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Type of Deal Value Acquirer Target Adviser to acquirer (tax) Adviser to target (tax) Acquisition €5.2 billion ($7.6 billion) Abbott Laboratories Solvay Group's pharmacuetical sector Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Acquisition €1.2 billion ($1.8 billion) Real estate international private equity funds incl RREEF Alternative Investments, Area and Europa Fund BBVA property portfolio in Spain Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer: Miguel Loran, Eelco van der Stok, Machiel Lambooij, Adolfo Zunzunegui, Maria Mera and Sacha Peelen Type of Deal Value Issuer/Borrower Lead managers/arrangers Adviser to issuer/borrower (tax) Adviser to lead managers (tax) IPO $5.2 billion Metallurgical Corporation of China Morgan Stanley Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Ireland's tax policies have helped Dublin come top in one section of a wider survey of the best European cities in which to do business

Changes to the country's corporate tax rules will leave "no room for grey areas", a top government official says

Davenport Lyons has appointed Gerald Montagu as a corporate tax partner in London.

Type of Agreement Country Country Date Signed Effective Date Link Tax treaty Ireland Serbia September 23 2009 Unknown /pdfs/itr-week/serbia[1].pdf Tax Information Exchange Agreement Bahamas San Marino September 24 2009 Unknown http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/0/50/43783885.pdf Tax Information Exchange Agreement Bahamas Netherlands Antilles September 28 2009 Unknown http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/9/23/43794355.pdf Tax Information Exchange Agreement Bermuda Spain September 30 2009 Unknown

Failure of a member state to fulfil obligations; Directive 2005/60/EC; Money laundering and terrorist financing; Failure to transpose within the prescribed period.

Mexico's Congress is considering a 4% tax on mining output as part of a fiscal reform package meant to boost government revenues during the recession

VAT; Entitlement to deduct input tax; Concept of economic activities; Regional groups of a political party; Advertising activities benefiting the party's local groups; Expenditure relating to those activities exceeding income.

Decree number 392/009 amends and clarifies some of the detailed regulations established by decree number 56/009, which was issued in January 2009.

Boston firm Caturano and Company has added transfer pricing expertise to the firm’s tax practice.