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03/06/26
03/06/26
Supplementary Pension: A Strategic Issue for Self-Employed Lawyers

In Luxembourg, lawyers practising independently are subject to a statutory pension scheme whose benefits are, by nature, less protective than those applicable to salaried employees…

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02/06/26
02/06/26
Index adjusted on 1 June 2026

From 1 June 2026 the Luxembourg salary index is automatically raised from 968.04 to 992.24, triggering a mandatory 2.5% increase of gross salaries paid under employment contracts s…

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01/06/26
01/06/26
Dentons Luxembourg invests in its talent and strengthens its banking, finance and corporate law…

Dentons Luxembourg announces the promotion of Olivier Lesage to Partner and David Paiva to Managing Counsel, marking a new milestone in the international law firm’s development i…

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16/06/26
Restrictive and post-contractual clauses under Luxembourg La…

Restrictive and post-contractual clauses are common features of employment …

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10/06/26
Luxembourg Pillar Two FAQ updated: LTA provides further guid…

On 4 June 2026, the Luxembourg direct tax authorities ("LTA") updated their…

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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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08/02/19
La technologie Blockchain à l’aune du RGPD

Lors d’un panel qui s’est récemment tenu à Luxembourg sur le thème de l’art et de la finance, il a été l’occasion de revenir sur les mesures qui doive…

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07/02/19
Transitional measures for the Luxembourg financial sector in relation to a hard Brexit The Bill of Law (7401)

​On 31 January 2019, the Ministry of Finance has submitted a bill of law to the Luxembourg Parliament (the Bill 7401) as regards the measures to …

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07/02/19
Eba guidelines on reporting obligations under the PSD 2 in Luxembourg

The CSSF has adopted on December 17th 2018 the guidelines of the European Banking Authority on the notification of major operational or security …

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05/02/19
Transaction – définition – concessions réciproques (non).

Aux termes de l’article 2044 du code civil, « la transaction est un contrat par lequel les parties terminent une contestation née, ou préviennent une …

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04/02/19
The Luxembourg Register of Beneficial Owners

On 15 January 2019, the law establishing a Luxembourg register of beneficial owners (the "REBECO Act"), transposing Article 30 of the 4th AML Directiv…

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04/02/19
Happy World Privacy Day 2019!

The CNPD (Commission Nationale pour la Protection des données, or “CNPD”) has, until now, adopted a cooperative approach with the entities requesting …

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03/02/19
Draft Law to transpose EU Directive on long-term shareholder engagement into Luxembourg national Law

On January 11th 2019, the Council of the Government (Le Conseil de gouvernement) discussed a draft law (the “Draft Law”) which has as its purpose the …

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01/02/19
New draft law aiming at mitigating Brexit effects and safeguarding the interests of the Luxembourg financial a…

Today, a draft law was released which aims at ensuring that even in case of a hard Brexit, UK entities of the financial and insurance sectors with Lux…

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31/01/19
Consequences of a no-deal Brexit on personal data transfers to the UK

On 15 January 2019, the House of Commons of the United Kingdom voted against the Withdrawal Agreement negotiated between the UK government and the Eur…

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30/01/19
The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg implements the Register of Beneficial Owners Law

The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg has fulfilled its European obligations in the fight against money laundering and the financing of terrorism by transposi…

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30/01/19
Sales practices: geo-blocking and territorial segmentation of the market becoming more difficult in Luxembourg…

Since 3 December 2018, EU Regulation 2018/302 on addressing unjustified geo-blocking and other forms of discrimination based on customers' nationality…

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25/01/19
VAT Circular on transactions between related parties

On 18 January 2019, the Luxembourg VAT authorities published a new Circular (N°790), which clarifies the provisions of article 28, §3, of the VAT Law …

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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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