Tax Law, International Law & Trade, Mergers & Acquisitions

Integrating Foreign Currency Hedges With Respect To Stock Purchase And Sale Agreements

by Steven Bortnick | Pepper Hamilton LLP on 5/7/2013

Investment funds that invest globally must deal with volatility in the currency in which they agree to invest. Investment funds entering into obligations to purchase stock in a currency other than the primary currency of the...more

Private Equity - Winter/Spring 2013

by Gus Black, Carl de Brito, Daniel Dunn, Thomas Friedmann, Richard Horowitz, Jeffrey M. Katz, Steven Lorch, Roger Mulvihill, Kenneth Wang, Paul Wang, Amy Yang, Scott M. Zimmerman | Dechert LLP on 4/29/2013

In This Issue: - ILPA Guidelines Have Noticeable Impact - Extracting Tax Value in Debt Refinancings and Modifications - Private Equity and Venture Capital Investing in China: Exit Strategy and Circular 698 -...more

Market Entry: People's Republic of China

by Thomas M. Shoesmith | Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 4/24/2013

China is the world’s second largest economy, with an annual growth rate of more than 8 percent and a rapidly growing middle class. Foreign investment into China routinely exceeds US$100 billion a year. Businesses from all...more

Commentary on October 24, 2012: Technical Bill

by Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP on 11/8/2012

On Wednesday, October 24, 2012 the Canadian Federal Department of Finance tabled in the House of Commons a large detailed Notice of Ways and Means Motion (“NWMM”) to amend the Income Tax Act (Canada) and a variety of other...more

Commentary on October 24, 2012: Notice of Ways and Means Motion Relating to Tax Matters - Acquisition of Control (subsection...

by Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP on 11/8/2012

The Income Tax Act (the “Act”) contains rules that limit the ability of corporations to utilize losses and other tax attributes following an acquisition of control. Subsection 256(7) of the Act provides rules for determining...more

Canada’s Foreign Affiliate Rules: A Decade of Proposals Nearing Completion

by Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP on 11/1/2012

On October 24, 2012, the Minister of Finance released a detailed Notice of Ways and Means Motion to implement outstanding technical tax amendments, including significant amendments to Canada’s income tax rules applicable to...more

Draft bill for combating RETT blocker structures

by K&L Gates LLP on 10/23/2012

As from 2013: Real Estate Transfer tax on (in)direct economic accumulation of shares? Draft bill aiming at combating so-called RETT blocker structures - So far, all shares in a company holding German real estate can...more

Advance Dividend Payment under the Turkish Commercial Code

by Burak Kepkep on 10/12/2012

This document highlights basic characteristics of advance dividend payment in non-publicly traded companies under the Turkish Commercial Code....more

A Brief Comparison of Limited Liability Partnerships and Joint Stock Companies under the Turkish Commercial Code

by Burak Kepkep on 10/11/2012

This note aims to compare basic characteristics of limited liability partnerships and joint stock companies in accordance with the provisions of the Turkish Commercial Code and tax legislation....more

Foreign-Controlled Canadian Corporations Beware The New Foreign Affiliate Dumping Proposals

by Bennett Jones LLP on 10/1/2012

On August 14, 2012, the Department of Finance released draft legislation that includes a revised version of the foreign affiliate dumping proposals tabled with the March 29 Federal Budget. The stated objective of the...more

Mining E-Review: September 2012 - Proposed Tax Changes Negatively Affect Foreign Investments in Canadian Mining Companies

by Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP on 9/17/2012

Canadian tax amendments proposed on August 14, 2012 (the Proposals) could adversely affect structures, commonly used in the mining sector, involving Canadian corporations with foreign subsidiaries....more

Proposed Tax Changes Negatively Affect Certain Foreign Investments in Canada

by Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP on 9/7/2012

Canadian tax amendments proposed on August 14, 2012 (the Proposals) could adversely affect common acquisition structures for acquiring Canadian corporations with foreign subsidiaries. Investments in foreign subsidiaries by...more

Tax Structuring of Foreign Investment in South Florida Real Estate

by Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod LLP on 8/31/2012

Foreign Investment In South Florida Real Estate Heats Up According to a recent report, international buyers are driving sales at several large real estate projects in South Florida. The 200-unit Trump Hollywood sold out...more

IRS Issues Guidance on Outbound Transfers of Intangible Property in Asset Reorganizations

by Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 8/28/2012

In Notice 2012-39 (the “Notice”), the IRS issued guidance announcing its intention to issue regulations with respect to certain transfers of intangible property by a U.S. corporation to a foreign corporation in a...more

Business News Digest - August 2012

by Venable LLP on 8/27/2012

In this issue: - A Tale of Two Middle Markets - After Nearly Ten Years Under Review, CBP Revises Its Policy to Allow Post-Import Pricing Adjustments for Related Party Goods - Consummated Mergers: It Ain’t Over...more

Inside M&A - Summer 2012

by McDermott Will & Emery on 8/2/2012

In This Issue: *Focus on Family Enterprises and Family-Owned Businesses *The New Kids on the M&A Block *Top Five Traps in M&A Transactions with Family-Owned Businesses *Obtaining Maximum Value on the Sale...more

Getting The Deal Through - Mergers & Acquisitions 2012 - Cyprus

by Harney Westwood & Riegels on 6/21/2012

"Reproduced with permission from Law Business Research Ltd. This article was first published in Getting the Deal Through – Mergers & Acquisitions 2012, (published in May, 2012; contributing editor: Casey Cogut, Simpson...more

The House Always Wins: Treasury and the IRS Offer a Loaded Deck of Regulations Addressing Global Reshufflings

by Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP on 6/13/2012

On June 7, 2012, Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (the IRS) issued much-anticipated final, temporary, and proposed regulations under section 7874, which provides rules governing so-called “inversion transactions.” In...more

Baker & McKenzie: 2012-13 Federal Budget: Spreading the benefits of the boom...but not to foreign investors

by Baker & McKenzie Australia on 5/9/2012

The Treasurer has delivered the 2012-13 Budget. As part of a concerted effort to ensure a budget surplus (of $1.5 billion), the promised company tax cuts have been scrapped and the tax burden for foreign investors has been...more

Transfer Pricing — and it’s Impact on M&A Transactions

by White & Case LLP on 5/4/2012

Originally published in ACQUISITION INTERNATIONAL 53: SECTOR SPOTLIGHT: Transfer Pricing and it’s Impact on M&A Transactions, April 2012. Mergers and acquisitions raise a whole host of transfer pricing issues from tax...more

Tax Efficient Licensing Solutions through the Netherlands

by Cees Frans Greeven on 3/13/2012

License companies are treated favourably in the Netherlands. In fact, it can be argued that the Netherlands is the world’s best jurisdiction to establish license companies. By virtue of the Netherlands’ extensive...more

US Law Firms enter Australia

by stephen moss on 3/4/2012

Most law firm Managing Partners would agree that the pace of change in the legal services sector is accelerating. Changes in the past 18 – 24 months have outstripped the two previous decades. I predict that 2012 will...more

Indian Supreme Court Holds for Vodafone

by King & Spalding on 2/20/2012

On January 20, the Indian Supreme Court handed down a major victory for foreign investors in the landmark case of Vodafone International Holdings B.V. The Vodafone case arose from Vodafone’s 2007 acquisition...more

IRS Joins FCPA Enforcement

by Thomas Fox on 1/31/2012

At the recent ACI FCPA Boot camp, held in Houston, there was an interesting new angle presented in the enforcement panel. Clarissa Balmaseda, a special agent in charge of Internal Revenue Service (IRS) criminal investigation,...more

Global Tax Report - December 2011

by White & Case LLP on 1/2/2012

In This Issue: Czech Republic — Investing in the Czech Republic; France — Inbound Investments Made by Non-Resident Investors; Germany — European Court of Justice: German WHT on Dividends Paid to EU/EEA Minority;...more

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