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Type of deal Value Customer Service provider Adviser to customer Adviser to service provider telecoms contract £1 billion ($1.59 billion) Unilever BT Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw, London, Andrew Stewart Linklaters, London, Giles Horridge waterside regeneration partnership £1.4 billion ($2.24 billion) British Waterways Amec; Igloo Regeneration Fund Ashurst Morris Crisp, London, Sue Crawford Addleshaw Booth & Co

December 01 2002

New rules target inversions in the US

Ken Branson: rules will not stop inversions The US treasury has taken its first steps towards cracking down on corporate inversions more than six months after it first announced its intention to do so. On November 12 the Treasury announced temporary and proposed reporting regulations affecting inverted companies and companies involved in other taxable transactions. Previously there was a loophole in the law that allowed foreign, and therefore inverted companies, not to report to the IRS.

December 01 2002

Ernst & Young restructures London foreign tax desks

From January 2003 several members of both foreign desks will relocate back to their respective countries. According to a spokesperson there will be no redundancies and none of the other foreign desks, which include a US desk, will be similarly affected.

December 01 2002

PricewaterhouseCoopers

PricewaterhouseCoopers has been practicing in Latin America for nearly a century, with its first office opening in the region in 1906. With a Latin American network of over 12,000 professionals and the largest market share of any other services organization in the region, PricewaterhouseCoopers is positioned to assist companies with respect to their business activities throughout Latin America.

December 01 2002

Ernst & Young

Under the direction of Manuel Solano, Ernst & Young's International Tax Services Latin America Network dominates the industry. Our experience in advising clients, combined with our extensive knowledge of Latin American tax systems, is unparalleled. We understand the diversity of countries in the region and the cultural singularities of each jurisdiction.

December 01 2002

How to reduce tax on Chinese exports

There are a number of ways to keep your tax bills low when exporting from China. KPMG's Wendy Guo shares some of her secrets

December 01 2002

Deloitte snares Alberto Terol

Alberto Terol has joined Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu in Madrid as deputy global managing partner, tax and legal. Terol was previously the area managing partner for western Europe at Andersen and had also been the managing partner of tax, legal and business advisory services at the firm.

December 01 2002

Allen & Overy hires asset finance tax lawyer

Mark Middleditch has joined Allen & Overy's London tax practice as a senior associate. Having been in the Norton Rose tax department for six years, he focuses on asset finance tax work including shipping, aviation, securitization and corporate finance.

December 01 2002

Financing deals

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December 01 2002

Foreign fund fury at German capital gains reform

Tom Offerhaus: foreign funds are right to complain The German government has incurred the wrath of foreign fund managers furious at proposed tax reform measures, which they believe discriminate against the fund industry in general in Germany and foreign funds.

December 01 2002

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