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India’s Supreme Court has today dismissed the government’s review petition against January’s landmark Vodafone ruling.

Read why Singapore is using its tax system to attract more foreign investment.

The UK could have a general anti-avoidance (GAAR) rule in little more than 12 months' time. International Tax Review has compiled this special free pdf report about its possible introduction.

TYPE OF DEAL VALUE ACQUIRER TARGET ADVISER TO ACQUIRER (TAX) ADVISER TO TARGET (TAX) Acquisition $5 billion Cisco NDS Fenwick & West Skadden Acquisition $3.38 billion BCE Astral Media Sullivan & Cromwell Stikeman Elliott Acquisition $2.21 billion Asahi Kasei ZOLL Medical Cleary Gottlieb Goodwin Procter / Sullivan & Cromwell Acquisition $2 billion Simon Property Group Klépierre (BNP Paribas) Bredin Prat Cleary Gottlieb Acquisition $1.5 billion UnionBanCal Corporation Pacific Capital Bancorp Sullivan & Cromwell - Ronald Creamer Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz Acquisition $225 million Shire FerroKin BioSciences Davis Polk & Wardwell Acquisition $123 million Qube Logistics MIPT (Stockland) Watson Mangioni King & Wood Mallesons Acquisition Undisclosed Dropbox Cove Fenwick & West TYPE OF DEAL VALUE ISSUER / BORROWER LEAD MANAGERS / ARRANGERS ADVISER TO ISSUER / BORROWER ADVISER TO LEAD MANAGERS Notes Offering $1.25 billion Royal Bank of Canada Royal Bank of Canada / Credit Suisse / Deutsche Bank Sullivan & Cromwell Davis Polk & Wardwell Convertible Bond Issue $658.6 million Adidas UniCredit / Citigroup / Deutsche Bank / Merrill Lynch / J.P. Morgan Hengeler Mueller High-yield Notes Offering $500 million Cikarang Listrindo Barclays / Credit Suisse Shearman & Sterling Davis Polk & Wardwell CPS Hybrid Offer $350 million IAG UBS / Macquarie / NAB / Westpac King & Wood Mallesons Freehills SEC-registered Offering $200 million Amylin Pharmaceuticals Credit Suisse Cooley Davis Polk & Wardwell Notes Re-opening $150 million Wyndham Worldwide J.P. Morgan / Merrill Lynch Kirkland & Ellis Davis Polk & Wardwell

Type of Agreement Country Country Date Signed Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (Amendment) Belgium Vietnam March 12 2012 Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement Guernsey Malta March 12 2012 Tax Information Exchange Agreement Guernsey Turkey March 13 2012 Tax Information Exchange Agreement Italy Jersey March 13 2012 Tax Information Exchange Agreement Japan Liechtenstein March 14 2012 (Initialled)

The Indian government has announced an advance pricing agreement (APA) programme to be introduced into its tax system in its budget announcement today.

One year on from the Irish general election, and against the backdrop of the eurozone crisis, Irish multinationals are predicting $7.5 billion investment in Irish operations as well as the creation of 20,000 jobs in the next three years.

The Indian government today proposed legislation that will allow it to retrospectively tax overseas mergers where an Indian asset is transferred. This move nullifies the recent Vodafone Supreme Court decision.

Tuesday’s meeting of EU finance ministers has plunged the Commission’s proposals for a financial transaction tax (FTT) into further confusion.

International Tax Review is launching a new guide to the world’s leading experts in indirect tax. Find out if you have been included.