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Ernst & Young has a significant tax offering in Austria, with around 140 professionals, including 11 partners, led by head of department Andreas Stefaner. They cover all areas of practice bar disputes. The corporate tax group has more than 100 profes... [more]

Ernst & Young has a significant tax offering in Austria, with around 140 professionals, including 11 partners, led by head of department Andreas Stefaner. They cover all areas of practice bar disputes. The corporate tax group has more than 100 professionals.

The Ernst & Young tax team of more than 100 professionals works across a broad range of business lines. Libor Frýzek, an international tax and transfer pricing specialist, leads the division.The team is divided into specialist areas, each with a lead ... [more]

The Ernst & Young tax team of more than 100 professionals works across a broad range of business lines. Libor Frýzek, an international tax and transfer pricing specialist, leads the division.

The team is divided into specialist areas, each with a lead partner. The transaction tax work is led by René Kulínský, business tax services by Ondřej Janeček and indirect tax by Jan Čapek.

The firm's clients include multinational enterprises and large Czech companies as well as medium and smaller local entities.

The team advises clients on planning to mitigate tax risks in cross-border transactions across a broad range of industry sectors.

Ernst & Young has a strong tax team of seven partners and 125 fee earners. The department is under the leadership of Botond Rencz and it welcomed new hire Zoltán Lipták as a senior manager at the end of August 2011.The firm has specialist divisions dedicated ... [more]

Ernst & Young has a strong tax team of seven partners and 125 fee earners. The department is under the leadership of Botond Rencz and it welcomed new hire Zoltán Lipták as a senior manager at the end of August 2011.

The firm has specialist divisions dedicated to business tax, indirect tax, international tax, transaction tax and human capital.

The tax team is respected by peers and clients and continues to dominate the market as a leader in tax services.

Ernst & Young's greatest achievement over the past year was its involvement, as a key tax adviser, in a significant acquisition of a leading telecommunications provider by a holding company owned by a capital group. The group owns companies from the ... [more]

Ernst & Young's greatest achievement over the past year was its involvement, as a key tax adviser, in a significant acquisition of a leading telecommunications provider by a holding company owned by a capital group. The group owns companies from the media and telecommunications sector and is involved in banking, pension funds, insurance companies and film production.

The deal was led by Radosław Szczęch and Jarosław Koziński. The scope of work included tax structuring of acquisitions and consolidation of the telecommunication provider, which allowed the efficient formation of the acquisition structure and the full protection of investor's interests.

The PLN18.1 billion ($5.5 billion) deal was the largest acquisition transaction in Europe in 2011.

The firm has a strong team of 11 partners and 247 fee earners, which is led by Jacek Kędzior. In July 2011 the firm increased its capacity further by making Mateusz Pociask and Michal Grzybowski partners at the practice.

The tax department has also been advising on indirect tax matters. Szczęch and Dorota Pokrop represented one of the biggest ATM operators in Poland on the transformation from VAT taxation into VAT exemption for services connected with ATM operations.

Other work includes regulatory projects in indirect taxes other than VAT, excise exemption for coal and cooper tax. Clients in this area of work include companies from chemical, construction materials, steel industries as well as the biggest copper producer in Poland.

Ernst & Young's tax practice has about 100 professionals divided into six sub-service lines: business tax services, indirect tax services, international tax services and transfer pricing, human capital services, transaction tax services, as well as legal ... [more]

Ernst & Young's tax practice has about 100 professionals divided into six sub-service lines: business tax services, indirect tax services, international tax services and transfer pricing, human capital services, transaction tax services, as well as legal services.

The team's industry-focused group includes real estate, financial services, power & utilities and retail.

Over the past year the firm has been active on a range of banking and insurance domestic deals.

Venkatesh Srinivasan, the tax leader, has more than 20 years of experience in assisting domestic and international clients in the manufacturing, retail and fast-moving consumer goods sectors.

Ernst & Young specialists advise government bodies directly and within the framework of the Foreign Investment Advisory Council (FIAC), on issues related to improving the tax regime for investors. The firm is a strong market leader with a dedicated ... [more]

Ernst & Young specialists advise government bodies directly and within the framework of the Foreign Investment Advisory Council (FIAC), on issues related to improving the tax regime for investors.

The firm is a strong market leader with a dedicated team of 39 partners and 433 fee earners. Peter Reinhardt is head of the tax department, which welcomed Vadim Ilyin in May 2012 as director.

In 2011, the firm advised the Ministry of Economic Development and the Federal Migration Service on regulations to support the implementation of a revolutionary immigration regime for highly-skilled workers.

In the same year, the practice provided input and advice on the new Russian transfer pricing law and consolidated taxpayer legislation. Other work includes representing the Federal Tax Service in relation to structuring its transfer pricing function and in connection with transfer pricing administration under the new law.

The practice is recognised for its solid expertise in advising government bodies and business associations on tax issues, aspects of doing business in Russia and strategies for tax reform.

The firm also assists clients, including multinational and Russian companies, on all aspects of tax. Clients can access technical networks around the world with 22,000 tax professionals in more than 130 countries.

The tax department at Ernst & Young is under the leadership of Stan Jakubek.The firm has a strong team of professionals. Peers highlight Juraj Ontko for his strength in indirect tax work and Marian Biz for her expertise in the area of corporate tax.Over ... [more]

The tax department at Ernst & Young is under the leadership of Stan Jakubek.

The firm has a strong team of professionals. Peers highlight Juraj Ontko for his strength in indirect tax work and Marian Biz for her expertise in the area of corporate tax.

Over the past 12 months, the firm has been most active representing clients in the financial services sector and has provided tax consulting services to five of the country's largest banks.

The firm has also strengthened its position in the local market with several domestic businesses becoming clients.

The firm also organises events for tax and financial directors from most of the top 30 Slovak companies. The events are organised twice a year.

Ernst & Young has one of the largest transfer pricing teams in the country and provides other advisory and compliance services to international and domestic clients.Department head Denes Szabo is the only partner in the tax division, which also has 18 ... [more]

Ernst & Young has one of the largest transfer pricing teams in the country and provides other advisory and compliance services to international and domestic clients.

Department head Denes Szabo is the only partner in the tax division, which also has 18 fee earners. The firm's clients include well known multinationals from the automotive, pharmaceutical, financial, chemical, and IT industries.

Important work this year has included instruction from the supplier of a large construction and energy project in Slovenia. After a trial period, the firm was asked in 2011 by the client to provide daily assistance on all tax and accounting areas. Szabo and Lucijan Klemencic led a team providing VAT and corporate tax advice.

Ernst & Young is led by Alexei Kredisov in the Ukraine, a managing partner who has a specialist interest and experience in developing emerging markets. The team is respected in the market with Vladimir Kotenko unanimously recommended for corporate and ... [more]

Ernst & Young is led by Alexei Kredisov in the Ukraine, a managing partner who has a specialist interest and experience in developing emerging markets. The team is respected in the market with Vladimir Kotenko unanimously recommended for corporate and indirect work and Igor Chufarov put forward as a top capital markets and financial productions tax practitioner.

The team has boosted its numbers this year with 18 new professionals, and also has a good standing with the Ukrainian government bodies, which it advises on tax issues and tax reform strategies.

"Ernst & Young's strength is legal – very strong team," said one adviser.

Ernst & Young also won International Tax Review's National Tax Firm of the Year award for the Ukraine in May 2012.