Independent law firm

Rosario GRASSO

Senior Partner

EXPERTISE

Rosario GRASSO is a co-founder of the firm. Senior Partner and Head of the Criminal law department, he is one of the leading white-collar crime defense lawyers in the Luxembourg market and has an excellent reputation in criminal law, anti-corruption and compliance AML-related matters.

His expertise and experience of more than 25 years not only allow him to advise and defend clients in tort and criminal law cases, as well as insurance litigation matters, but also to assist and train professionals in order to be fully compliant with preventive anti-money laundering legislation and anti-corruption policies.

Rosario was elected as chair on the Luxembourg Bar Council in July 2014. He has also authored several articles on anti-corruption and anti-money laundering law and is frequently invited to speak at conferences on these topics.

+352 227 330-722

rosario.grasso@kleyrgrasso.com

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Master of Laws, University of Catania, Thesis “Il fallimento nella C.E.E.” Speaker: Chiar. Mo Prof. G. Regusa Maggiore, 1990

English, French, German, Italian, Luxembourgish

Luxembourg Bar, admitted in 1991

Conseil de l’Ordre du Barreau de Luxembourg, Bâtonnier, 2014-2016

Conseil de l’Ordre du Barreau de Luxembourg, Vice-Bâtonnier, 2012/2013 and 2013/2014

Conseil de l’Ordre du Barreau de Luxembourg, 2011/2012

Founding member of Association Luxembourgeoise des Avocats Pénalistes (ALAP)

Member of the Committee “Fraud and its governance “ of the Institut Luxembourgeois des Administrateurs (ILA)

Associazione Internazionale Giuristi di Lingua Italiana

Conseil de l’Ordre du Barreau de Luxembourg, 1998/1999

Comité du Jeune Barreau de Luxembourg, 1997/1998

Legal500 EMEA, 2024 - Leading individual, Dispute Resolution

Leaders League - Excellent, Luxembourg – Best Law Firms for Investigations & White-Collar Crime – 2024

Chambers Europe 2024 - Top ranked band 1, Dispute Resolution

Leaders League - Highly recommended, Luxembourg – Best Law Firms for Insurance Law – 2024

New mandatory procedures to be implemented since 2023

New whistleblower regulation!

Shareholder disputes – abuse of equality

A court action for dissolution of a company for just cause is an action reserved to the company’s shareholders

"Les sanctions pénales en matière de vente d’immeubles à construire", Revue luxembourgeoise de droit immobilier, n.10, September 2021

RECOGNITIONS

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02/07/2024

LUXEMBOURG_webinar

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Independent law firm

Rosario GRASSO

Senior Partner

EXPERTISE

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RECOGNITIONS

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Lanceurs d’alerte

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RC report & AML/CFT Questionnaire for RAIFs

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Tax measures for the housing market and real estate investments – draft bill n°8353

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New mandatory procedures to be implemented since 2023

UPDATE ZUR AIFMD II

The new law on business continuity and modernising bankruptcy law entered into force on 1 November 2023

Wage indexation on 1 September 2023: new amounts

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New provisions on the recruitment of third-country nationals and wage indexation as of 1 September 2023

Loi du 7 août 2023 relative aux aides individuelles au logement

Loi du 26 juillet 2023 portant modification de la loi modifiée du 2 septembre 2011 réglementant l’accès aux professions d’artisan, de commerçant, d’industriel ainsi qu’à certaines professions libérales

Work-life balance: new extraordinary leave and flexible working arrangements

New law rectifying the law of 10 August 1915 on commercial companies

ELTIF 2.0

Introduction of the right to be disconnected in the Labour Code

New law on non-profit associations and foundations (the “New NPA Law”)

UPDATE ZU SFDR

New law on the use of digital tools and processes in company law

Pierre-Alexandre DEGEHET joins KLEYR GRASSO as a partner in its Corporate Finance and Capital Markets practices, as of 5 June 2023.

Verordnung über Märkte für Kryptowerte (MiCA)

Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA)

New whistleblower regulation!

Arbitration Reform – Highlights of the Law of 19 April 2023

Introduction of moral harassment in the Labour Code

Die Luxemburger Investmentfondswelt im positiven Wandel – Anpassung der sektoralen Gesetze an die Bedürfnisse der Praxis

KLEYR GRASSO assisted kodehyve with the launch of its KYC/AML/BO/CTF module

KLEYR GRASSO assisted the selling shareholders in the sale of ifsam to FNZ

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KLEYR GRASSO reinforces its commercial and civil litigation practice with the arrival of Muriel PIQUARD as Counsel.

Draft law 8053 transposing the mobility directive

Commercial leaseholds: The legal ban for the tenant to ask a higher rent from the sub-tenant has been declared unconstitutional

Prominent lawyer Luc Courtois joins KLEYR GRASSO Investment Funds department as Partner.

Bail Commercial – Contrat de sous‑location et lutte contre la spéculation: l’interdiction faite au locataire de demander un loyer supérieur au sous‑locataire a été déclarée inconstitutionnelle

Entrée en vigueur au 1er janvier 2023 de l’obligation d’installer des détecteurs autonomes de fumée pour les immeubles existant comprenant au moins un logement

Bail à usage d’habitation : Une trêve hivernale applicable jusqu’au 31 mars 2023

Shareholder disputes – abuse of equality

3.2% increase in the social minimum wage

Legal professional privilege vs DAC6 notification requirement: the CJEU rules that the right to a fair trial prevails over the fight against aggressive tax planning.

German Desk Rundschreiben | #2

Judgment of the Court in Joined Cases C-37-20 and C-601-20 regarding the Anti-money laundering directive

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Telework of cross-border workers: extension of the transitional period for social security until 30 June 2023

The Luxembourg Parliament has recently adopted a new law creating a procedure for administrative dissolution without liquidation of companies (the “Administrative Dissolution”).

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Tripartite agreement of 28 September 2022

Switch to optional “3G” scheme in the workplace

German Desk Rundschreiben | #1

Law to temporarily freeze all rent increases until the end of 2022

Modification de la Loi du 16 mai 1975 portant statut de la copropriété des immeubles bâtis

Telework of cross-border workers: confirmation of the establishment of a transitional period for social security

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End of the “3G” scheme at the workplace

A court action for dissolution of a company for just cause is an action reserved to the company’s shareholders

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