The CSSF has issued a new circular (Circular 24/856) aiming to protect investors in the event of certain errors and breaches.
Circular 24/856 will enter into force on 1 January 2025 and will repeal circular 02/77....more
The Luxembourg government published bill of law n°8183 (the “Bill”) on 24 March 2023 that amends five existing laws on alternative investment funds (“AIFs”) and alternative investment fund managers (“AIFMs”), namely the UCI...more
3/28/2023
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AIFs ,
Annual Reports ,
Companies Act ,
CSSF ,
ELTIF ,
Liquidation ,
Luxembourg ,
New Legislation ,
Reserved Alternative Investment Funds (RAIF) ,
Shareholders ,
SICARs ,
UCIs ,
UCITS
On 9 February 2022, the Luxembourg Parliament voted to adopt a law that will bring about long-awaited reform of the Luxembourg’s securitisation regime.
The law of 25 February 2022 – which was published in the Luxembourg...more
This note sets out at a high level the potential impact of the United Kingdom’s (“UK”) exit (“Brexit”) from the European Union (“EU”) without a negotiated agreement on UK and European Economic Area (“EEA”) (a) alternative...more
10/22/2019
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AIFMD Passport ,
AIFs ,
Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) ,
Central Bank of Ireland ,
Choice-of-Law ,
Contract Terms ,
Cross-Border Transactions ,
CSSF ,
EMIR ,
EU ,
EU Passport ,
EU-27 ,
European Economic Area (EEA) ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Force Majeure Clause ,
Fund Managers ,
Income Taxes ,
Investors ,
ISDA ,
Luxembourg ,
Marketing ,
MiFID ,
No-Deal Brexit ,
Private Equity ,
Rome Regulation ,
SFTR ,
Third-Party Service Provider ,
Traders ,
Transitional Arrangements ,
UCITS ,
UK ,
UK Brexit
The Luxembourg supervisory authority, the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF), and the Luxembourg government recently have taken measures to prepare for Brexit. In other developments, the Law of the...more
4/20/2019
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Beneficial Owner ,
Blockchain ,
CSSF ,
Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) ,
European Economic Area (EEA) ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Foreign Investment ,
Grace Period ,
Grandfathered Status ,
Luxembourg ,
Memorandum of Understanding ,
Portfolio Managers ,
Reserved Alternative Investment Funds (RAIF) ,
Securities ,
SICARs ,
UCIs ,
UCITS ,
UK Brexit
On 26 March 2019, the Luxembourg Parliament adopted the first few of a series of Brexit laws, including bill of law n°7401. In the event of a no deal Brexit, this bill will entrust the Luxembourg supervisory authorities for...more
3/27/2019
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EU ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Grandfathered Status ,
Luxembourg ,
New Rules ,
No-Deal Brexit ,
Parliamentary Procedure ,
Passporting ,
SIFs ,
UCIs ,
UCITS ,
UK ,
UK Brexit
The Luxembourg government has proposed legislation (Draft Bill), which would allow UK financial service providers to continue rendering certain services in Luxembourg for a period of up to 21 months after the date when the UK...more
2/11/2019
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Credit Unions ,
CSSF ,
EU ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Grandfathered Status ,
Investment Firms ,
Luxembourg ,
Member State ,
Memorandum of Understanding ,
No-Deal Brexit ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Transitional Arrangements ,
UCITS ,
UK ,
UK Brexit ,
Withdrawal Agreement