On 1 November 2023, the Luxembourg law of 7 August 2023 on business preservation and modernisation of bankruptcy law (the Restructuring Law) entered into force. Despite the new restructuring framework introduced thereby to provide relief to debtors in financial difficulties, the security interests granted under the Luxembourg law of 5 August 2005 on financial collateral arrangements (the Financial Collateral Law) remain a rock-solid tool offering legal certainty to lenders and practitioners.

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What is the impact on the double Luxco and the Luxembourg share pledges?

Luxembourg bolsters its position for the structurings of international investments with the introduction of new tools for bankruptcy prevention. The existing and new financial collateral arrangements maintain their bankruptcy insolvency proceedings remote status, preserving the benefit and popularity of the double Luxco structure and the related enforcement of Luxembourg share security.