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18/06/2024
Webinar Series | Liquidity Management for Investment Funds
In the context of retailisation of private funds, liquidity management assumes a pivotal role in mitigating liquidity risk and ensuring the smooth functioning of investment vehicles, specifically when delving into the use of liquidity management tools (LMTs) in (semi-)open ended funds. Join us for an insightful four-part webinar series, followed by a physical event at our premises, where we unravel the complexities of liquidity management applicable to investment funds. Whether you’re a seasoned fund manager or just want to get familiar with this topic, these sessions are tailored to enhance your understanding and equip you with practical tools.
23/04/2024
On the Pulse webinar series 2024
Welcome to the 2024 On the Pulse webinar series.  This webinar series brings you updates on the latest legal and commercial developments in the life sciences & healthcare sector from around the world. Over the coming period, we will be hosting two webinars on:Unified Patent Court (UPC) - 23 AprilEU Pharma Package - 18 JuneEach webinar will be one hour in length with a 15-minute Q&A session.
16/04/2024
Webinar | Foreign direct investment
The new European protection mechanism to ensure the development of the euro area against foreign investment Would you like to find out more about foreign direct investment screening, this new monitoring...
15/04/2024
Bill of law for the transposition of CSRD in Luxembourg
In­tro­duc­tion­Fol­low­ing the adoption of the corporate sustainability reporting dir­ect­ive:1 (the “ CSRD ”), the Member States of the European Union (the “ EU ”) are required to implement its relevant...
11/04/2024
Navigating clinical trial disclosures: No reasonable expectation of success...
Recent EPO Board of Appeal decision T 1437/21 adds to a growing number of decisions concerning the patentability of second or further medical use inventions where the prior art relates to a clinical trial...
11/04/2024
Online Seminar | EU Digital Finance: Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation...
Risks and opportunities for financial institutions under new regulatory frameworks New EU regulations are bringing crypto-assets into reach for the traditional financial sector. The MiCA reg­u­la­tion in­tro­duces...
09/04/2024
CMS European M&A Study 2024: Optimism for M&A amid evolving market trends
The CMS Corporate/M&A Group is pleased to launch the 16th edition of the European M&A Study.It's been a wild ride for mergers and acquisitions (M&A) around the world this year. Yet, despite the turbulence...
09/04/2024
Designs practice update: EU Court of Justice upholds Advocate General’s...
BackgroundIn our previous article (here), we discussed the opinion of Advocate General Capeta in EUIPO v The KaiKai Company Jaeger Wichmann. That opinion was provided following an appeal against the General...
09/04/2024
The sum of parts: Registered design for segments of towers found valid...
BackgroundTA Towers ApS (“TA Towers”), a company based in Denmark, is the holder of the below registered Community design relating to goods for building materials, specifically, ‘building materials...
09/04/2024
Plastics and packaging laws in Luxembourg
1. What is the general legislative framework regulating packaging and plastics waste? The general Luxembourg legislative framework regulating packaging and plastics is set down under: the law of 21...
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08/04/2024
Reform of Circular 02/77 on NAV calculation errors and investment breaches
IntroductionOn 29 March 2024, the Luxembourg Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF) published its long-awaited Circular 24/856 (the Circular) on investor protection in the event of net...
03/04/2024
EP Case Law in Brief: Long-felt want and inventive step
“Where the invention solves a technical problem which workers in the art have been attempting to solve for a long time, or otherwise fulfils a long-felt need, this may be regarded as an indication of...