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The Finnish government has released a draft bill to limit the deductibility of interest expenses in corporate taxation. The goal of the proposed regulation is to secure Finland's tax base and to balance competition between domestic and foreign groups of companies

Renewable energy is often synonymous in people’s minds with credits and incentives. However, there are two other critical tax issues facing renewable energy companies that can make or break an investment. Shannon Blankenship, Allison Easley and Christine Piar of Deloitte discuss how these tax issues can impact companies in this industry, some common situations, and identify areas for consideration and planning.

Andrew Zhu and Amy Lo, of Deloitte in Beijing, analyse the tax trends in China’s oil and gas sector.

Russia is one of the major players in the world’s natural resources market. Alexander Krylov and Mikhail Sergienko of Deloitte provide an overview of key industry characteristics and players, consider recent legislative developments, and look at various business forms in the taxation of oil and gas activities.

Type of Deal Value Acquirer Target Adviser to acquirer (tax) Adviser to target (tax) Merger $5.47 billion Volkswagen Porsche Clifford Chance Hengeler Mueller / Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Acquisition $5.3 billion Bristol-Myers Squibb Amylin Pharmaceuticals (AstraZeneca) Kirkland & Ellis Davis Polk & Wardwell / Covington & Burling Acquisition $2.5 billion EverBank Financial Business Property Lending Sullivan & Cromwell Gotshal & Manges Acquisition $840 million Ingram Micro Brightpoint Davis Polk & Wardwell - Rachel Kleinberg Blank Rome Acquisition $820 million One Equity M*Modal Dechert Simpson Thacher & Bartlett Acquisition $727 million KKR WMF Hengeler Mueller Acquisition Undisclosed Australian Food Group (Pacific Equity) Nestlé (Peters Ice Cream) Clayton Utz King & Wood Mallesons Acquisition Undisclosed Capvis Ondal Group Hengeler Mueller - Martin Klein Acquisition Undisclosed Federal-Mogul BorgWarner (BERU) Hengeler Mueller - Stefanie Beinert Type of Deal Value Issuer/Borrower Lead managers/arrangers Adviser to issuer/borrower (tax) Adviser to lead managers (tax) Notes Offering $2.25 billion Comcast BNP Paribas / Citigroup / Merrill Lynch / Wells Fargo Davis Polk & Wardwell - Rachel Kleinberg Cahill Gordon & Reindel Notes Offering $1.5 billion Oesterreichische Kontrollbank BNP Paribas / Deutsche Bank / Goldman Sachs / J.P. Morgan Shearman & Sterling / Pöch Krassnigg Davis Polk & Wardwell

Duval & Stachenfeld, in New York, has started a new tax practice with the arrival of Stephen Land, a former partner of Linklaters in the city.

Two new partners have been appointed at Stibbe, the Benelux law firm.

Hiring the right external advisers can be one of the most difficult jobs for a tax department.

Welcome to International Tax Review's third energy industry guide, published in association with Deloitte, analysing the tax and transfer pricing implications for taxpayers operating across the oil and gas sector.

While specific tax rules for Brazil’s oil & gas industry are still developing, it has not held up the amount of investment coming into the sector, explains Paulo Fernando Melo of Deloitte.