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Type of Deal Value Acquirer Target Adviser to acquirer (tax) Adviser to target (tax) Acquisition Undisclosed Inmobiliaria Espacio Real estate complex in Miami Uría Menéndez - Carlos Durán Acquisition Undisclosed Warburg Pincus A Place for Mom Fenwick & West Type of Deal Value Issuer/Borrower Lead Managers/Arrangers Adviser to issuer/borrower (tax) Adviser to lead managers (tax) IPO $1.2 billion Terra-Gen Power Citigroup Global Markets, Barclays Capital, and Credit Suisse Securities Simpson Thacher & Bartlett Bond Offering $388 million Care UK Health & Social Care Citigroup, RBS, BNP Paribas, HSBC, ING and Société Générale Shearman & Sterling - Iain Scoon & James Leslie Restructuring Undisclosed DX Group Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer - Jenny Doak

Type of Agreement Country Country Date Signed Double Taxation Agreement Austria Israel July 14 2010 Double Taxation Agreement Iran Yemen July 23 2010 Tax Information Exchange Agreement Iran Yemen July 23 2010 Double Taxtion Agreement Ammendment Ireland Switzerland July 27 2010

A new circular telling local tax bureaux to carry out a nationwide evaluation of taxpayers’ 2008 and 2009 contemporaneous transfer pricing documentation (CTPD) was released on July 12 by the Chinese tax authorities.

Yvonne Cypher joined the firm in 1997 and specialises in transfer pricing with a particular focus on business restructuring.

The OECD has approved updates to the Transfer Pricing Guidelines in its first major revision since they were released in 1995.

The House Ways and Means Committee’s hearing on transfer pricing issues revealed concern over US corporations’ ability to remain competitive internationally but did not disturb the general consensus around the arm’s-length standard.

Akbank is behind the biggest non-sovereign deal by a Turkish bank outside Turkey with its sale of a $1 billion five-year bond.

Justin Whitehouse is moving from London to Middle East to launch Deloitte's indirect tax practice in the region. He will run the team from Deloitte's international tax centre of excellence in Dubai. He was responsible for the London VAT group and real estate VAT services.

Estonia was officially accepted to join the Euro currency on July 13 2010. From the beginning of next year, its currency will be exchanged at the rate of 15.6466 EEK ($1.30) to the Euro.

The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) released a report last week calling for a global cap and trade system as the best way for the international aviation industry to meet its climate change obligations without harming competitiveness.