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MNKS (formerly Noble & Scheidecker)

VERTIGO POLARIS BUILDING, 2-4 RUE EUGÈNE RUPPERT, 2453 LUXEMBOURG

Tel:: Work +352 26 48 42 1
Fax:: Fax +352 26 48 42 35 00

Web:: www.mnks.com
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Noble & Scheidecker becomes MNKS

December 2011. Press Releases by MNKS (formerly Noble & Scheidecker) (view listing).

New name, new website (www.mnks.com)

the law firm Noble & Scheidecker becomes MNKS and launches its new website.

Founded in 2004 by Marie-Béatrice Noble and Katia Scheidecker, the firm has evolved into a six-partner firm with a staff of more than 60 people, among Luxembourg's top ten law firms in terms of size.

Initially a niche firm serving an international clientele, MNKS has become a recognized multi-disciplinary firm on the Luxembourg market.

MNKS* appoints Marie-Béatrice Noble as Managing Partner

August 2011. Press Releases by MNKS (formerly Noble & Scheidecker) (view listing).

Noble & Scheidecker (MNKS), the Luxembourg independent law firm, is delighted to announce the appointment of Marie-Béatrice Noble as Managing Partner.

Change of holding credit institutions, investment funds, insurance and reinsurance undertakings

June 2009. Press Releases by MNKS (formerly Noble & Scheidecker) (view listing).

Change of holding credit institutions, investment funds, insurance and reinsurance undertakings : New notification procedure now in full force !

The amended SICAR law

June 2009. Press Releases by MNKS (formerly Noble & Scheidecker) (view listing).

The Venture Capital and Private Equity will benefit from a modernized vehicle for attracting VC / PE foreign investors in Luxembourg. The following innovations are significant

Strengthening our team

March 2009. Press Releases by MNKS (formerly Noble & Scheidecker) (view listing).

Raphaël Collin and Laurent Fessmann have been appointed Partners at Noble & Scheidecker on January 1st, 2009.

Best Labour Law Firm of the Year

July 2008. Press Releases by MNKS (formerly Noble & Scheidecker) (view listing).

We are pleased to inform you that Noble & Scheidecker has been awarded Best Labour Law Firm of the year 2007 by HR One (www.hrone.lu), an independent Luxembourg human resources community, which provides marketing solutions to Human Resources and Management entities. Read more...

For more information please visit our website http://www.mnks.com/.

Legal Eagles Flying High

July 2008. Press Releases by MNKS (formerly Noble & Scheidecker) (view listing).

Noble & Scheidecker is ranked as one of Luxembourg's top 10 law firms according to the leading legal directory worldwide. Read more...

For more information please visit our website http://www.mnks.com/.

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MNKS (formerly Noble & Scheidecker)

ACCOUNTING ASPECTS

I. Law of 10 December 2010 relating to the introduction of the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) II. Grand-Ducal Regulation of 14 December 2011 relating to the procedure for filing financial information electronically with the Luxembourg Trade and Companies Register

- MNKS (formerly Noble & Scheidecker)

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Towards a stronger enforcement of competition law in Luxembourg from 1 February 2012

Seeking to improve the efficiency of its Competition authority, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg adopted last 23 October 2011 a new competition law.

- Arendt & Medernach
Luxembourg Alternative Investment Funds

Asset Classes - Hedge; Real Estate; Private Equity; Venture; Mezzanine; Infrastructure

- Ogier
New Germany - Luxembourg double tax treaty signed

On 23 April 2012, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the Federal Republic of Germany signed a new double tax treaty (the "New Treaty") which will replace the double tax treaty currently in force dated 23 August 1958. The New Treaty basically follows the provisions of the OECD Model Tax Convention, but certain specific provisions have been added.

- Arendt & Medernach
Tax Update April 2012

Our April tax update highlights the latest important changes in Luxembourg tax law, including the enactment of the law relaxing the conditions to be met in order to benefit from the SPF tax status. Other topics include inter alia recent case law on the exemption of income deriving from the sale of preferential subscription rights and the first decisions of the Luxembourg administrative courts relating to the exchange of information upon request based on the law of 31 March 2010.

- Arendt & Medernach
European Commission publishes AIFMD level 2 implementation proposals

The European Commission’s proposals for level 2 implementation measures for the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive has been circulated to European Union member states and to the European Parliament. The Commission’s draft has prompted criticism from hedge fund managers quoted in media reports and from a hedge fund industry body, the Alternative Investment Management Association, that in certain areas its proposals differ significantly from those put forward by the European Securities and Markets Authority (Esma) in its advice delivered to the Commission on November 16.

- Chevalier & Sciales
Luxembourg’s amended SIF law comes into force

Luxembourg’s legislation amending the February 2007 law on Specialised Investment Funds came into force on April 1, following publication in the country’s official gazette, the Mémorial, on March 30. It is now identified as the law of March 26, 2012, the date on which it received royal assent.

- Chevalier & Sciales
ESMA refines proposed framework to deal with complexity of ETFs and other Ucits

The European Securities and Markets Authority has published on January 30 a consultation paper proposing future guidelines for exchange-traded funds established as Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities and other issues related to the Ucits regime. The Esma proposals cover both physical ETFs, which replicate the performance of stock, bond, commodity, currency or other indices by holding shares or other securities in the proportions that make up the index in question, or a sample thereof, and synthetic ETFs, which use swap transactions to obtain the economic performance of the index, using a basket of securities as collateral.

- Chevalier & Sciales
Publication of the new law on SIFs

The law of 26 March 2012 amending the law of 13 February 2007 relating to specialised investment funds (“SIFs”) was published today in the Mémorial A-063 and will enter into force on 1 April 2012.

- Arendt & Medernach
ACCOUNTING ASPECTS

I. Law of 10 December 2010 relating to the introduction of the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) II. Grand-Ducal Regulation of 14 December 2011 relating to the procedure for filing financial information electronically with the Luxembourg Trade and Companies Register

- MNKS (formerly Noble & Scheidecker)
ESMA launches discussion paper on AIFMD technical standards

The European Securities and Markets Authority has published on February 23 a discussion paper on key concepts of the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive and types of alternative fund manager to initiate a consultation process aimed at finalising its policy approach.

- Chevalier & Sciales