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Type of Agreement Country Country Date Signed Tax Information Exchange Agreement India Cayman Islands March 21 2011

Squire Sanders & Dempsey has made one promotion in its tax and benefits practice in Madrid.

Type of Deal Value Acquirer Target Adviser to acquirer (tax) Adviser to target (tax) Acquisition $39 billion AT&T Inc T-Mobile USA (Deutsche Telekom) JPMorgan, Greenhill & Co. Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz - Jodi Schwartz, Eiko Stange, Tijana Dvornic; Deutsche Bank AG Acquisition Undisclosed Eaton Corporation Internormen Technology Group Hengeler Mueller - Matthias Scheifele, Jurgen Nosky Type of Deal Value Issuer/Borrower Lead managers/arrangers Adviser to issuer/borrower (tax) Adviser to lead managers (tax) SEC-registered offering $1.5 billion The Royal Bank of Scotland plc RBS Securities Inc Davis Polk & Wardwell - John Paton, Adam Perry Linklaters; Dundas& Wilson Notes offering $1 billion Medtronic Inc Citigroup; Merrill Lynch; RBS Fredrikson & Byron PA Davis Polk & Wardwell - Michael Mollerus, Joshua Ruland Notes offering $1 billion Best Buy Co Merrill Lynch; Credit Suisse; JPMorgan; UBS Simpson Thacher & Bartlett Davis Polk & Wardwell - Rachel Kleinberg, Anthony Oliva Notes offering $700 million Banco de Crédito del Perú (BCP) Payet Rey Cauvi Abogados; Arias, Aleman & Mora Davis Polk & Wardwell - Michael Mollerus, Harry Ballan, Michael Bretholz Millbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy; Miranda & Amado Abogados Notes offering $600 million Windstream Corporation Citigroup; Wells Fargo; BNP Paribas; RBC; RBS Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom Davis Polk & Wardwell - Michael Farber, Brian Radigan SEC-registered offering $235 million Sirona Dental Systems Barclays Capital Kirkland & Ellis Davis Polk & Wardwell - Michael Farber, Niya Tang SEC-registered offering $115 million RAIT Financial Trust Bank of America Merrill Lynch Ledgewood PC Davis Polk & Wardwell - Sam Dimon, Juelle Gomes

The Senate Budget Committee heard more testimony last week which placed the spotlight on the November 2010 plan from President Obama’s National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, better known as the Bowles - Simpson plan.

Only five EU member states would see a rise in their GDP as a result of the introduction of a common consolidated corporate tax base (CCCTB), the European Commission’s own impact assessment study into the plans has found.

European governments have begun to respond to the Commission’s draft directive for a Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base (CCCTB) and reactions have been far from the harmonious vision underlying the proposals.

The heightened scrutiny of transfer pricing is caused by a greater government focus on tax base protection, said KPMG’s Global Transfer Pricing Review.

The Australian Tax Office (ATO) released new guidance on its advance pricing agreement (APA) programme last week.

Ezequiel Lipovetsky of Bruchou, Fernández Madero & Lombardi – Taxand in Buenos Aires speaks with International Tax Review’s Liz Bearese about his stance on the tax administration, AFIP, and the tax court decisions in Argentina that are influencing what taxpayers do today.

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has overruled a lower court decision and found that a bank may recover excess taxes it paid after purchasing distressed savings and loan (S&L) associations.