Editorial

Belgium - Belgium grapples with merger directive

By Marc Tahon and Marc De Muynck of KPMG Tax & Legal Advisers

Colombia - Acquiring companies in Colombia

By Jaime Vargas-Cifuentes of Deloitte

France - What the latest reforms mean for you

By Xavier Etienne of Landwell & Associés

Germany - Impact of recent tax developments on doing business in Germany

By Lars Lawall, PricewaterhouseCoopers

Italy - The Italian way to LBOs

By Luca Dezzani and Silvia Medici, Dewey Ballantine, Milan

Japan - Common Japanese structures and post-TOB planning techniques

By Tobias Lintvelt, Kazuhiro Mukaida and Rhett Shaver, Ernst & Young, Japan

Kazakhstan - M&A surge raises significant tax questions

By Gerard Anderson and Erlan Dosymbekov, Ernst & Young

Mexico - Chasing the foreign dollar

By Roberto del Toro, David Cuellar and Mario Alberto Gutiérrez of PricewaterhouseCoopers

Poland - Older system requires creative approach

By Radoslaw Czarnecki, Maciej Grzymala and Joanna Galeza, Accreo Taxand, Poland

Russia - How tax affects M&A in Russia

By Reece Jenkins, Ernst & Young

Switzerland - Switzerland retains its edge

By Barbara Brauchli Rohrer and Samuel Bussmann of PricewaterhouseCoopers

UK - Breaking up is not so very hard to do

By Stephen Edge and Gareth Miles of Slaughter and May

US - Do we have a sale?

By Jasper Cummings and Diana Wessells, Alston & Bird