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  • On February 16 2004 the federal tax administration made available to the public on their official website a draft circular letter, which reflects its interpretation of the Swiss merger law provisions.
  • The Italian tax authorities (ITA) have issued a new ruling (Number 2 of February 24 2004) in connection with the application of the general anti-elusive provision set forth by article 37-bis of Presidential Decree 600 of September 29 1973 (article 37) to a demerger (which is a neutral transaction for tax purposes).
  • Sed Crest reveals the pressing issues for tax executives, the types of tax services growing quickest and how tax advisers can improve on their delivery
  • Andreas Risi of PricewaterhouseCoopers, explains how the Swiss Federal Tax Administration deals with the taxation of derivatives
  • Ernst & Young reveal useful corporate tax tips for 2004 from Canada, UK, Japan, Italy and Belgium
  • Acombination of previously-announced initiatives and government leaks took the tax sting out of the UK Budget, which was announced by Gordon Brown, the chancellor of the exchequer, on March 17 2004.
  • Type of deal Valuer Acquirer Target Adviser to acquirer (tax) Adviser to target (tax) M&A £699 million ($1.27 billion) Trinitybrook New Look Group Simmons & Simmons, London, Nick Cronkshaw, Darren Oswick Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, London, Jonathan Cooklin, Jill Gatehouse M&A £160 million ($291 million) UBS Laing & Cruickshank Investment Management Allen & Overy, London, Ian Carnochan Herbert Smith, London, Isaac Zailer, Michelle Williamson M&A $210 million Arch Chemicals Avecia agreed to sell its Biocides business Cravath, Swaine & Moore, New York, Michael Schler Dickson Minto, London, Gaynor McNair M&A $191 million Brunswick Corporation Genmar Industries agreed to sell Crestliner, Lowe Boats and Lund Boats Cravath, Swaine & Moore, New York, Lewis Steinberg, Humberto Reboredo Weil, Gotshal & Manges, New York, Michael Kam, Larry Gelbfisch, Edward Kim M&A $360 million Ask Jeeves Interactive Search Holdings O'Melveny & Myers, Menlo Park, Robert Rizzi Weil, Gotshal & Manges, New York, Helyn Goldstein M&A $1 billion Genzyme Corporation ILEX Oncology Ropes & Gray, Boston, Eric Elfman Fulbright & Jaworski, San Antonio, George Scofield M&A $660 million Credence Systems Corporation NPTest Holding Corporation Morrison & Foerster, Palo Alto, Ellen Robb Davis Polk & Wardwell, New York, Michael Mollerus M&A $840 million The JM Smucker Company International Multifoods Corporation Jones Day, Atlanta, Rory Lyons; Chicago, Edward Purnell; Cleveland, Wade Wagatsuma, Nicole Stangler Faegre & Benson, Minneapolis, John Steffen M&A £61 million ($110 million) Riverdance Acquisition, a subsidiary undertaking of Change Capital Partners Robert Dyas Weil Gotshal & Manges, London, Sarah Priestley Wragge & Co, Birmingham, Kevin Poole, Deborah Clarke, Neil Pearson M&A $1.35 billion White Mountains Insurance Group White Mountains Insurance Group agreed to buy the life and investments business of Safeco Corporation Cravath, Swaine & Moore, New York, Stephen Gordon, Sharon Mendelson Latham & Watkins, Chicago, Robert Goldman M&A $107 million Cerberus Capital Management Gilford Mills Schulte Roth & Zabel, New York, Kurt Rosell Weil, Gotshal & Manges, New York, Stuart Goldring M&A $1.35 billion Teekay Shipping Corporation Naviera F. Tapias Uría & Menéndez, Madrid, Guillermo Canalejo Garrigues, Madrid, Ricardo Gómez, Ramón Tejada Type of deal Value Issuer Lead managers Adviser to Issuer Adviser to lead managers Share issue £400 million ($732 million) Nationwide Building Society Barclays Capital Clifford Chance, London, David Harkness, Kirsten O'Neill Linklaters, London, Charles Hellier, David Wilson Securitization refinancing £980 million ($1.8 billion) The Telereal Group Citigroup and Morgan Stanley Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, London, Michael Thompson, Peter Cosmetatos Allen & Overy, London, Mark Brailsford, Vicky Stone Securitization £869 million ($1.6 billion) Residential Mortgage Securities 17 Barclays Capital and WestLB AG, London Branch Linklaters, London, Martin Lynchehan Weil, Gotshal & Manges, London, James Norwood IPO ?831 million ($1.02 billion) eircom Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank and Morgan Stanley Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, London, Francis Sanderson, Jonathan Cooklin Slaughter and May, London, Graham Iversen, Celine Maassen Double notes issue ?475 million ($587 million) and $550 million Invensys Deutsche Bank Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, London, Rob Kent, Jill Gatehouse Linklaters, London, Michael Hardwick, Eloise Walker, Mathew Welsh
  • The Mexican government published the tax treaty with Australia and its protocol on February 13 2004. The treaty, signed on September 9 2002, became effective with respect to withholding taxes on dividends, interest and royalties for amounts paid or accredited on or after January 1 2004. The treaty's remaining provisions will be effective from July 1 2004.
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