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In line with the Government’s will to encourage a more equal sharing of family responsibilities between women and men, two draft laws No.8016 and No.8017 have been presented in June before the Luxembourg Parliament ( Chambre des Députés) (together the “ Draft Laws” and each a “ Draft Law”). The

The first cornerstone: the adoption of the Markets in Crypto-assets (“MiCA”) regulation On 30 June 2022, the European Parliament and Council reached a provisional agreement on the MiCA regulation (the " MiCA Regulation"), providing a long-awaited legal framework for crypto-assets. The MiCA

Since we last provided an update on ESMA's Questions and Answers (" Q&As") on Directive 2014/65/EU of 15 May 2014 on markets of financial instruments (" MiFID II") and Regulation (EU) 600/2014 of 15 May 2014 on markets of financial instruments (" MiFIR") in our January 2021 newsletter, the following

On 13 April 2022, ESMA published updated guidelines on delayed disclosure of inside information (the " Guidelines") pursuant to Regulation (EU) 596/2014 of 16 April 2014 on market abuse (" MAR"). The purpose of the Guidelines is to provide a non-exhaustive list of legitimate interests of issuers

On 16 May 2022, the Commission de surveillance du secteur financier (the “ CSSF”) issued Circular 22/811 on the authorisation and organisation of entities acting as UCI administrators (the " Circular"). In the Circular, the CSSF repeals Chapter D of IML Circular 91/75 setting out the rules

On 31 May, 2022, the Luxembourg tax authorities (“ LTA”) issued a new circular (the “ Circular”) on defensive measures against non-cooperative jurisdictions. This Circular replaces a previous circular (dated 2018) on the same subject and follows the introduction, in 2021, of Article 168 (5) of the