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Type of Deal Value Acquirer Target Adviser to acquirer (tax) Adviser to target (tax) Acquisition $1.25 billion URS Flint Energy Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt Bennett Jones Acquisition $1.09 billion SBA Communications Mobilitie Greenberg Traurig Goodwin Procter Acquisition $139 million AWE Genting Oil Natuna / Sanyen Oil and Gas WongPartnership / Mallesons Stephen Jacques Acquisition Undisclosed Wells Fargo BNP Paribas Sullivan & Cromwell Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom Type of Deal Value Issuer/Borrower Lead managers/arrangers Adviser to issuer/borrower (tax) Adviser to lead managers (tax) Buyout Fund $8.74 billion BC Partners Weil, Gotshal & Manges / Clifford Chance Notes Offering $3 billion Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Merrill Lynch / J.P. Morgan Davis Polk & Wardwell - Rachel Kleinberg, Arie Rubenstein Cravath, Swaine & Moore Secured Term Loan Facility $475 million NXP Morgan Stanley / Merrill Lynch Simpson Thacher & Bartlett Davis Polk & Wardwell - Michael Mollerus Multicuurency Medium-term Note Programme $397 million Cambridge Industrial Trust ANZ Bank WongPartnership - Colin Ong, Trevor Chuan Allen & Gledhill High-yield Bond $300 million MMI International Credit Suisse / J.P. Morgan / UBS WongPartnership Amendment and Restatement of Credit Facilities $280 million Windstream J.P. Morgan Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom Davis Polk & Wardwell - Lucy Farr, Brian Radigan Follow-on Common Stock Offering $103.5 million GSV Capital Citigroup Davis Polk & Wardwell - Mary Conway, Kay Ng

With the US needing to cut its deficit, it is inevitable that talk in some corners is turning to VAT once again, but the fierce political backlash unleashed whenever a politician supports the idea could prove an insurmountable barrier to it ever becoming a reality.

More than 70% of African countries have now adopted a VAT, and it increasingly seems to be the tax of choice for states across the continent looking to generate extra revenue, because it is a hard tax to avoid.

Brazil’s Supreme Court has never issued a final ruling on a tax matter. Glaucia Maria Lauletta Frascino of Mattos Filho, Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr e Quiroga Advogados predicts that 2012 will be the year for this fact to change and argues which case is likely to be the first.

Jack Grocott speaks to Diego Gonzalez-Bendiksen, the head of the Colombian tax office's (DIAN) international audit unit about the future of compliance and why he is scrutinising M&A activity.

Taxand now has a presence in 49 countries, with the inclusion of Corrs Chambers Westgarth – Taxand Australia – into its network.

The globalisation of trade and commerce has led to value being added in different quarters of the world as intermediates get transformed into finished products or services while being delivered to customers. There is now a growing need to synchronise these operations to make value chains more effective. Rakesh Mishra and Suchint Majmudar of PwC explain why this shift ought to put the business at the centre of the change and deal with advantages of value chain transformation.

When it comes to dealing with the tax authorities in India, transfer pricing practitioners are making rookie mistakes that delay the process, to the detriment of their clients, according to one official.

Just when you thought the Vodafone dispute had come to an end, it has reared its head again with the government challenging last month’s Supreme Court ruling and looking to change the law so that offshore transactions become taxable.

Companies around the world are beginning to understand the importance of transparency about their tax affairs and the reputational benefits of eschewing aggressive tax planning. They will have the opportunity to debate these crucial issues with administrators, activists and practitioners at International Tax Review's first Tax & Transparency Forum on May 2.