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Type of Agreement Country Country Date Signed Tax information exchange agreement Guernsey Czech Republic September 20 2011 Tax information exchange agreement Guernsey Bahamas September 20 2011

The Dutch government has released its tax plans for 2012 with changes to the rules on the deductibility of interest and the treatment of foreign permanent establishments topping the bill.

Type of Deal Value Acquirer Target Adviser to acquirer (tax) Adviser to target (tax) Acquisition $200 million National Express Group Petermann Partners Davis Polk & Wardwell; Gardere Wynne Sewell Acquisition $16.1 million Natus Medical Embla Systems Fenwick & West - Ron Schrotenboer Acquisition Undisclosed Blackstone Mint Hotels Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer - Helen Lethaby, Todd Kramers, Paul Concannon Acquisition Undisclosed Didier Ferre (Ferre Hotels) Concorde Montparnasse (Starwood Capital) Landwell & Associes Davis Polk & Wardwell - Jacques Naquet-Radiguet, Julie Herzog Type of Deal Value Issuer/Borrower Lead managers/arrangers Adviser to issuer/borrower (tax) Adviser to lead managers (tax) SEC-registered debt offering $1 billion The Export-Import Bank of Korea Credit Suisse Securities; Daiwa Capital Markets Europe; Goldman Sachs International Davis Polk & Wardwell - John Paton, Sarah Joy Notes offering $700 million HJ Heinz Company JP Morgan Securities; BNP Paribas Securities; HSBC Securities Davis Polk & Wardwell - Samuel Dimon, Adam Perry Sullivan & Cromwell SEC-registered notes offering $500 million Fluor Corporation Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith; BNP Paribas Securities Jones Day Davis Polk & Wardwell - Samuel Dimon, Nicole Field Rule 144A offering $350 million Banco de Credito del Peru (BCP) Davis Polk & Wardwell - Michael Mollerus, Michael Bretholz Millbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has filed its case facts with the Supreme Court of Canada refuting arguments made by the Crown in this precedent-setting transfer pricing case, involving the price of the active ingredient used to make the drug sold under the brand name Zantac.

International Tax Review's 11th annual Global Transfer Pricing Forum opens tomorrow at 9am.

The OECD project on the transfer pricing aspects of business restructuring has clarified a lot of the issues around the topic since it began in 2005, but uncertainties still remain, the annual congress of the International Fiscal Association (IFA) was told on Monday.

Two lawyers have joined the partnership of Kirkland & Ellis

A New Zealand court case involving debt finance is creating waves because it seems the Inland Revenue Department (IRD) is contradicting its own guidelines.

Week seven of the Supreme Court hearing saw Vodafone’s counsel conclude his case by arguing that section 195 of the Income Tax Act cannot be applicable to taxpayers who do not have any presence in the country.

Two new OECD tax initiatives could be up and running soon if remarks by Jeffrey Owens, the outgoing director of the organisation’s Centre for Tax Policy and Administration, are followed through.