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Type of Agreement Country Country Date Signed Tax Information Exchange Agreement Australia Mauritius December 8 2010 Tax Information Exchange Agreement Argentina China December 13 2010

Type of Deal Value Acquirer Target Adviser to acquirer (tax) Adviser to target (tax) Acquisition $2.1 billion Thermo Fisher Scientific Dionex Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz - Joshua Holmes Cooley - Susan Philpot Acquisition Undisclosed Tailwind Capital Apex Davis Polk & Wardwell - Kathleen Ferrell and Gregory Hannibal Acquisition Undisclosed Tishman Speyer Cap de Seine complex De Pardieu Brocas Maffei - Alexandre Blestel Type of Deal Value Issuer/Borrower Lead managers/arrangers Adviser to issuer/borrower (tax) Adviser to lead managers (tax) Reserved share capital increase $1.2 billion Areva Agence des Participations de l'Etat ($400 million) and Kuwait Investment Authority ($800 million) Gide Loyrette Nouel Bredin Prat for French State - Patrick Dziewolski & Barthélémy Courteault. Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher for KIA Public Offering $1 billion IBM Barclays; UBS Davis Polk - Michael Mollerus

A chain of pharmacies has cut its UK tax bill by £80 million ($125 million) since it left the London Stock Exchange and moved its tax residency to Switzerland, despite a rise in sales and trading profits.

Multinational companies in Italy run the risk of being audited if they do not comply with new guidance on transfer pricing documentation.

Tax authorities in Algeria have assessed $230 million in back taxes against a local subsidiary of Orascom Telecom Holding (OTH), an Egyptian telecommunications company.

Carol Doran Klein has joined the United States Council for International Business (USCIB), which represents America’s leading multinationals, as vice president and international tax counsel.

The Office of Tax Simplification (OTS) last week released its interim report on its review of tax reliefs, allowances and exemptions for businesses and individuals.

Brazilian sources have informed International Tax Review that the government will soon enact a law which includes a reduction in the Financial Operations Tax (IOF) related to foreign investments.

Praxair’s settlement of various income tax disputes with the Spanish government will cost it about $500 million, the company announced yesterday.

The James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act of 2010, HR 847, which provides healthcare relief to 9/11 first-responders, is causing grief for some corporate taxpayers.