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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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03/12/25
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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Draft Law for the ATAD 1 Implementation

On June 18th 2018, the Luxembourg government published a draft law implementing the first Anti-Tax Avoidance Directive (hereafter “ATAD”) into Luxembo…

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Debranding Before Import Not Allowed

The CJEU sided with Mitsubishi and ruled that a trade mark proprietor has the right to oppose the removal by third parties of its trade marks and thei…

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Tax Treatment of virtual currencies

Following decisions of the Court of Justice of the European Union1 and of the French Conseil d’Etat2 dealing with virtual currencies (e…

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Comportement déloyal – licenciement avec effet immédiat – licenciement abusif (non)

Il suit des développements qui précèdent qu’il y a lieu de retenir comme avéré le fait du 15 novembre 2013 et de dire que le comportement déloyal de A…

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Luxembourg adopts national law implementing and complementing the GDPR

On 26 July 2018, during its last public session of the legislature, the Luxembourg Parliament adopted the Luxembourg bill implementing and complementi…

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Enforceability of a "Mandat de Protection Future"

In a judgment dated June 6th 2018, the District Court of Luxembourg (le Tribunal d’Arrondissement de et à Luxembourg) made a mandat de protection futu…

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New reporting requirements on transactions with related parties

On 7 May 2018, the Luxembourg tax authorities released a circular introducing for Luxembourg corporate taxpayers some new reporting requirem…

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Démission avec effet immédiat – retards de paiement de salaire – forclusion

Ces retards de paiement du salaire constituent des fautes répétitives dans le temps et le dernier retard de paiement se situe dans le mois précédant l…

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EU Trade Marks Should Be Distinctive Throughout the EU, Not Just a Significant Part Thereof

In its recent Nestlé v Mondelez decision (C-84/17P, C-85/17P and C-95/17P), the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) confirmed that the acqui…

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Main clauses relating to the maintenance of the structure of the share capital

In our previous « MNKS booklet » dedicated to shareholders’ agreements[1], we briefly described the main clauses restricting the transferabi…

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Index increase

From 1 August 2018, the index applicable to employees' wages will climb from 794.54 to 814.40. This index increase will result in a 2.5% increase in t…

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Amendments to Labour Code | "Omnibus" Law of April 8th 2018

The “omnibus” law of April 8th 2018, effective since April 15th 2018 (hereinafter the “Law”), amends many provisions of the Labour Code in order to st…

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VAT group legislation voted

The bill of law n°7278 implementing the VAT group into Luxembourg law, as outlined in our previous Newsflash on 13 April 2018, was voted on 26 Ju…

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Employeur succursale – absence de personnalité juridique – acte entâché de nullité

Une succursale d’une société de droit étranger n’a en effet pas de personnalité juridique propre, alors qu’elle fait partie d’une société dont elle es…

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CJEU in Truvada case: no SPC for A+B (unless "the claims relate necessarily and specifically to that combinati…

Today (25.07), the Court of Justice of the European Union ("CJEU") has rendered a long awaited decision in a dispute revolving around the supplementar…

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Prospectuses | Draft Law

On June 29th 2018, the Chamber of Deputies of the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg issued a draft law 7328 on prospectuses (the “Draft Law”) for the purposes…

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GDPR Series: Part 18 - Automated Individual Decision-Making, Including Profiling

This series provides more detailed insight into the General Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR"), which was published on 4 May 2016 and entered into ef…

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The OECD releases the Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) public discussion draft on BEPS actions 8-10: Fi…

On 3 July 2018, the OECD launched a consultation on the transfer pricing of financial transactions by publishing the first draft of a new chapter of t…

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The Luxembourg Double Tax Treaties Network

List of double Tax treaties in force and in negotiation as of 14 June 2018.

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Licenciement avec préavis suivi d’un licenciement avec effet immédiat – absence de 5 jours – licenciement abus…

L’absence injustifiée de cinq journées de travail d’affilée est un motif suffisamment grave pour entraîner une rupture immédiate des relations de trav…

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