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Four tax lawyers from Thelen, Reid & Priest have joined McDermott, Will & Emery's New York office. The group, headed by partner and former chair of Thelen Reid's tax practice, David Hardy, includes partner Laurie Marsh, and associates Philip Francis O'Reilly and Laura Brandt. Their practice will continue to focus specifically on the energy and utility industries.

Oonagh Whitty, a tax partner with Watson, Farley & Williams, is joining the London office of Latham & Watkins in October. Latham & Watkins is an international firm with over 1000 lawyers worldwide, but this is the first tax partner for the 50-strong London office.

Deloitte & Touche has again been busy handpicking big names from government. Following the high-profile appointment of John Lyons from the US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) earlier this year (see ITR May 00), the firm has recruited a further three ex-government professionals from around the world. The firm's transfer pricing and competent authority capabilities are strengthened with the appointment of Prof. Dr Berndt Runge, former head of the international tax division in the Ministry of Finance in Berlin, and Daniel O'Mahony, a former competent authority specialist with the UK Inland Revenue's International Division. Runge will be working out of WEDIT Deloitte & Touche's Düsseldorf office, while O'Mahony will be based in London. The third appointment is that of Michael Danilack, former associate chief counsel (international) for the IRS, who assumes the role of principal and director of International Tax Services in the National Tax Office in Washington DC.

Herbert Smith is acting for the London Stock Exchange (LSE) on the planned merger with Deutsche Börse and the defence of the £850 million ($1.2 billion) hostile offer by OM Gruppen AB.

Michael Ryan, a tax consultant at KPMG Dublin, has joined Dublin solicitors McCann FitzGerald as head of tax. Ryan had been at KPMG for 20 years and had not been looking to leave when McCann approached him. According to Ryan, the chance to head up the tax division at a firm with such a high reputation as McCann was too tempting an offer to refuse, particularly as he had not reached full partner at KPMG. "I'm not the type of person who moves around a lot. I'd been with KPMG for 20 years and it was a difficult decision to make. KPMG did their best to hold on to me. But this was a new opportunity and one that I will excel at ? that's what it's about. "Coming from accounting, the benefit is that you approach problems with a view to coming up with solutions, whereas lawyers are more interested in establishing the legal position of a transaction. I offer a different perspective," he said.

Lloyds TSB Group has acquired the Chartered Trust Group Plc and ACL Autolease Holdings, the UK consumer finance and contract hire subsidiaries of Standard Chartered Bank.

The Credit Suisse group has struck a deal to acquire US investment bank Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette for $11.5 billion in cash and stock.

EU member states offer a rich investment environment for US multinationals. But, together with lucrative rewards, come the multiple layers of EU taxes, which require careful, focused planning. By Rolf Eggert and Robert van Brederode, KPMG’s Tax Centers of Excellence

The Isle of Man has put forward proposals aimed at revamping its existing regime and building on its success as an attractive business location

Deloitte & Touche and Berwin Leighton are teaming up in an internet venture that will provide tax and legal advice to small and medium-sized firms