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Maricla Pennesi comes to the firm from DLA Piper, where she was head of its Italian tax practice. She advises multinational corporations on international taxation, including litigation; business reorganisation, digital economy, tax risk management and transfer pricing. Erdal Ekinci has become a partner of Esin Attorney Partnership, Baker & McKenzie's Turkish member firm, in Istanbul. He has advised Turkish holding companies and large international companies in various industries on tax restructuring, international tax, tax planning, transfer pricing and indirect tax projects. He was formerly a director Erdikler, Taxand Turkey.

Anne Quenedey has joined King & Wood Mallesons SJ Berwin as a tax partner in Paris. She was previously with Dentons and before that was co-head of Bird & Bird's international tax group. One counsel and three associates are also moving with Quenedey to her new firm. The four advise large domestic and international groups on tax strategy, M&A and restructuring. They also assist clients with audits, litigation and rulings.

Urs Landolf, Martina Walt and Christoph Pauli of PwC explain the impact new interpretations of principal company taxation by the Swiss federal tax authorities will have on all existing companies benefiting from circular no 8.

Roman Namyslowski has joined Crido Taxand as a partner. He will look after the firm's indirect taxes team and focus on developing new VAT services.

Ajay Kumar has joined EY's tax practice in India as a partner. He formerly ran his own international tax boutique, Danta Transaction Services, which specialised in packaged consulting products covering the tax and regulatory aspects of cross-border investment.

See who has done the tax work on this month’s biggest deals.

BMR Legal has hired indirect tax specialist Madhav Rao as of counsel, based in Delhi. He joins from Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan, where he was senior partner and country head, leading their litigation practice in Delhi.

Chris Davidson, the former head of HM Revenue & Customs's anti-avoidance group, will advise clients on meeting best practice standards on tax governance and compliance in his new role as a director in KPMG's tax management consulting team in the UK.

Jonathon Leek is becoming a barrister and is joining Francis Burt Chambers in Perth, Australia on May 1, where he will continue to specialise in tax advice and tax disputes. He was formerly a partner of Corrs Chambers Westgarth, Taxand Australia.

Type of Deal Value Acquirer Target Adviser to acquirer (tax) Adviser to target (tax) Joint Acquisition $35.5 billion Yamana Gold and Agnico Eagle Mines Osisko Mining Corp. Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison; Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg Stikeman Elliott Interconditional Transaction $5.25 billion GlaxoSmithKline Novartis Slaughter and May - Dominic Robertson, James Hume, Emma Game, Alexander Berend