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Type of Deal Value Acquirer Target Adviser to acquirer (tax) Adviser to target (tax) Acquisition $2.4 billion People's United Financial Smithtown Bancorp Simpson Thacher & Bartlett Gary Mandel, Jonathan Goldstein & Amie Broder Acquisition $1.25 billion Tyco Electronics ADC Sutherland Asbill & Brennan Robert Chase II, H. Karl Zeswitz Jr & Michael Miles Acquisition $1.2 billion Nokia Siemens Networks Motorola's wireless infrastructure Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom Stuart Finkelstein & Tom Wood Acquisition $800 million People's United Financial LSB Corporation Simpson Thacher & Bartlett Gary Mandel, Jonathan Goldstein & Danny Salinas Type of Deal Value Issuer/Borrower Lead Managers/Arrangers Adviser to issuer/borrower (tax) Adviser to lead managers (tax) IPO $19.2 billion Agricultural Bank of China Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Teresa Ko & Antony Dapiran Refinancing $1.9 million Celsa Group BBVA, Santander, Banesto, Sabadell, Barclays & La Caixa Uría Menéndez If you would like to raise the profile of your firm, please send deal information to Jack Grocott (jgrocott@euromoneyplc.com).

The German airline industry say passenger numbers will decline if the government succeeds in pushing through a proposed €1 billion a year aviation tax.

International Tax Review's 10th annual Global Transfer Pricing Forum will be an opportunity for transfer pricing professionals from business, government and private practice to focus on the key issues in related-party transactions.

George Osborne, the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer, launched the new Office of Tax Simplification (OTS) at an HM Treasury press conference today.

Laurent Grençon has become a partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers in Luxembourg. As a former partner of Atoz, he was head of the indirect tax group for Taxand, a global network of independent tax firms.

Type of Agreement Country Country Date Signed Tax Information Exchange Agreement Guernsey Portugal July 9 2010 Double Tax Agreement Ammendment Hong Kong Netherlands July 13 2010 Double Tax Agreement Estonia Georgia July 19 2010 Double Tax Agreement Austria Bulgaria July 20 2010 Double Tax Agreement China Malta July 20 2010 Double Tax Agreement Hong Kong United Arab Emirates July 20 2010 Double Tax Agreement Malta US July 20 2010 Double Tax Agreement Malta Uruguay July 20 2010

KPMG in the US has made two senior appointments in its tax practice.

Hasnain Shroff, Vinita Chakrabarti and Akash Arora discuss the Nimbus Communications Ltd Vs ACIT, Mumbai (ITA No.2361 (Mum.) of 2007) case and its implications for transfer pricing.

India's Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has issued a notice that requires all companies to file their tax returns electronically and with a digital signature.

Changes to China's VAT system were introduced last week that revokes the export VAT refund for hundreds of items.