For reasons of transparency and the protection of third parties, businesses are required to file their annual accounts online with the trade and companies register (registre de commerce et des sociétés – RCS), and to specify in the electronic compendium of...

A trademark refers to the identity of a product or service. It may take various forms: any graphic representation which serves to distinguish the products or services of a business from those of its competitors may constitute a trademark. These...

All Luxembourg businesses are, in principle, required to produce annual accounts in accordance with the standard chart of accounts (SCA). After the close of the financial year, businesses must: prepare and approve their accounts in electronic format on the platform...

Many professional sectors are confronted with unusual transactions carried by the clients or potential clients with the aim of laundering money or financing terrorism. In this context, the Registration Duties, Estates and VAT Authority (Administration de l'enregistrement, des domaines...

Each year, many professionals are targeted by scams or fall victim to scams of any nature. A Benelux survey has revealed that 80 % of small and medium-sized businesses have been confronted with fraudulent practices between 2010 and 2013. These...

Many companies have a problem recovering debt in their daily business life. Faced with a debtor who is reluctant to honour his debts, the creditor has at his disposal judicial and extra-judicial (amicable settlement) procedures to secure what is...