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Type of Deal Value Acquirer Target Adviser to acquirer (tax) Adviser to target (tax) Acquisition $8.2 billion IntercontinentalExchange NYSE Euronext Sullivan & Cromwell - David Spitzer, Michael McGowan, Nicolas de Boynes Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz - Eiko Stange Acquisition $4.1 billion Baxter International Gambro AB Stikeman Elliott Acquisition $3.13 billion Markel Corporation Alterra Capital Holdings Debevoise & Plimpton / Appleby Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld / Conyers Dill & Pearman Acquisition $2.6 billion Sheridan Production SandRidge Energy (Permian Basin) Andrews Kurth Covington & Burling / Locke Lord Acquisition $2.2 billion Sprint Nextel Corporation Clearwire Corporation Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom / King & Spalding Kirkland & Ellis Merger $1.4 billion GETCO Holding Company Knight Capital Group Sullivan & Cromwell - Ronald Creamer Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz Acquisition $1.26 billion Nielsen Holdings Arbitron Acquisition $1.05 billion Gulf Oil Corporation Houghton International Acquisition $1.05 billion PPG Industries AkzoNobel (North American Decorative Paints) Hogan Lovells - Cristina Arumi De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek / Sullivan & Cromwell - Eric Wang / Blake, Cassels & Graydon Acquisition $388.8 million First Majestic Silver Orko Silver McCullough O'Connor Irwin Stikeman Elliott Share Buyback $266 million Keen Talent Holdings China Vanadium Titano-Magnetite Mining Sullivan & Cromwell Acquisition $242 million Ventas Atria Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz - Joshua Holmes Acquisition $235 million Sentinel Capital Partners Colson Group Holdings Kirkland & Ellis / Stikeman Elliott - John Lorito, Jill Winton Acquisition $170.9 million Enbridge EDF EN Canada (Massif du Sud Wind Project) McCarthy Tétrault - Doug Ewens, Lindsay Hollinger Stikeman Elliott - Jean-Guillaume Shooner, Nicolas Désy / Fraser Milner Casgrain Acquisition $103.5 million The Hillman Companies H. Paulin & Co Stikeman Elliot / Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison Goodmans / McCarthy Tétrault Acquisition Undisclosed Samsung Electronics Nvelo Fenwick & West - Ron Schrotenboer, Amanda Athanasiou Acquisition Undisclosed Wells Fargo Asset Management The Rock Creek Group K&L Gates Sullivan & Cromwell - David Spitzer Type of Deal Value Issuer/Borrower Lead managers/arrangers Adviser to issuer/borrower (tax) Adviser to lead managers (tax) High-Yield Notes Offering $700 million Harbinger Group Deutsche Bank / Jefferies & Co / Macquarie Capital Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison Davis Polk & Wardwell - Samuel Dimon Senior Secured Facility $575 million Riverbed Technology Morgan Stanley / Goldman Sachs / Merrill Lynch Weil, Gotshal & Manges Davis Polk & Wardwell Share Placing $375 million China Longyuan UBS / Morgan Stanley Clifford Chance Davis Polk & Wardwell Notes Offering $275 million Michael Foods Holding Goldman Sachs / Merrill Lynch Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson Davis Polk & Wardwell - Michael Farber Senior PIK Toggle Notes Offering $250 million Taminco Acquisition Corporation Credit Suisse / Citigroup Kirkland & Ellis Davis Polk & Wardwell - Samuel Dimon Notes Reopening $175 million Intel Corporation Merrill Lynch / Goldman Sachs Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher Davis Polk & Wardwell - Rachel Kleinberg Accelerated Share Repurchase Transaction $100 million MSCI Morgan Stanley Davis Polk & Wardwell - Michael Mollerus

WPP, the marketing and advertising company, has returned its tax base to the UK after being headquartered in Ireland for the last four years.

Type of Agreement Country Country Date Signed Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement Lithuania Mexico January 1 2013 Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement Mexico Ukraine January 1 2013

The Delhi High Court has held that tax authorities can reopen an assessment of a foreign company based on a tentative finding regarding the existence of a business connection or permanent establishment (PE) in India.

Tax disputes in China can often be a one-sided affair with the tax authorities dictating terms to taxpayers. But the situation is slowly changing.

The European Commission yesterday adopted the final proposal in a package of measures that is aimed at making the taxation of telecommunications, broadcasting and electronic services fairer and more business friendly. But Europe’s largest mobile telecommunications company does not believe it goes far enough to ease the administrative burden.

The Australian government is looking into the possibility of lowering the GST threshold for imported goods purchased online.

Key UK tax and accounting compliance initiatives, such as the tax code of conduct for banks and the Senior Accounting Officer (SAO) legislation, as well as International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), are all in the sights of the panel set up by the Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards (PCBS) to look at tax, audit and accounting.

Gary Harley, head of indirect tax at KPMG, looks at the implications the UK approach to bad debt relief (BDR) has for EU member states.

February 13 is the deadline for any responses to the latest stage of the process for implementing the UK-US agreement on the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA).