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CMS Bureau Francis Léfèbvre is growing its US tax group and hiring a senior associate from a magic circle firm in Paris. Michel Collet is joining the firm in New York as a local partner on September 3 this year. Collet is joining BFL from Linklaters where has been a senior associate for two years. Collet specialized in mergers and acquisitions as well as structured finance at Linklaters and will continue to do so at BFL where he will work primarily for US and French companies. The main differences between his work at Linklaters and BFL will be the role he will play in developing the international practice at BFL.

The Lovells tax practice comprises 21 tax partners and 30 associates. Lovells provides a comprehensive range of international and domestic business and corporate tax planning services. The firm has its own tax capacity in the offices listed below.

Zurich, Switzerland

José Abascal, 45, 28003 Madrid, Spain

Dr Matthias Bruse (Munich), partner

McDermott Will & Emery has strengthened its tax group across the US with two lateral partner hires

Ernst & Young and Andersen have been given approval by Europe’s competition watchdog to merge their operations in Germany

Five partners from the defunct Andersen have joined RSM Robson Rhodes, a UK professional services firm, to form a compensation tax consulting division within the corporate practice

CMS Bureau Francis Lefebvre is strengthening its New York tax group after hiring a senior associate from Linklaters in Paris

A group of tax havens has stepped up its pressure on the OCED to address the use of corporate vehicles for illicit purposes within its own membership before taking action against non-OECD countries