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Since its inception in the 1975, the UK North Sea tax regime has faced constant change. However with several welcome developments in the latest budget, Chris Frank and Roman Webber of Deloitte believe oil and gas investors can be confident of stability.

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

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

Randy Price and John Wells, National Transfer Pricing Leaders – Deloitte Oil and Gas Industry

Type of Agreement Country Country Date Signed Tax Information Exchange Agreement Japan Liechtenstein July 5 2012

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.

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.

Type of Agreement Country Country Date Signed Tax Information Exchange Agreement Japan Liechtenstein July 5 2012

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 Weil, 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