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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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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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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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Restrictive and post-contractual clauses under Luxembourg La…

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

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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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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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EU Proposal in Relation to Crowdfunding Service Providers for Business

On March 8th 2018, the European Commission released a new proposalfor a European Regulation on European Crowdfunding Service Providers (“CSP”) for Bus…

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Law of 17 April 2018 and PRIIPs Regulation

The law of 17 April 2018 on key investor documents for packaged retail and insurance-based investment products (the “2018 Law”) was published in the M…

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Unrestricted VAT deduction for active holding companies

On 5 July 2018, the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) released a welcome decision in the Marle Participations case (C-320/17) concerning…

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Consequences of intellectual property rights infringement in Luxembourg

Over the last five years, the European Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), through the European Observatory on Infringements of Intellectual Propert…

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Luxembourg Implementation of Anti-Tax Avoidance Directive

On 20 June 2018, the Luxembourg Government filed the bill of law n°7318 (“Draft Law”) implementing the so-called Anti-Tax Avoidance Directive (“ATAD 1…

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Transfer pricing: new requirements in 2017 tax returns

The Luxembourg Tax Authorities (“LTA”) inserted in Form 500 “Corporate income tax, municipal business and net worth tax return for resident corporatio…

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La réforme du droit d'auteur dans l'UE : une nouvelle protection contre l'hégémonie des GAFA ?

En matière de réforme visant à faciliter l’émergence d’un marché unique du numérique, on aura souvent entendu ces jours derniers l’application du Règl…

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The Luxembourg ATAD bill of law has been published

Council Directive (EU) 2016/1164, the “Anti Tax Avoidance Directive” or «ATAD 1 » published on 12 July 2016, implements the OECD’s recommendation…

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‘Brexit’ – What does it mean for indirect taxes?

Following the 2016 referendum vote and the formal withdrawal notification, the UK should in principle not be subject to European legislation as from 3…

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