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  • French law firm Gide Loyrette Nouel is reeling from the shock of losing six of its partners to UK law firms. Among them was tax partner Siamak Mostafavi, who has become Allen & Overy's first tax partner in Europe.
  • British Aerospace has made an agreed £7.8 billion ($12.48 billion) bid for General Electric's defence group, GEC Marconi. The stock and debt acquisition will create the world's third-largest defence company.
  • Amongst other goals, such as deduction of borrowing costs or tax-efficient unwinding, the additional step-up depreciation of the underlying assets is an important factor in any acquisition. The tax savings of such additional depreciation increase the cash flow of the target and, therefore, are essential for financing an acquisition.
  • Specific international agreements and general trends toward global economic consolidation mean that Canadian business is now more than ever an important part of a highly integrated north American – and increasingly globalized – economy. Nevertheless, unlike the situation in the EU, the Canadian income tax system has undergone little if any change to harmonize its application with the tax systems of its major trading partners.
  • Swedish pharmaceutical group Astra is to merge with UK pharmaceutical company Zeneca. The deal will create the largest pharmaceutical group in Europe, with a market capitalization of $70 billion. This is the largest merger ever to be performed in Europe.
  • US radio and television company Clear Channel Communications is acquiring Jacor Broadcasting of Colorado. The deal is valued at $4.4 billion.
  • Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher and Flom is assisting internet service provider America Online in its acquisition of Netscape.
  • The Fortis banking and insurance group is making an offering of 25 million ordinary shares with expected proceeds of euro899 million.
  • Personal taxation: employee stock option plans
  • New York firm Cravath, Swaine and Moore is advising UK publisher Emap on the acquisition of US magazine publisher Petersen.