HM Revenue & Customs won its appeal in the UK Supreme Court today against a Court of Appeal decision that a VAT scheme used by Pendragon, Europe's largest car sales group, was not an abuse of law.
Eric Roose and two colleagues from Morrison & Foerster are joining Withers to set up the firm's Japanese tax group and international corporate tax practice in Asia.
Ogier, the offshore law firm, says it has launched a cross-jurisdictional tax team because of demand from their corporate clients, their advisers and trustees.