December 1998 / January 1999

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Top advisers thrive under pressure

Majority vote suggestion opens Europe's can of worms

General Anti-Avoidance rule

Skadden, Arps in largest-ever US deal

Slaughter and May delivers the goods

Robinson, Silverman in book deal

White & Case advises on Finnish equity offering

IBC looks to Cameron McKenna

Royal & Sun Alliance consults Linklaters

AT&T looks to Wachtell, Lipton

Ultramar looks to Cravath, Swaine & Moore

Enron looks to Freshfields

Davis, Polk in Paper transaction

Cleary, Gottlieb advises Deutsche Bank

Skadden Arps structures property merger

Clifford Chance advises Nomura

Baker & McKenzie handles chemical compound

Wachtell, Lipton advises Vulcan

Food row may endanger Australia's tax reform.

Shanghai tax refund tempts property owners

Ecuador suspends tax to make money

Japan makes new cuts.

Energy tax fuels indignation

Irish budget slashes business taxes

News in Brief

Mexico fights crisis with tax rises.

Denmark squares up for holding battle

Taxing a Borderless world

Exploring options in Germany

Canada GAAR: Trap set for the unwary.

UK unwraps GAAR proposals.

Competition: More harm than good.

Consolidated Press Holdings Cases – Deductibility of Funding Costs of International Business

Draft international tax legislation

Taxation on shareholders of foreign intermediate companies

New German Tax Reform Plans

Minimum alternative tax applies to all companies

Irish incorporated, non-resident companies

Decisions of the highest courts significantly reduce corporate tax burdens

Recovery of VAT in Spain before starting activities

Draft revision of Swiss unilateral tax treaty abuse decree lowers restrictions for active and quoted companies as well as for pension funds

The Netherlands Supreme Court rules on the non-remittance clause in the Netherlands-UK tax treaty

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