Jan 27, 2026
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FLIP THROUGH THE FLIPBOOK:

Banking & Finance | Capital Markets
- AI Act meets Financial Services I What the EBA mapping and Parliament resolution mean for banks and insurance
- Listing Act | MAR updates: protracted processes, delay of disclosure, trading venue designation & market manipulation indicators
- Transparency Law update | CSSF 2024 enforcement results, 2025 priorities & ESAP filing requirements
- Capital Markets I New package on European Market Integration
- Prospectus Regulation | New ESMA Q&As
- Luxembourg Gender Balance Law 2025 I Key changes from draft to final text
Corporate and M&A
Employment, Compensations & Benefits
Investment Management
- ELTIF 2.0 I ESMA releases European Commission guidance on key regulatory issues for fund managers
- PRIIPs I Consolidated Q&A
- AIF I ESMA Finalises RTS for open-ended loan funds
- CSSF Circular 25/901: Part I | Modernising the SICAR Regime
- CSSF Circular 25/901: Part II | Specialised investment funds
- CSSF Circular 25/901: Part III | Changes to the Part II UCI regime
- UCI Administrators I CSSF Circular 25/900 amending Circular CSSF 22/811
- CSSF FAQ Circular 22/811 I UCI Administrators (UCIA) – Version 6
- AIF I CNC interpretation of Article 1711-8(3) of 1915 Luxembourg company law
Tax
- Pillar Two I OECD Inclusive Framework issues new “Side by Side Package” guidance
- EU letter of formal notice | Discriminatory tax regime applicable to public dividends
- International Taxation I Council modernises cooperation agreements with Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Andorra, Monaco and San Marino
- Double tax treaty | Luxembourg - Albania
- Double tax treaty | Luxembourg - Montenegro
- Double tax treaty I Luxembourg - Georgia - Protocol amending the double tax treaty
- Start-Up Investments | Tax credit for individuals: final law adopted
- Withholding tax I Tax exemption for qualifying Sovereign Bonds enters into force
- Income tax | Draft Law on the introduction of a single tax class
- VAT I Circular on VAT treatment of company cars made available to employees
Other Legal and Regulatory Updates
- Primacy of EU Law under strain I What a decade-long constitutional crisis means for legal certainty in Europe
- EU Digital Services Act | The General Court upholds very large online platforms regime in landmark Amazon ruling
- EU Digital Services Act I General Court confirms Zalando’s status as very large online platform
- Kaupthing case | Luxembourg court concludes landmark cross-border banking fraud case
In case you missed it I Our latest publications
- Newsflash I Competitive carried interest tax regime formally adopted
- Newsflash I Luxembourg Case Law - Clarifications from the Luxembourg Summary Court on the procedural initiation of a recourse in revocation under the European Account Preservation Order Regulation
- Sustainable Finance Insights Series - 22 | SFDR revision | European Commission proposes major overhaul to simplify sustainable finance disclosures
- Mondaq | ESG Comparative Guide
- Mondaq | Labour and Employment Comparative Guide
- Infographic | Pay Transparency: What will change in Luxembourg with Directive (EU) 2023/970 and how to prepare
- Chambers Global Practice Guide | Insolvency 2025
- The Global Legal Post | Law Over Borders Comparative Guide to Arbitration