With the 2026 Legal 500 rankings recently released, VANDENBULKE quietly marks a track record extending back to 2006 — and again in 2026, across the three categories Commercial, Corporate and…
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20th anniversary
VANDENBULKE CELEBRATES 20TH ANNIVERSARY 2025 is a landmark year in our firm’s history. It is the 20th anniversary of the founding of VANDENBULKE. On the 15th day of 2005,…
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Luxembourg transposes the EU Mobility Directive
In his new article that was just published in the April edition of the AGEFI newspaper, Jeremy DA SILVA REIS, Senior Associate of our Corporate practice, shares a practical overview of…
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Investment Funds: ESMA publishes RTS + Guidelines for LMT
ESMA published two (draft) documents today, both of which relate to the use of so-called liquidity management tools (LMT). The AIFM Directive and the UCITS Directive were recently amended in…
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Luxembourg’s implementation of the EU Mobility Directive now becomes reality – Practical guidance for cross-border transactions from April 1, 2025
Luxembourg has now completed the transposition of the Mobility Directive (Directive (EU) 2019/2121) amending Directive (EU) 2017/1132 to harmonize rules regarding cross-border conversions, mergers, and divisions within the EU (the…
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Investmentfonds: Marktueberblick ELTIFs von Scope Fund Analysis
Das Recherche-Unternehmen Scope Fund Analysis hat vor kurzem einen interessanten Marktüberblick in Sachen ELTIF (European Long Term Investment Fund) veröffentlicht. Da 2024 das erste Jahr darstellt, in welchem die neuen…
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Investment Funds: CSSF introduces visa process without prior review
At the beginning of the month, the CSSF published a press release announcing the introduction of a new administrative process for those investment fund structures that are under its direct supervision…
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MIPIM – Cannes – 11-13 March 2025
Meeting VANDENBULKE under the Iconic Palms of Cannes This year, VANDENBULKE will celebrate two decades of attending MIPIM and will once again be present at the event. From Tuesday, March…
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Investment Funds: ESMA AIFM Q&A updated (2 new topics)
The European regulator ESMA just published a small addition to its Q&A relating to the AIFM Directive. Before outlining them, could someone please tell European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA)…
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Adoption of Bill of Law 7961 Brings Key Amendments to Luxembourg RBE and RCS Laws
On 19 December 2024, the Luxembourg Parliament adopted (with exemption from second constitutional vote) Bill of Law 7961, which introduces significant changes to the laws governing the Register of Beneficial…
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Investment Funds: Luxembourg tax reform introduces ETF exoneration
During 2024, the Luxembourg government introduced a draft bill of law with a number of amendments to the rules on taxation, in particular in the financial sector, with the aim…
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Investment Funds: Draft RTS on open-ended loan-originating funds published by ESMA
The European regulator ESMA started the consultation process on the rules that will apply to alternative investment funds that originate loans and intend to adopt an open-ended structure, i.e. with…
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