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John McGowan John McGowan has joined Deloitte in the US as a partner and leader of its national tax technology practice. He will help drive the technology strategy and application development for Deloitte's tax business in the US which consists of more than 500 tax technology professionals. McGowan was formerly KPMG's chief information officer for global tax. At Deloitte he will focus on helping clients use tax technology to solve complex business issues. McGowan is a certified public accountant and has a master's degree in accounting and a bachelor's degree in science.

Christopher Roman Nick Thornton Christopher Roman and Nick Thornton have become new tax partners of Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson. Roman specialises in the tax aspects of alternative investment funds, fund-related M&A and real estate, as well as representing investors in secondary sales of interests in private funds and investors in debt and equity transactions.

Type of Deal Value Acquirer Target Adviser to acquirer (tax) Adviser to target (tax) Acquisition $60 billion Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Allergan Sullivan & Cromwell; Osler, Haskin & Harcourt; Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom: David Rievman Kirkland & Ellis; Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg Acquisition $12.2 billion Becton, Dickinson and Company CareFusion Corporation Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom: Eric Sensenbrenner Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz Acquisition $4.9 billion Amaya Gaming Group PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker from Oldford Group Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt; Greenberg Traurig; Stikeman Elliot: Katy Pitch Herzog Fox & Neeman; Appleby Acquisition $4.7 billion Group led by Macquarie and British Columbia Investment Management Corporation Cleco Corporation Kirkland & Ellis (for Macquarie); Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (for BCIMC) Locke Lord Acquisition $3.8 billion Whiting Petroleum Kodiak Oil & Gas Foley & Lardner; Stikeman Elliot: Luc Bernier and Éric Lévesque Dorsey & Whitney; Miller Thomson Merger $2.6 billion NetScout Systems Danaher Corporation Cooley: Lesse Castleberry, Mike Faber, Mark Windfeld-Hansen, Stephen Gardner Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom: David Rievman, Gavin White Acquisition $1.9 billion Anbang Insurance Waldorf Astoria Hotel from Hilton Worldwide Holdings Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom: Victor Hollender Simpson Thacher & Bartlett: John Hart Acquisition (50% convertible preferred interest) $1.425 billion Veresen Ruby Pipeline System (Global Infrastructure Partners) Bennett Jones; Baker Botts Latham & Watkins; Stikeman Elliott Acquisition $250 million Newly-formed co owned by Fortistar-led consortium Primary Energy Recylcing Corporation Stikeman Elliott: John Lorito, John O'Connor; Shearman & Sterling Torys Mortgate refinancing & buyout $144 million RXR Realty Royal Bank of Scotland Davis Polk & Wardwell – Kathleen Ferrell, Po Sit, Adam Bedzow; Haynes and Boone Kaye Scholer Acquisition $114 million Global Indemnity American Reliable Insurance Company from Assurant Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom: Paul Oosterhuis, Jessica Hough

Moscovici is pro-harmonisation

Ayesha Lau

Decisions in similar cases involving IBM, Nokia and Shell are expected to follow In a decision that could give relief to more than 20 other pending cases, the Bombay High Court has ruled in favour of Vodafone that in the absence of income, a share issue transaction cannot be subjected to transfer pricing.

Steffan Adfeldt has left Barclays to join BDO in the UK as a tax director in the firm's financial services group.

Richard Baxter has joined FTI Consulting as its new head of indirect tax, moving from the same role at Alvarez & Marsal Taxand UK.

Jean-Paul Ouaksel Ryan has recruited Jean-Paul Ouaksel as principal of the US firm's newly-opened Paris office. Ouaksel is an indirect tax specialist. He was indirect tax director for global healthcare leader Sanofi and national head of indirect tax at a major national accounting firm. He is also the president of the VAT commission of the Mouvement des Enterprises de France (MEDEF), the most influential employers' organisation in France, and is one of three French members of the European Commission's VAT expert group in Brussels.

In part, as a consequence of the OECD's work on BEPS and its specific efforts to address treaty shopping, the Canadian government has been considering a range of possible measures that might be adopted to counteract treaty shopping.