Following the Luxembourg parliament’s ratification of the new Luxembourg-UK double tax treaty (“DTT”) on 19 July 2023, the new DTT should take effect in 2024. The UK ratified the new DTT on 7 June 2022....more
A draft EU Council directive, known as ATAD 3, was issued by the European Commission as a proposal at the end of last year. The directive is aimed at countering the misuse of 'shell' entities and could impose adverse tax and...more
While most of the European Anti-Hybrid Rules took effect on 1 January 2020, the last anti-hybrid provision – targeting the reverse hybrid mismatch – will enter into force in relevant EU jurisdictions (such as Luxembourg and...more
Financial Services Act - The UK’s departure from the EU at the end of the transition period has significant implications for the regulation of financial institutions. In June 2020, the government issued a policy statement...more
AIFMD Marketing/Pre-marketing – Cross-border distribution of investment funds - Changes to EU law on the cross-border distribution of AIFs and UCITS came into effect on 2 August 2021. Following Brexit, UK AIFMs are out of...more
The structure is a simplified version of how a typical European fund might be established in Luxembourg where currently we would typically use a downstream Luxembourg SARL or securitisation vehicle as the intermediate...more
The Common Reporting Standard (CRS) of the Organisation of Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) came into effect on 1 January 2016 in “early adopter” jurisdictions, including the UK and popular fund jurisdictions such...more
The UK Government, as anticipated, issued draft legislation on 9 December designed to establish clear rules as to when carried interest can qualify for favourable capital gains tax treatment. The draft legislation follows a...more
The Common Reporting Standard (“CRS”) will impose new investor due diligence and reporting obligations on funds and other financial institutions based in “early adopter” participating jurisdictions, with effect from January...more
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) published a revised discussion draft on 22 May 2015, in relation to Action 6 of the BEPS (Base Erosion and Profit Shifting) Action Plan (Action Plan 6), which...more
This year’s Autumn Statement delivered by the Chancellor of the Exchequer in Parliament on 5 December 2013, and the subsequent draft Finance Bill and H.M. Revenue & Customs (HMRC) and H.M. Treasury press releases of 10...more
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Following the execution of an inter-governmental agreement (or “IGA”) with the United States in September 2012 and a consultation exercise which closed in late 2012, HM Revenue & Customs (“HMRC”) recently published draft...more