerei conc…

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