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What we say about the firm's legal practice in Luxembourg

Banking and finance

Within Banking and finance, Wildgen, Partners in Law is a third tier firm,

Headed by Michel Bulach, Wildgen, Partners in Law’s 17-strong team represents an impressive roster of European banks on a range of transactions and regulatory issues.

Corporate and M&A

Within Corporate and M&A, Wildgen, Partners in Law is a second tier firm,

Jointly headed by Pierre Metzler and François Brouxel, Wildgen, Partners in Law provides ‘Anglo-Saxon quality at a Luxembourg price’ to a robust portfolio of private equity firms and corporates. It also has a notable capability to advise high-net-worth individuals with assets based in or structured through Luxembourg.

Dispute resolution

Within Dispute resolution, Wildgen, Partners in Law is a third tier firm,

Headed by Franck Greff, Wildgen, Partners in Law handles some significant corporate litigation and is particularly accomplished at handling shareholder disputes.

Insurance

Within Insurance, Wildgen, Partners in Law is a second tier firm,

Wildgen, Partners in Law provides a ‘proactive and solutions-oriented’ service to clients across a range of regulatory and transactional work. Michel Bulach is praised by one client as ‘able to understand our needs and legal philosophy so as to act almost as our internal general counsel’.

Investment funds

Within Investment funds, Wildgen, Partners in Law is a third tier firm,

Wildgen, Partners in Law’s broad-ranging expertise spans regulated and non-regulated funds. The team recently helped an international private equity fund set up a SIF in Luxembourg. Samia Rabia heads the practice.

Real estate

Within Real estate, Wildgen, Partners in Law is a second tier firm,

Wildgen, Partners in Law provides ‘a good level of service’ to a strong roster of real estate funds and investment companies. Recent work includes advising a developer on a €25m complex including villas, apartments and retail space in Russia.

Tax

Within Tax, Wildgen, Partners in Law is a third tier firm,

Wildgen, Partners in Law’s David Maria has a strong reputation for handling corporate tax issues.


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Legal Developments by:
Wildgen, Partners in Law

  • END OF "1929 HOLDING COMPANY" REGIME

    After the ruling of the European Commission and the transitional period allowing the 1929 Holding Companies to survive until 31 December 2010, the 1929 Holding Company tax regime will soon disappear and the 1929 Holding Companies will, as from 1 January 2011, become fully taxable companies. In certain cases such change of status will, on the one hand, not have any major impact on the tax situation of such “newly” taxable company, whereas, on the other hand, such change may have substantial impact on the tax situation of the concerned companies and further tailored tax planning would definitely be advisable.  
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Legal Developments in Luxembourg

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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.
  • Luxembourg Alternative Investment Funds

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