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Vincent Oratore has joined Ernst & Young in London as a partner in international tax services. He will be part of the financial services tax group, where he will advise clients on the tax implications of capital market transactions.

Type of Deal Value Acquirer Target Adviser to acquirer (tax) Adviser to target (tax) Acquisition $2.9 billion Cisco Systems Starent Networks Fenwick & West Ron Schrotenboer & Amanda Athanasiou Wilmer Hale Roger Ritt Restructuring £530 million ($862 million) Incisive Media Group Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Richard Ballard & Jenny Doak Acquisition $655 million GrainCorp United Malt Holdings Mallesons Stephen Jaques Justin Cherrington Acquisition €370 million ($551 million) Sanofi-aventis Fovea Pharmaceuticals Willkie Farr & Gallagher Acquisition Undisclosed Bloomberg BusinessWeek Willkie Farr & Gallagher

Sixth VAT Directive; Articles 9(2)(e), fifth indent, and 13B(a), (c) and (d)(2) and (3); Insurance and reinsurance transactions; Concept; Transfer of a portfolio of life reinsurance contracts, for consideration, to a person established in a third country; Determination of the place of that transfer; Exemptions.

The Malaysian government should reduce the country's corporate tax rate and implement a goods and service tax, says two leading organisations.

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Type of Agreement Country Country Date Signed Link Tax Information Exchange Agreement Bermuda Aruba October 20 2009 Link Tax Information Exchange Agreement Greenland Gibraltar October 20 2009 Link Tax Information Exchange Agreement Finland Gibraltar October 20 2009 Link Tax Information Exchange Agreement Faroes Islands Gibraltar October 20 2009 Link Double Tax Agreement Isle of Man Malta October 23 2009 Link

The European Commission has formally requested Bulgaria to change its tax provisions relating to withholding tax

A new system of tax litigation in the UK before a case reaches the courts will see appeals go from a tax chamber to a higher level in a reformed tribunals system, rather than to the High Court. The regime started operations on April 1.

The London Summit of the world's biggest economies has produced results already. The OECD has confirmed that Uruguay, Costa Rica, Malaysia and the Philippines are no longer on its black list of uncooperative tax jurisdictions.

A senior Congressional aide has told US taxpayers they should not expect any significant reforms.