The long-awaited implementation of EU Directive 2019/2121 regarding cross-border conversions, mergers and demergers into Luxembourg law has finally taken place. The law of 17 February 2025, amending both the law of 10 August 1915 on commercial companies and the law of 19 December 2002 on the Trade and Companies Register, the accounting and annual accounts […]
The new law of 6 February 2025 amending the law of 7 December 2015 on the insurance sector creates a legal basis for the processing of health data in insurance matters. This legislative change puts an end to the legal uncertainty which insurance companies have faced since the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into […]
Every year in the run-up to Christmas, millions of gifts are carefully wrapped and distributed around the world, and these often include increasingly sophisticated and intelligent tech gifts. However, these technologies are not risk-free. Imagine a new product – an autonomous robot called “GreenBot” that can look after your garden, by planting, pruning trees and […]
Regulation (EU) 2022/2554 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 December 2022 on digital operational resilience for the financial sector (DORA) will come into effect on 17 January 2025, imposing new obligations on financial and insurance entities regarding digital operational resilience. Article 30 of DORA is particularly crucial, as it details the contractual […]
LAW OF 24 JULY 2024 ON TRANSPARENT AND PREDICTABLE WORKING CONDITIONS Directive n°2019/1152 voted by the European Parliament on 20 June 2019 (the “Directive”) is part of the European Parliament’s desire to require employers to fully inform all workers of their working conditions at the time of recruitment, or very shortly thereafter. The Directive was […]
In a rare occurrence in the insurance sector, the Commissariat aux Assurances (CAA) issued a news item dated 19 July 2024 which was published on its website (the CAA publication) to inform the public of the insolvency of the Luxembourg life insurance company FWU Life Insurance Lux S.A. (FLL). This is only the second Luxembourg […]
The Paris Olympics are just around the corner which give us a great opportunity to explore artificial intelligence used by connected devices in sport to highlight underlying legal issues. Already during the Rugby World Cup in 2023, connected devices embedded in players’ jerseys revolutionised performance monitoring and injury prevention. Such technologies, and others like GPS […]
Stéphanie Juan, Partner and head of the “Real estate, construction and urban planning” department of the law firm MOLITOR Avocats à la Cour in Luxembourg, shares her perspective on the real estate and construction market. This year, you are celebrating your 18-year work anniversary. Such loyalty to a company is increasingly rare these days. How […]
Am 11. Januar 2024 haben Luxemburg und Deutschland eine Konsultationsvereinbarung unterzeichnet (die „Konsultationsvereinbarung “), um die Anwendungsmethode des Abkommens zur Vermeidung der Doppelbesteuerung und zur Verhinderung von Steuerhinterziehung auf dem Gebiet der Steuern vom Einkommen und vom Vermögen zu klären, das zwischen den beiden genannten Ländern am 23. April 2012, in der geänderten Fassung, […]
Since our creation just over 25 years ago (28 to be precise), we have focused on advising companies and their founders or shareholders, both locally and internationally. What are the foundations of your firm, which has just celebrated its 25th anniversary? To put it succinctly: we are a firm of entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs. On a […]