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  • BT's £1.5 billion ($XX) bid included an offer of $100 for each American depository share. This exceeded the $85 offered as part of Newtel's $1.6 billion hostile takeover bid. Newtel was formed out of the recent merger between Telia and Telenor. Newtel consulted Linklaters & Alliance, with partner Charles Hellier leading the tax team.
  • Thirty four Celltech shares are being offered for every 100 shares of Medeva, with the new company operating under the name Celltech Medeva.
  • The new group, to be known as AOL Time Warner, will have combined revenues of $30 billion. AOL shareholders will receive 1.5 shares of the new company for every AOL share. This will give the internet company a 55% slice of AOL Time Warner. Ted Turner will be vice chairman of AOL Time Warner, with AOL's Steve Case chairman. The group will hold a series of brands including Sports Illustrated, Fortune, Entertainment Weekly and Looney Tunes.
  • The German government has announced sweeping tax cuts which include full tax exemption on capital gains.
  • The OECD’s work on harmful tax competition has might be a Trojan horse for the implementation of hamonization across the world
  • Foreign companies that trade in the UK may wish to peruse two recent cases in the ECJ that cast doubt on the legality of restrictions on foreign tax credits. Murray Clayson of Freshfields, London advises companies that may have a claim to act swiftly
  • The UK Inland Revenue published on November 29 1999, details of a proposed new power to obtain information relating to suspected serious tax fraud.
  • You can't take your eye off Brazil for a second these days. Proposals for the country's long-awaited tax reform package, which looked dead in the water in November, should have been completed by January 15, according to the Brazilian government.
  • Slovakia has reduced its corporate tax rate from 40% to 29% as part of the 2000 budget, in a bid to attract increased foreign investment. The cabinet passed a draft version of the budget which was accepted by parliament on November 24. The new law comes into effect January 1.
  • Estonia has passed new corporate tax legislation designed to encourage further investment.