PRESS RELEASE 20 March 2019 Allen & Overy expands U.S. – Luxembourg Desk Allen & Overy announces the appointment of Ed Winters as Senior Desk Manager to strengthen the U.S. – Luxembourg desk in its New York office. He will be joining Ben Dumbacher who has been in charge of the U.S. desk since … Continued
A new law amending the law of 1 August 2001 on the circulation of securities was approved by the Luxembourg parliament on 14 February 2019. Details are provided in the attached GSK-Update “Luxembourg passes law allowing the use of blockchain in the issuance and circulation of securities”. For further details please follow the link: GSK … Continued
News Photo: La La La Photo Wishing all our Members and subscribers a very Happy Saint Patrick's day! Every March 17, the United States becomes an emerald country for a day. Americans wear green clothes and quaff green beer. Green milkshakes, bagels and grits appear on menus. In a leprechaun-worthy shenanigan, Chicago even dyes its river … Continued
Introductory letter to employers: To whom it may concern. Year 10 Work Experience Monday 29th April – Friday 3rd May 2019 Thank you for considering accommodating our student for 4 days of work experience. Through this placement, the student should hopefully: Discover what it is like to go to work, realising how … Continued
News On Wednesday, 6th March 2019, AMCHAM, partnered with PWC Luxembourg, to celebrate International Women’s Day at PWC in Gasperich. Embracing the core theme „Celebrating success!“, a Kitchen Table Conversation (KTC) panel discussion, was held, featuring: Dr. Megha Agrawal ( Managing Director of Luxembourg Institute of Research in Orthopedics, Sports Medicine and Science), Roxane Haas … Continued
ABAL Lunches On Monday, 4 February 2019, AMCHAM hosted the Director General of the CSSF, Claude Marx, for a private member only lunch at the Hotel le Royal . Tables were sponsored by: PWC, Deloitte, State Street, Brown Brothers Harriman, KPMG, J.P. Morgan, Loyens and Loeff and Citigroup, hosting 95 senior members of the Luxembourg financial sector. … Continued
News Please find hereafter the link to our latest Flash News entitled: “New mandatory reporting obligations for all Luxembourg entities”. https://www.pwc.lu/en/newsletter/2019/new-mandatory-reporting-obligations-all-luxembourg-entities.html
Luxembourg’s confirmation that securities can be held through DLT-like technologies, including blockchains! Bill of Law 7363 was approved on 14 February 2019 – Luxembourg’s confirmation that securities can be held through DLT-like technologies, including blockchains! Article by Gary Cywie Digital ledger technologies (“DLT”) and blockchains in particular could disintermediate some of the main financial markets … Continued
Dear AMCHAM colleagues and friends, Recently, there have been two media attacks against me, AMCHAM and others. This is my first time to be the subject of a hatchet job...and it hurts. I have spent the weekend and a large part of the last two days with colleagues crafting an excellent three page rebuttal and … Continued
Past Events The American Chamber of Commerce Luxembourg (Amcham) had great pleasure in inviting Members to an ABAL luncheon with the guest speaker Mr Benoît Kuborn, a native of Luxembourg and has an extensive background in the luxury & upscale hospitality business in seven countries & on three continents. The lecture was illustrated with concrete examples from … Continued
The current video illustrates a text article published by AMCHAM Luxembourg in the “Expat Profile Snapshots” book and downloadable from the AMCHAM website: https://www.amcham.lu/publications/The text article was written by François Peltier, Head of Unit Population and Dwellings, STATEC. The video was produced by David Serban, Motion Designer at Mister Motion. The project was realised by … Continued
News The “Expat Profile Snapshots”interviews are presented to put a human face on individual expats explaining who they are, what they think about Luxembourg, their aspirations, why they are here and what contributions they have or will make to Luxembourg. In this book, we have assembled 17 interviews of third country nationals.Two expat profiles were published in each edition of the … Continued