In a judgment dated 27 October 2021, the Seventh Chamber of the Luxembourg Court of Appeal declared admissible a minority action based on article 444-2 of the modified law of 10 August 1915 on commercial companies (the "Companies Act 1915") by a 50% shareholder in a public limited company (société anonyme).
On 25 November 2021 the European Commission adopted a package of measures to ensure better data access and revamped investment rules. The adopted package of measures also contains a proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 (“MiFIR”)
The EU Regulation on the establishment of a framework to facilitate sustainable investment (the "Taxonomy Regulation") was published in the Official Journal on 22 June 2020.
The main disclosure requirements under the Regulation (EU) 2019/2088 on sustainability-related disclosures in the financial services sector (SFDR) are applicable since 10 March 2021. Draft Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) complementing
On 2 December 2021, a CSSF press release on regulatory requirements and fast track procedure in relation to Regulation (EU) 2020/852 on the establishment of a framework to facilitate sustainable investments (the so called “Taxonomy Regulation” “TR”)
The CSSF announced in its communication (available here) published on 2 December 2021 that it has put in place a fast track procedure to facilitate compliance with the taxonomy-related disclosure requirements of articles 5, 6 and 7 of the Taxonomy Regulation
On 29 November 2021, the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (the “CSSF”), the Luxembourg financial supervisory authority, published its guidance on virtual assets (the “Guidance”) along with frequently asked questions (“FAQ”).
On 25 November 2021, the European Commission published a proposal for a regulation amending the Regulation (EU) 2015/760 on European Long Term Investment Funds (“ELTIF”) aiming at making the ELTIF regime more attractive.
Further to its recent communications on financial innovation, the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (the « CSSF ») has just published highly interesting guidance on virtual assets with a focus on the investment fund sector
On 1 October 2021, the Luxembourg Business Register informed that any natural person to be registered with the Luxembourg trade and companies register (“RCS”) in any capacity whatsoever (manager, director, shareholder, partner, auditor, authorised representative, etc.) will have to communicate their Luxembourg national identification number (“LNIN”
