The text of the directive to amend the AIFMD (so-called AIFMD 2.0) was published in the Official Journal of the EU on 26 March 2024 and will enter into force on 15 April 2024.
Member States have 24 months to transpose the...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
/ AIFM ,
AIFs ,
Annual Reports ,
Companies Act ,
CSSF ,
ELTIF ,
Liquidation ,
Luxembourg ,
New Legislation ,
Reserved Alternative Investment Funds (RAIF) ,
Shareholders ,
SICARs ,
UCIs ,
UCITS
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
/ AIFM ,
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
/ AIFM ,
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
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
/ AIFM ,
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