La Commission européenne a fait savoir qu’elle a intenté un recours contre le Luxembourg en raison de la transposition inaboutie de la directive 1999/70/CE du 28 juin 1999 sur le travail à durée déterminée.

On 19 December 2014 the European Securities and Markets Authority published its final technical advice and launched a consultation on its draft regulatory technical and implementing standards...

European Works Council Directive 2009/38/EC implemented in Luxembourg: rights of workers to information and consultation within transnational companies strenghtened.

The Luxembourg legal framework of the insurance sector is about to experience significant changes in the coming months.

A discussion on the package of legislative proposals presented by the European Commission in April 2011, which will allow any company or individual to protect their inventions through a single European patent.

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.

A discussion which highlights the potential impacts of the new Luxembourg law on alternative investment fund managers adopted on 10 July 2013 and implementing the Directive 2011/61/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 May 2011 regarding alternative investment fund managers on the Luxembourg Banking & Finance as well as the Capital Market sectors.

On 25 February 2015, The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) issued a "peer review report" ("Report") examining how national competent authorities ("NCAs") supervise and enforce the MiFID provisions...

L’article 51bis (Représentant permanent) de la loi du 10 août 1915 («LSC») est-il d’application pour les sociétés en commandite par actions («SCA»)?

Here we are in the third calendar year of the Covid-19 pandemic; a period in which the funds industry has faced a wide range of challenges, from adapting to travel and work restrictions, to extremes of market volatility.

Situated at the crossroad of Europe, the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg is based on a dynamic and open economy which actively promotes the development of cross border trade and investments.

The European Parliament approved three pieces of legislation considered as central for the establishment of a solid and efficient Banking Union.

"UCITS V Proposal Directive", the European Commission has issued on 26 July 2012 its "Consultation Paper" on Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities.

Bill of Law n°6471 regarding, most notably, the implementation of the so-called AIFMD (Directive 2011/61/EU) would largely amend the legal and tax provisions regarding limited partnerships.

_Here we are in the third calendar year of the Covid-19 pandemic; a period in which the funds industry has faced a wide range of challenges, from adapting to travel and work restrictions, to extremes of market volatility.

The European Commission recently announced the start of the program for the creation of a so-called Capital Markets Union with the purpose to create a single capital market for all 28 European Member States.

On July 24th, 2013 the European Commission published the awaited proposal for a revised Payment Services Directive having for its purpose to complete and recast the Payment Services Directive implemented in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg by the Law of November 10th 2009 on payment services.

On 25 July 2012, two draft bills were filed with the Chamber of Deputies of Luxembourg.

On November 21, 2011, the Double Tax Treaty between the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg and the Russian Federation dated June 28, 1993 (hereafter the "DTT") has been amended by a protocol implementing new important rules aiming to avoid double taxation and to prevent fiscal evasion with respect to taxes on income and capital (hereafter the "Protocol").

The system in force is almost a quarter of a century old and no longer fits with the actual needs: this bill is the first step of a long-awaited reform strongly promoted by businesses, professionals of the financial sector and administrations to reduce the use of paper for economic, practical and logistic reasons.