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Apr 16, 2025DORA | Various Recent Developments
Since the Digital Operational Resilience Act ( Regulation (EU) 2022/2554) (" DORA") entered into force on 17 January 2025, the European Supervisory Authorities, being ESMA, EIOPA and EBA, (the " ESAs") and the relevant national competent authorities of the EU Member States have been actively working
Apr 16, 2025ECJ case law - Landmark │Asymmetric Jurisdiction Clause
On 27 February 2025, the Court of Justice of the European Union (“ CJEU”) ruled on the interpretation of Article 25(1) of the Regulation (EU) No 1215/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2012 on the jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil
Apr 15, 2025Crowdfunding Regulation | New ESMA Q&A & ESMA Market Report
On 12 February and 3 April 2025, ESMA updated its Questions and Answers (" Q&As") in relation to Regulation (EU) 2020/1503 of 7 October 2020 on European crowdfunding service providers for business (the “ Crowdfunding Regulation ”), adding four new Q&As. Earlier this year, in 8 January 2025, ESMA
Apr 14, 2025MIFID II and MIFIR | Various developments
Amendments to MiFID II and MiFIR Further to the entry into force of Regulation (EU) 2024/2809 (the " Listing Act Regulation"), Article 25 of MiFIR has been amended. Article 25 deals with the obligations on the operators of a trading venue to keep at the disposal of the competent authority, for at
Apr 14, 2025Instant Credit Transfers | Luxembourg law enters into force
The law of 4 April 2025 on credit instant payments entered into force on the 11 April 2025. It implements the Regulation (EU) 2024/886 as regards instant credit transfers in euro (the “ ICT Regulation”) which aims at making instant payments fully available in euro to consumers and businesses across
Apr 14, 2025MiCA | Recent ESMA developments
Since our last newsletter , several publications by ESMA have provided further clarity on various aspects of the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (“ MiCA Regulation” or " MiCAR"). Public statement on crypto services for non-Mica ARTs and EMTs On 17 January 2025, ESMA published a public statement
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Nov 17, 2020Thomson Reuters Practical Law | Comfort letters Q&A: Luxembourg
Are comfort letters issued under the laws of your jurisdiction? If so, what are they called, and are they always issued by parent companies in respect of subsidiaries? Can comfort letters be issued in binding form as well as in non-binding form under the laws of your jurisdiction? If so, how common
Aug 13, 2020AFME | Outsourcing - Guidance on the Legal and Regulatory Framework
Given regulators increasing focus on outsourcing, AFME in collaboration with Latham and Watkins, has published a reference paper ‘ Outsourcing: The Legal and Regulatory framework’. Aimed at compliance and legal teams, the paper seek to act as a useful tool in helping firms understand and meet their
Oct 10, 2017Legimag n°19 | Robo-advisors: investor protection, to code or not to code?
Robo-advisors are a recent innovation in the European retail financial services space and a popular example of “Fintech”. They have raised investor protection questions, which we will discuss by comparing draft Luxembourg legislation with United States federal regulation. The purpose of this
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