Newsletters & Newsflashes

The International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) has published the following final reports on 26 May 2025: Final revised Recommendations for Liquidity Risk Management for Collective Investment Schemes as an update to their earlier 2018 recommendations (the “ Revised Liquidity

In its judgment dated 2 July 2025 in case T-289/24 Brasserie Nationale and Munhowen SA vs. Commission, the General Court of the European Union (EU) (the “ Court”) upheld the decision of the European Commission (the “ Commission”) to examine a merger project involving two Luxembourg-based entities

Luxembourg is taking a significant step toward a fully digital government and legal system with three new key legal instruments: the Law of 4 June 2025 on electronic signatures of acts in administrative matters, the Grand-Ducal Regulation of 4 July 2025 regulating the electronic communication of

Background On 27 June 2025, the Luxembourg Parliament introduced Draft Law No. 8567, which aims to transpose and implement a set of recent EU directives and regulations that collectively establish and regulate the European Single Access Point (ESAP) – a centralised digital platform designed to

On 8 May 2025, Advocate General Kokott (AG Kokott) handed down her Opinion in the case C-744/23, Т.P.T. v Financial Bulgaria’ EOOD on the Value-Added Tax (VAT) treatment of a contingency fee, paid in the event of a successful legal case. In the case at hand, a one-person law firm provided legal

On 20 May 2025, the CSSF published Version 24 of its FAQ on the law of 12 July 2013 on alternative investment fund managers (“ AIFM Law”). This document provides updated guidance on the interpretation and application of various provisions of the AIFM Law, including revised definitions, clarification

Key takeaways On 13 May 2025, the Luxembourg Higher Administrative Court ( Cour Administrative ) handed down a decision, within the context of an ex officio taxation (i.e. procédure de taxation d’office ), on the relevant characteristics that shall be retained for the purposes of the determination

Since our last newsletter, ESMA has released updated Q&A s, supervisory guidelines, a peer review, further guidelines on staff competence, and a public statement – all regarding the implementation of Regulation (EU) 2023/1114 of 31 May 2023 on markets in crypto-assets (“ MiCA”). Supervisory

Further to the entry into force of the Listing Act , ESMA published various final reports providing technical advice and updated its Q&As. These include: ESMA's final report on the technical advice concerning MAR and MiFID II SME growth markets ESMA's final report on the technical advice concerning

On 16 October 2024, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the Sultanate of Oman signed a convention for the elimination of double taxation with respect to taxes on income and on capital and the prevention of tax evasion and avoidance (the “ DTT”). For more information, please refer to our previous

The l aw of 22 May 2024 provided for both short term tax measures (applicable for fiscal year 2024) in favour of the Luxembourg real estate market and long term tax measures applicable as from 2025 (please refer to our previous newsflash). To support the ongoing recovery of the real estate sector