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The daily challenges you face in doing business in a highly regulated, cost-pressured environment mean you need advisers who have an unparalleled understanding of the regulators’ expectations and are commercial, practical and industry savvy.

CMS Luxembourg has a market leading practice in financial services, with a blue-chip client list from the biggest high street banks to many start-ups and new entrants. Our team advises banks, investment firms, professionals of the financial sector, payment service providers, and electronic money institutions on the full spectrum of financial regulations and compliance matters.

Through our strong ties with industry organisations, such as the Luxembourg Banker’s Association and the Luxembourg Investment Funds Association,  we are at the forefront of conversations on the most pressing topics affecting the international and local financial sector.

Service Portfolio

  • Licensing
  • Contractual documentation, policies and procedures
  • Compliance with obligations and requirements for regulated entities (professional secrecy, internal governance, banking, civil and commercial law, etc.)
  • Acquisition of regulated entities, increase/decrease of shareholdings
  • Anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing (“AML-CFT”) obligations
  • Markets in financial instruments
  • Payment services
  • Consumer/mortgage credit
  • Digital assets and Virtual Assets Service Providers
  • Ad hoc and continuous trainings
  • In-court and out-of-court dispute resolution with customers 

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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...
03/04/2024
Modernisation of the Luxembourg law on the insurance sector: what’s new...
On 2 April 2024, the law of 29 March 2024 modernising the Luxembourg insurance sector was published in the Official Journal of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (the “Law”). The Law will enter into force...
02/04/2024
Updated CSSF supervisory priorities in sustainable finance
On 22 March 2024, the Commission de surveillance du secteur financier (the “CSSF”) published an updated version of its supervisory priorities in sustainable finance, which were initially issued in...
02/04/2024
ESMA feedback statement on shortening the EU settlement cycle reveals widespread...
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has released a feedback statement summarising comments received from market participants during its consultation on shortening the EU settlement cycle.Under...
28/03/2024
Third country branches regime under the CRD 6
Discussions regarding the proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2013/36/EU (Capital requirements directive, “CRD”) as regards supervisory powers...
25/03/2024
Publication in the Official Journal of the European Union of the Regulation...
On 19 March 2024, Regulation (EU) 2024/886 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 March 2024 amending Regulations (EU) (i) No 260/2012 establishing technical and business requirements for...
14/03/2024
MiCAR Levels 2 and 3 measures – where do we stand?
Regulation (EU) 2023/1114 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 May 2023 on markets in crypto-assets (“MICAR”) will enter into application at the following dates:as of 30 June 2024...
11/03/2024
Adoption of MiFID 3 and MiFIR 2 to enhance transparency on markets in financial...
On 8 March 2024, Regulation 2024/791 amending Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 (MiFIR) and Directive 2024/790 amending Directive 2014/65/EU (MiFID 2) on markets in financial instruments were published in the...
07/03/2024
AML/CTF Package
Political agreements have now been reached on the remaining texts of the AML/CTF Package: the new AML/CTF directive (“AMLD”), AML/CTF regulation (“AMLR”) and the anti-money laundering authority...
06/03/2024
Knowledge on information and communication technology and security are...
On 21 February 2024, the European Central Bank released a supervision newsletter on new policy / its expectation for more bank board expertise on information and communication technology (“ICT”) and...
15/02/2024
CSSF publishes updated money-laun­der­ing/ter­ror­ist financing risk assessment...
On 7 February 2024, the Luxembourg supervisory authority for the financial sector (Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier, “CSSF”) released the updated Private Banking Sub-Sector money laun­der­ing/ter­ror­ist...
13/02/2024
EU legislative initiatives on recovery and resolution planning for insurance...
With the compromise proposal for an Insurance Recovery and Resolution Directive (IRRD) published by the EU Council in January 2024, EU legislative initiatives to establish a recovery and resolution framework...