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Background In April 2019 two Luxembourg laws (the “ Brexit Laws”) were published in anticipation of the United Kingdom's exit from the European Union without any withdrawal agreement on 31 st October 2019 (the " Hard Brexit"). In such an event, the United Kingdom will be considered as a third

On 1 July 2019, the CSSF issued press release 19/28 (the " Press Release") relating to an assessment of the impact of Regulation (EU) 1286/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 November 2014 on key information documents for packaged retail and insurance-based investment products

On 10 July 2019 the Luxembourg Parliament (Chambre des Députés) adopted the final text of the draft law No. 7402 (the New Shareholders Rights Law for the purposes of implementing Directive (EU) 2017/828 amending Directive 2007/36/EC as regards the encouragement of long term shareholder participation

This newsletter is intended as a general discussion of the following topics: AML, Banking & Finance, Capital Markets, Employment, Investment Funds and Tax. If you would like to know more about the topics covered in this newsletter or our services please contact us. AML CSSF Circular 19/722 -

Trade secrets have for a long time been insufficiently protected and difficult to defend compared to intellectual property rights. It is however an equally important instrument for the protection of technological or non-technological innovations and knowledge in EU companies. It is within this

The Directive on the protection of persons reporting on breaches of Union law (“ Directive”) was approved by the European Union (“ EU”) Parliament on 16 April 2019. The Directive has not yet been published to the Official Journal of the EU yet. In recent years, whistle-blowers have played a key role