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  • UK big three in pub deal
    Punch Taverns is acquiring Allied Domecq Retailing in the UK for £2.75 billion ($4.4 billion). This will make Punch the second-largest public house operator in the UK after Nomura Securities. Rival leisure company Whitbread retired from the fight to gain control of Allied when the UK Department of Trade and Industry decided that The Competition Commission would have to examine the Whitbread bid.
    August 31 1999
  • OECD slams Swiss tax practices
    The OECD has produced a report criticizing Switzerland for its bank secrecy rules. The annual report on the Swiss economy warned that the country would come under increasing foreign pressure to reveal banking information, because of the potential for tax evasion.
    August 31 1999
  • Stikeman Elliot advises BAT
    Canadian law firm Stikeman Elliott is advising British American Tobacco (BAT) on its offer to acquire Imasco, the Canadian consumer products group. BAT already owns 42% of Imasco, but is offering to buy the remaining equity for around C$ 10.3 billion ($6.9 billion). If the deal goes ahead BAT will keep Imperial Tobacco, Imasco’s tobacco business, but sell the group’s other subsidiaries.
    August 31 1999
  • KPMG and Linklaters & Alliance advise on Tarmac demerger
    KPMG and Linklaters & Alliance together are providing tax advice to Tarmac plc on the proposed demerger of their construction operations to Carillion plc, from their Heavy Building Materials division which is being retained by Tarmac.
    August 31 1999
  • Mayer Brown advises Abbott
    The Chicago and Los Angeles offices of Mayer Brown & Platt are advising Abbott laboratories on the acquisition of ALZA corporation. The transaction values ALZA, a research-based pharmaceuticals company, at approximately $7.3 billion. The deal follows ALZA’s earlier acquisition of SEQUUS Pharmaceuticals earlier this year.
    August 31 1999
  • Baker & Botts in drilling merger
    Baker & Botts is advising Schlumberger on the merger of Sedco Forex Offshore. Sedco will merge with Transocean in a merger valued at $3.2 billion. The merger will create the world’s largest offshore drilling company, which will be called Transocean Sedco Forex.
    August 31 1999
  • Austrian tax reform 2000: news for new business
    The Austrian Tax Reform Act 2000 has passed the legislation process in the Austrian parliament.
    August 31 1999
  • Germany limits haven opportunities
    Germany’s high tax rates have forced both companies and individuals to seek refuge in tax havens. But years of legislation have restricted the opportunities. Hans-Jorg Fischer of Clifford Chance in Frankfurt presents an overall view of Germany’s tax haven regulations
    August 31 1999
  • Chinese temptation for R&D plans
    China’s efforts to boost new technology could have welcome consequences for foreign investors. Elizabeth Thong of Simmons & Simmons in Shanghai explains how multinationals can benefit from the latest incentives
    August 31 1999
  • German rules pierce corporate veil
    The German CFC regime was, like many others, founded on the principles of the US’ Subpart F. Since its inception in 1972, the rules have been adapted to focus on capital investments. Mark Smith and Diether Laudan of Ernst & Young in Stuttgart explain the rules
    August 31 1999
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