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Jul 16, 2024Reform of Residential Leases
Draft law 7642 on the reform of residential leases was passed by the deputies on Wednesday 10 July 2024. The main purpose of the reform is to remedy the difficult situation on the rental market in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg due to existing legal inaccuracies and abuses, particularly regarding the
Jul 11, 2024CSRD I Draft law n°8370: transposing Directive (EU) 2022/2464 on Corporate Sustainability Reporting
Summary Draft Law n° 8370 (the “Draft Law”) was introduced on 29 March 2024 before the Luxembourg Parliament to transpose the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) and the Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2023/2775 into national legislation. This new framework will replace the
Jul 11, 2024Modernisation of the accounting law | Opinion of the Luxembourg Bar
Background As reported in our previous newsletter article , a draft law to modernise the Luxembourg accounting legislation (the “ Draft Law”) was submitted to the Luxembourg Parliament ( Chambre des Députés ) in July 2023. This Draft Law No. 8286 intends to clarify and consolidate general accounting
Jul 11, 2024CSDD I EU takes bold step: new directive mandates corporate accountability for sustainability and human rights
On 5 July 2024, the Directive 2024/2859 on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence (CSDDD) (the "Directive") was published in the Official Journal of the European Union. This new law requires companies to ensure their activities are sustainable and respect human rights across their entire value chain
Jul 10, 2024AML/CFT | The EU Comprehensive Package: essential takeaways
On 19 June 2024, the European Parliament and Council published the new anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (“ AML/CFT ”) package – an extensive reformative legislative package – that consists of three main legal texts: Regulation (EU) 2024/1624 of 31 May 2024 aimed at
Jul 10, 2024EU Listing Act | Key highlights of what has been approved by the European Parliament
Introduction On 24 April 2024, the European Parliament adopted a package of new measures which are commonly referred to as the " Listing Act" which aims to further develop the Capital Markets Union and which consists of three interconnected legislative proposals: an amending regulation amending
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Feb 12, 2024ELTIF in a nutshell
The ELTIF was created by Regulation (EU) 2015/760 on European Long-term Investment Funds of 19 May 2015 (and effective from 9 December 2015) (the “ ELTIF 1 Regulation”). The European Long-Term Investment Fund (“ ELTIF”) is a type of collective investment framework allowing investors to invest money
Jun 01, 2023BSP General Brochure
In this brochure you will find the description of all the activity that we can put in place for you. BSP is an independent full-service law firm based in Luxembourg, committed to providing the very best legal services to our domestic and international clients in all aspects of Luxembourg business
Mar 31, 2023Dispute Resolution Brochure
BSP’s dispute resolution practice assists domestic and international clients in a wide range of complex and high-stake and/or international disputes (litigation and/ or arbitration proceedings) in all major substantive areas of the law. Our dispute resolution team can be involved at every stage of
Jul 28, 2022RAIF | Reserved Alternative Investment Funds
This leaflet presents a focus on the Reserved Alternative Investment Fund (RAIF), a new and flexible alternative investment vehicle approved by the Law of 23 July 2016, which entered into force on 31 August 2016 (the RAIF Law). The RAIF Law creates a new type of unregulated fund which has many of
Jul 27, 2022Banking & Finance Brochure
BSP’s banking and finance team assists local and international market players on all regulatory and transactional aspects of Luxembourg banking and financial matters. Our lawyers are reputed for their extensive experience in bank lending, debt capital markets and structured finance, in particular
Jul 27, 2022Tax Brochure
Our Tax practice brochure gives an overview of the services our team of lawyers provides to domestic and internatonal clients in all Luxembourg tax related matters.
Latest Articles & Books
Mar 12, 2024Lexology | Litigation Funding 2024
Our experts have contributed to the publication of a Q&A paper about Litigation Funding in Luxembourg together with Nivalion AG. Look at the chapters below, which are fully investigated in the pdf. REGULATION Overview Restrictions on funding fees Specific rules for litigation funding Legal advice
Feb 12, 2024Chambers | Investment Funds 2024 Guide
The Investment Funds 2024 guide covers 20 jurisdictions. The guide provides the latest information on alternative investment funds and retail funds, including fund formation, restrictions on investors, the regulatory environment, operational requirements and the tax regime. Law and Practice 1
Jan 16, 2024Thomson Reuters Practical Law | Regulation of state and supplementary pension schemes in Luxembourg
A Q&A guide to pensions law in Luxembourg. The Q&A gives a high-level overview of the regulation of national government pensions and supplementary pensions. On national government pensions, it covers employer/employee contributions; national government pension age and monthly amount; and the public
Jan 04, 2024Chambers | Litigation Global Practice 2024 Guide
The 2024 Litigation Global Practice Guide features 70 jurisdictions. It provides the latest legal information on litigation funding, initiating a lawsuit, pre-trial proceedings, discovery, injunctive relief, trials and hearings, settlement, damages and judgment, appeals, costs, and alternative
Nov 20, 2023ThoughtLeaders4 Disputes Magazine | Enforcement of International Arbitral awards in Luxembourg
The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg has a favourable setting for arbitration generally, as well as for the enforcement of arbitral awards. The existence of the award, and the fact that it has obtained the exequatur are sufficient elements for obtaining interim remedies, while the latter is not necessary
Oct 27, 2023Entreprises magazine | Denouncing discrimination and bullying in the workplace
The issue of discrimination and moral harassment in the workplace has become even more topical since the recent adoption last April of the law on the protection of whistle-blowers. For more on this topic, read the article (in French) written by our Partner Anne Morel and Senior Associate Pauline
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