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Jeff VanderWolk has rejoined Baker & McKenzie as a tax partner after a five-year stint with Deloitte & Touche

The financial services group Collins Stewart Holdings plc has turned to S J Berwin & Co for advice on the placing of 32.6 million ordinary shares

According to Andersen, Arnold & Porter offered an appealing combination of professional satisfaction and career growth opportunities

Simmons & Simmons is advising fund managers Perpetual in the recommended cash and share offer to be made by Schroder Salomon Smith Barney on behalf of, investment managers, AMVESCAP for Perpetual

Tax advisory work is changing. Dramatically. Globalization and e-commerce mean that companies are looking for an increasingly niche set of skills. Is hourly billing still appropriate in this environment? Georgina Stanley reports

The US Internal Revenue Service has issued a series of regulations which are of key importance for foreign trust planning. Victoria Dalmas, Michelle Graham, Rahul Ranadive and Monica Robles of Baker & McKenzie report on the potential changes

John Duggan The Portuguese government has unveiled a mixed bag of tax reforms and plans to reduce tax evasion.

Following Cap Gemini's acquisition of the consultancy arm of Ernst & Young, to create Cap Gemini Ernst & Young, the consulting and information technology group could gain Euro1.6 billion ($1.37 billion) in tax savings over the next 15 years. Cap Gemini has made use of the deductibility of goodwill amortization recorded in the US. The group will regularly assess how much of the tax credit it can deduct against US profits. The group's first-half results included a net tax gain of Euro140 million from the deductibility of goodwill amortization.

Argentina's economy minister, José Luis Machinea, has announced the government's intention to start lowering taxes next year. The tax increases implemented by Fernando de la Rúa's government have been blamed in some quarters for suppressing the country's recovery. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is supporting the new approach.

PricewaterhouseCoopers has named Paul Gillis as leader of tax and legal services in the Asia-Pacific region. Gillis, based in Beijing, will also retain his former role as leader of tax services in China.