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Mike Patton discusses the difference between factual and legal issues in the Veritas case

Type of Deal Value Acquirer Target Adviser to acquirer (tax) Adviser to target (tax) Acquisition $3.2 billion Clayton, Dubilier & Rice Emergency Medical Services Corporation Debevoise & Plimpton Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom Merger $800 million DSW Inc Retail Ventures Inc. Goldman Sachs & Co Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom - Cliff Gross, Jessica Hough Acquisition $695 million Madrilena Red de Gas Gas Natural Uría Menéndez - Guillermo Canalejo Latham & Watkins Type of Deal Value Issuer/Borrower Lead managers/arrangers Adviser to issuer/borrower (tax) Adviser to lead managers (tax) SEC-registered offering $2 billion General Electric Capital Corporation Barclays Capital Inc, Citigroup Global Markets Inc, Goldman Sachs & Co. Weil, Gotshal & Manges Davis Polk & Wardwell - Michael Farber, Michelle Messer Senior secured term loan $750 million Rovi Corporation Morgan Stanley Senior Funding Inc, JP Morgan Securities Cooley Davis Polk & Wardwell - Rachel Kleinberg, Catherine Paskoff Chang Common stock offering $100 million GMX Resources Inc. Morgan Stanley & Co, Credit Suisse Securities Davis Polk & Wardwell - Michael Farber, Niya Tang IPO $86.3 million Endocyte Inc. RBC Capital Markets, Leerink Swann Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Davis Polk & Wardwell - Rachel Kleinberg, Ryan LaRosa

In his State of the Nation speech, South African President Jacob Zuma announced his intention to create tax breaks for the manufacturing sector.

Type of Agreement Country Country Date Signed TIEA British Virgin Islands India February 9 2011 TIEA Bahamas India February 11 2011 TIEA Grenada Germany February 12 2011

The BA/Iberia merger, completed in January, was one of the most significant cross-border European transactions in recent years. Salman Shaheen talks to the friends who made the innovative tax structure behind the deal happen.

HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has announced a new pilot programme to reduce the number of tax disputes going to court.

Diego González-Béndiksen has been appointed transfer pricing director at DIAN, Colombia’s tax revenue service.

Diego González-Béndiksen has been appointed transfer pricing director at DIAN, Colombia’s tax revenue service.

Jean Marc Gagnon and Emmanuel Sala from Blake, Cassels & Graydon analyse a case discussing residency and incorporation requirements under the Canada-UK Tax Convention.

Chapman Tripp, the New Zealand law firm, has a new partner and joint head of its tax litigation practice. Graeme Olding advises on a wide range of New Zealand tax matters including merger M&A and tax disputes. He also advises on cross-border structuring issues as well as debt and equity issuances. He was with Bell Gully for more than 10 years before joining Chapman Tripp in April 2010.