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Cleary, Gottlieb advises Deutsche Bank

Deutsche Bank is to acquire Bankers Trust in a transaction valued at approximately $9.7 billion. The move will create the world’s largest financial services company in terms of assets.

January 01 1999

UK unwraps GAAR proposals.

After months of speculation, the UK government has released a consultative document on a GAAR. In a follow-up to last year’s article on the subject, Peter Nias of McDermott, Will & Emery, London argues that this could lead to excessive power for the courts and the Revenue

January 01 1999

Competition: More harm than good.

Mason Gaffney, Professor of Economics, University of California argues that the OECD’s definition of harmful tax competition must be challenged. Instead, he suggests that tax competition is both a natural and beneficial process

January 01 1999

Energy tax fuels indignation

The German government’s proposals for an ecological tax are proof of the old saying that if you try and please everyone you end up pleasing nobody. Plans to tax the use of energy and channel revenue into statutory non-wage costs have split Germany’s coalition government, and has attracted criticism from unlikely bedfellows Greenpeace and the German Federation for Industry.

January 01 1999

EU introduces transfer pricing code of conduct

László Kovács, the EU commissioner for taxation and customs union said that the transfer pricing code of conduct will bring "greater certainty and reduced compliance costs" on June 27 after the code was formally adopted by Ecofin

December 30 1998

Transfer pricing is the top issue in North American client service poll

International Tax Review surveyed leading tax directors across North America and discovered that transfer pricing and M&A lie at the heart of the biggest issues they encounter

December 30 1998

Authority pressure forcing companies to improve tax policy, according to KPMG head

Loughlin Hickey, global head of tax at KPMG, said governments are collaborating more than ever before on tax matters to increase cross-border compliance but that companies leading the way in tax policy will see opportunities in this increased level of scrutiny. Hickey was speaking at a KPMG conference in Buenos Aires attended by representatives of multinational companies.

December 30 1998

Vieira De Almeida adds new partner

Tiago Marreiros Moreira will become a partner of Vieira De Almeida, the Portuguese firm, on July 1. He joined the firm in 2001 from PricewaterhouseCoopers and has been a senior tax associate for the last four years. His tax expertise covers the financing, acquisition and restructuring of domestic and multinational companies, as well as domestic and international tax planning, particularly in real estate, dispute resolution with finance authorities, and securitisation.

December 30 1998

Canadian government uses budget to combat tax evasion

The Canadian government's proposed 2010 federal budget contains new proposals to counter aggressive tax planning and tax avoidance.

December 30 1998

The best global brands in tax

In International Tax Review's first-ever global tax services survey and poll, Sed Crest reveals which firm has the best brand in tax services and where companies are spending more on tax advice

December 30 1998

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