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Context The Luxembourg Higher Administrative Court ( Cour Administrative) in a judgment rendered on 14 January 2021 (No. 44763C) confirms that the partial disposal of a business undertaking by an individual to third-parties should qualify as a transfer for consideration of part of a business

On 1 February 2021, ESMA published its final report (“ Report”) and draft of the implementing technical standards (“ ITS”) under Regulation EU/2019/1156 on the facilitation of cross-border distribution of collective investment undertakings. The Report follows a consultation paper that ESMA published

Draft Law 7774 amends the law of 16 July 2019 implementing the EuVECA, EuSEF, MMF, ELTIF and STS securitization regulations in Luxembourg law (the “ 2016 Law”) in order to implement, on the one hand Regulation (EU) 2019/1238 on a pan-European Personal Pension Product (" PEPP") (hereinafter, "

Submission of AML/CFT Market entry form via eDesk Portal as from 15 February 2021 On 8 February 2021, the CSSF issued a communication on the digitalisation of the AML/CFT Market Entry Form (the “ Form”), which was previously to be submitted pursuant to a dedicated Excel form. As from 15 February

End of transitional period for the marketing of UK UCITS pushed back to 31 July 2021 On 9 February 2021, the Luxembourg Parliament ( Chambre des Députés) adopted the draft law No. 7736 (the “ Draft Law”). The Draft Law amends, inter alia, the law of 17 December 2010 relating to undertakings for

On 3 February 2021, ESMA sent a letter to the European Commission concerning “ Review of the Regulation (EU) 2015/760 on European long term investment funds” (the “ ELTIFs” and the “ ELTIF Regulation” or the “ Regulation”). The letter fits into the context of the impending review of the ELTIF