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...

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...

Every debtor is required to pay his invoices within the contractual or legal deadline. Failing this, the creditor can claim late payment interest. The payment deadlines and the applicable late payment interest rates depend on the type of client: professionnal...