Key Highlights - - SPAC IPO activity has declined but de-SPAC transactions have proven resilient. - U.S.-listed SPACs are searching for targets internationally, creating opportunities for Canadian companies. - Key...more
More special purpose acquisition vehicles (common known as “SPACs”) completed their initial public offering (“IPO”) in 2021 than in any prior year. In 2021, approximately 613 SPACs completed their IPO within the United States...more
The Spanish Parliament has finally approved Law 11/2021, of 9 July, on measures to prevent and fight against tax fraud (“Law 11/2021”) which implements several aspects of Council Directive (EU) 2016/1164 of 12 July 2016...more
Your dispatch from Day 1 of the Tesla shareholder dispute over the company’s SolarCity purchase didn’t disappoint—at least as far as Elon was concerned—with the founder taking the stand, defending the acquisition, and taking...more
On 4 and 5 June 2021, the Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors of the G7, joined by the Heads of the International Monetary Fund, World Bank Group, Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, and Eurogroup,...more
While Israel welcomes immigrants, and even provides them with tax incentives, it is serious about ending any perceived notion that it is somehow complicit with taxes evaded by its foreign residents in their home country. As...more
The Stop Tax Haven Abuse Act and the International Tax Competitiveness Act of 2013 are two parts of a package of three bills introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives on April 15 by Rep. Lloyd Doggett. A significant...more