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Legal privilege for tax advice after the CJEU rulings
Does legal professional privilege protect tax advice in the EU? The answer, until recently, depended entirely on where you practiced. A landmark ruling from the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) has changed that calculation for Luxembourg and, potentially, beyond.
A&O Shearman specialists who acted in the case examine the ruling in detail. The case arose from an order requiring a Luxembourg law firm to disclose information and documents in response to a cross-border information request from another EU member state. The CJEU found that the order interfered with the right to respect…
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