Luxembourg, as many other countries all over the world, is facing substantial recent evolutions in the tax field as, amongst other, the implantation of the Global Standard for the Automatic Exchange of Information, the Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) measures and other international guidelines tackling tax practices considered as detrimental ones. Luxembourg is apprehending all these concomitant fast tax evolutions in a context where the so called Luxleaks were released. Luxembourg scapegoated is currently reacting by showing off its…

If Luxembourg had already, for decades, general anti-abuse provisions that could be used by the tax authorities for potentially adjusting prices to transactions between a Luxembourg resident and an alien with which it had “special economic relationship”, it is only in 2010 that the Luxembourg tax authorities issued a Circular aiming at surrounding the transfer pricing rules applicable to intra-group financing arrangements. Within the context of the Amazon and Fiat EU – Commission investigations for State aid, and the OECD…

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SJL’s partners celebrate the 2013 edition of the Chambers & Partners Europe Guide and are proud to announce that SJL is again highly recommended by Chambers & Partners as a Leading Firm in Banking & Finance and each of its partners as a Leading Lawyer in his field.     About the firm “The firm is described as a “business boutique [which] handles an impressive range of financing, refinancing and restructuring mandates, as well as advising on finance issues relating…

SJL’s partners are proud to announce that SJL is now a member of the Luxembourg Private Equity & Venture Capital Association (LPEA). The decision to become a member of the LPEA is in line with SJLC’s main practices and strategy to be part of the most active and sophisticated Luxembourg law firms in the financial industry. The LPEA represents, promotes and protects the interests of the Luxembourg private equity and venture capital industry. LPEA’s role includes representing the interests of…