Global law firm DLA Piper has appointed Xavier Guzman as Country Managing Partner for Luxembourg, effective 1 May 2024. Xavier will succeed Catherine Pogorzelski who has successfully led DLA Piper’s Luxembourg office since its inception, as the firm marks 10 years in the location. The announcement comes after the relocation of the office in early April to a new central Luxembourg address.
General Members News A&O Shearman is pleased to announce the successful completion of the merger of Allen & Overy and Shearman & Sterling.
General Members News Speech by Piero Cipollone, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, at the ECB conference on “An innovative and integrated European retail payments market”
General Members News Banking income grew by 42% as state-owned company benefited from higher interest rates.
General Members News During its General Assembly on Wednesday 24 April 2024, Banque Internationale à Luxembourg (BIL) shareholders approved the bank’s 2023 financial results.
General Members News For the past two decades, the EU Merger Regulation (EUMR) has promoted effective transaction screening and made a substantial contribution to increasing deal certainty. Read more on how EU mergers have evolved since the introduction of the EUMR and how the framework can be improved further.
General Members News The Grand Duchy’s financial centre scored particularly well within 3 Areas of Competitiveness in the index, namely Human Capital, sitting at number 3 globally just behind New York and London, further emphasising the depth of expertise in Luxembourg’s financial sector.
General Members News On 29 February 2024, ALFI responded to the ESMA consultation paper on technical advice on CSDR penalty mechanism.
2024 The American Chamber of Commerce in Luxembourg, in collaboration with Baker McKenzie Luxembourg, hosted the first ABAL lunch of 2024. Photo Gallery here.
Amcham Newsletter The American Chamber of Commerce in Luxembourg, in collaboration with Baker McKenzie Luxembourg, is pleased to invite you to the first ABAL lunch of 2024 in which Jean-François Trapp, partner, and Ana Vazquez, director, will address in detail the requirements of Regulation (EU) 2022/2254 of 14 December 2022 on Digital Operational Resilience (DORA), its importance for the financial sector and the keys to implementing it.
General Members News the challenge for financial services is to transition from passive to proactive commitment and tangible implementation, ensuring sustainability is embedded in the very fabric of their operational and strategic framework.
Join Luxembourg for Finance’s annual Sustainable Finance Forum livestream on 23 and 24 April 2024 from 10:00 to 12:00 CEST, where we gather leading actors in the realm of sustainable finance.
General Members News Bank of America has released an update piece on emerging markets which suggests that US rates & elections are risks, but global recovery supports EM.