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Amendments to the regulations concerning the taxation of share exchanges have been proposed in a recent government bill.

Type of Agreement Country Country Date Signed Tax Information Exchange Agreement Argentina India March 26 2012 Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement Montenegro UAE March 26 2012 Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement Malta Norway March 30 2012 Tax Information Exchange Agreement Iceland Liechtenstein Entered into force March 31 2012 Tax Information Exchange Agreement Liechtenstein Norway Entered into force March 31 2012

Ashurst has promoted Nicholas Gardner to partner in the London office of its tax team, effective from May 1 2012.

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

Beneficial clauses in a new tax treaty between Hong Kong and Indonesia, particularly in relation to withholding rates on dividends, are set to make Hong Kong one of the best locations for Indonesian investments.

Companies are highly concerned with their public reputation and, in light of this, their tax positions are becoming an increasingly important concern.

BMR Advisors - Taxand has taken its number of partners to 27 with the promotion of Sriram Seshadri and Abhishek Jain.

KPMG in Singapore has announced that Leung Yew Kwong will join the firm as principal consultant, concentrating on tax dispute resolution and advisory work.

UK finance minister George Osborne should not be using today’s visit to his Indian counterpart to complain about the Indian tax system, he should be patting him on the back and telling him to keep up the good work.

Type of Deal Value Acquirer Target Adviser to acquirer (tax) Adviser to target (tax) All-share Merger $61.9 billion Xstrata Glencore International King & Wood Mallesons King & Wood Mallesons Acquisition $2 billion Guggenheim Baseball Management Los Angeles Dodgers Foley & Lardner Sullivan & Cromwell Strategic Partnership $2 billion Mubadala Development EBX Group Shearman & Sterling Davis Polk & Wardwell - Kathleen Ferrell, Michelle Messer, Arie Rubenstein Acquisition $681.7 million PetroChina Athabasca Oil Sands (MacKay River) Stikeman Elliott Acquisition $500 million Bausch & Lomb ISTA Pharmaceuticals Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton Davis Polk & Wardwell / Greenhill & Co. Acquisition $380.2 million ISPT CFS Retail Property Trust Holding Redlich King & Wood Mallesons Acquisition $173 million Monitise Clairmail Sullivan & Cromwell Type of Deal Value Issuer/Borrower Lead managers/arrangers Adviser to issuer/borrower (tax) Adviser to lead managers (tax) Senior Five-Year Revolving Credit Facility $1.5 billion Aetna J.P. Morgan / Citigroup / Merrill Lynch Davis Polk & Wardwell Cravath, Swaine & Moore Ordinary Shares Offering $1.2 billion Michael Kors Holdings Morgan Stanley / J.P. Morgan / Goldman Sachs Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison / Harney Westwood & Riegels Davis Polk & Wardwell - Mary Conway, Lauren Murphey Refinancing Senior Secured Term Loans $1.2 billion Rovi J.P. Morgan / Morgan Stanley Cooley Davis Polk & Wardwell - Rachel Kleinberg, Arie Rubenstein Notes Offering $750 million Syngenta Finance Citigroup / Merrill Lynch Sidley Austin / Davis Polk & Wardwell - John Paton, Alon Gurfinkel De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek / Homburger Initial Public Offering $575 million Vantiv J.P. Morgan / Morgan Stanley / Credit Suisse Weil, Gotshal & Manges Davis Polk & Wardwell - Harry Ballan, William Curran, Kerry Price