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Luxembourg regulator refines captive and reinsurance licensing processes

Luxembourg continues to consolidate its position as one of Europe’s premier hubs for captive insurance and reinsurance. With nearly 200 reinsurance undertakings, the Grand Duchy re…

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ABILWAYS Luxembourg devient SKOLAE Training

ABILWAYS Luxembourg annonce son changement d’identité et devient SKOLAE Training. Cette évolution s’inscrit dans le cadre du rapprochement d’ABILWAYS et de M2I, donnant naissance à…

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Arendt appoints new CIO

Arendt is pleased to announce that Olivier Ramlot has joined the firm as Chief Information Officer (CIO) as of 15 October 2025. With extensive experience, notably as CIO of BIL, Ol…

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Parliament’s finance committee passes amendments to the carr…

On 17 November 2025, the Luxembourg parliament published amendments to the …

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03/12/25
Are your crypto assets taxable in Luxembourg?

Crypto currencies and other crypto assets are increasingly being adopted by…

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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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CJEU further clarifies key concepts of data protection law

On 10 July 2018, the EU Court of Justice rendered a judgement in a case relating to the data processing activities of the Jehovah’s Witnesses Communit…

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Upcoming German tax law changes relevant to real estate investments

On 1 August 2018, the German Ministry of Finance published the amended draft bill of the Annual Tax Act 2018 which will be subject to further discussi…

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CSSF Issues a New Circular on the Authorisation and Organisation of UCITS Management Companies and Alternative…

On 23 August, the Luxembourg supervisory authority, the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF), issued Circular 18/698 relating t…

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Les clauses de sortie conjointe et de sortie forcée dans les conventions d’actionnaires

Dans nos deux précédents cahiers de MNKS consacrés aux conventions d’actionnaires[1], nous avons présenté brièvement les principales clauses conventio…

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New CSSF Circular 18/697 on non-UCITS depositaries

By way of preamble and as a reminder, a depositary of a Luxembourg fund may currently fall under either (1) the regime of the UCITS Directive&nbs…

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Luxembourg has started the MLI ratification procedure

On 7 June 2017 Luxembourg and more than 70 other jurisdictions signed the multilateral instrument (“MLI”) to integrate base erosion and profit shiftin…

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New CSSF Circular on AIFMs/UCITS ManCos

On 23 August 2018, CSSF released its new Circular 18/698 on the authorisation and organisation of Luxembourg investment fund managers (the C…

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Implementation into Luxembourg law of EU Directive 2016/943 on trade secrets

Although the implementation should have been enacted by 9 June 2018, Luxembourg has finally published, on 13 August, the first draft bill implementing…

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Impact of the EU Regulation on Money Market Funds

We would like to draw your attention to the entry into force, on 21 July of this year, of Regulation (EU) 2017/1131 of the European Parliament and of …

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New CSSF Circular on substance requirements of fund management companies in Luxembourg

The Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (“CSSF”) has issued today circular 18/698 concerning (i) the approval process and organisation of …

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SFTR – Challenges ahead

The law of 6 June 2018 on transparency of securities nancing transactions (“SFTs”), implementing the European regulation 2015/2365 on transparency of …

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Sustainable Finance | European Commission Legislative Proposals

The EU Commission, following the publication of its Sustainable Finance Action Plan in March 2018, published on May 24th 2018 the following legislativ…

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Proposals to Strengthen ESMAs Oversight over Delegation. Why you Should Review your Delegation Arrangements No…

At the end of September 2017, the European Commission published its 283-page Review of the European Supervisory Authorities1 (ESAs). It is concer…

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Conversion de la saisie conservatoire européenne des comptes bancaires : un nouvel outil à la disposition des …

Introduction dans le droit luxembourgeois d’une procédure spécifique d’exécution applicable à la seule ordonnance européenne de saisie conservatoire d…

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New requirements for fiduciary arrangements: setting up by their fiduciary agent of an internal file on their …

Bill of law 7216A - New requirements for fiduciary arrangements: setting up by their fiduciary agent of an internal file on their beneficial owners

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New rules applicable to the supervision of employees

The Law of 1 August, 2018 establishing the national commission for data protection and the general scheme on data protection[1] (hereinafter “the Law”…

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Depositary Safe-Keeping Rules | Proposals for Amendment

On May 29th 2018, the European Commission published two draft delegated regulations which contain proposals to amend certain rules relating to the saf…

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Transfert d’entreprise – modification du contrat de travail – action en nullité – délai raisonnable à observer…

Si la loi n’impose aucun délai particulier endéans lequel le salarié est tenu de réagir, respectivement d’agir contre la modification de son contrat d…

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VAT deduction right of holding companies - New Guidelines published by the VAT authorities

On 11 June 2018, the Luxembourg VAT Authorities published Circular n° 765-1 providing additional guidelines on the VAT deduction right of partial VAT …

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Certificat médical – salarié déclaré apte au travail – renversement de la présomption de maladie par la CNS

A ce comportement fautif du salarié dans le mois précédent son licenciement viennent encore s’ajouter ses absences injustifiées depuis le 28 juillet 2…

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