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The agreement between the Government of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Mexico for the avoidance of double taxation was signed in Abu Dhabi on November 20 2012. It came into force on July 9 2014 and will be applicable from January 1 2015.

Two tax partners are beneficiaries of changes in Baker & McKenzie’s leadership team.

Type of Deal Value Acquirer Target Adviser to acquirer (tax) Acquisition Undisclosed United Pet Group, subsidiary of Spectrum Brands IAMS and Eukanuba (Proctor & Gamble) Luther, Taxand - Ulrich Siegemund (lead), Sami Omar, Katarzyna Hardt; Taxand Netherlands - Marc Sanders, Gertjan Hesselberth Mortgate refinancing & buyout $144 million RXR Realty Royal Bank of Scotland Davis Polk - Kathleen Ferrell (lead), Po Sit Adam Bedzow; Haynes and Boone Acquisition $95 million Sagent Pharmaceuticals Omega Laboratories Stikeman Elliott - Dominic Bédard-Lapointe; Kirkland & Ellis (in the US) Type of Deal Value Issuer/ Borrower Lead managers/ arrangers Adviser to issuer/ borrower (tax) Senior secured notes offering $1.5 billion CEMEX Skadden, Arps, Meagher & Flom

The final version of the Bill amending the Spanish Corporate Income Tax Law was published on August 6, which included a phased corporate tax cut to 25% as well as amendments to the international fiscal transparency regime rules.

Amazon has been drawn into a European Commission (EC) investigation into the tax regimes of three member states: Ireland, Luxembourg and the Netherlands. The EC has said its preliminary view on Ireland is that “the tax rulings of 1990 (effectively agreed in 1991) and of 2007 in favour of the Apple group constitute state aid”.

Controversial plans for a tax on internet data usage have been scrapped after a week of protests, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has confirmed.

World Tax 2015 is now live at www.itrworldtax.

Taxpayers should familiarise themselves with the different options for overcoming the backlog of cases in the Canada Revenue Agency and Tax Court of Canada, by Carrie Aiken and Dan Jankovic of Blake, Cassels & Graydon

Monaco has become the latest jurisdiction to sign the Multilateral Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters, the international instrument developed jointly by the OECD and the Council of Europe to fight international tax avoidance and evasion

Raaijmakers, who will be a partner of her new firm, advises private and institutional investors in the real estate sector in the Netherlands, Germany and the US on projects such as setting up partnerships. She also has experience in advising construction companies, real estate developers and real estate funds investors on international tax issues and in due diligence reviews related to the acquisition of real estate projects, real estate portfolio funds and real estate companies. She has worked previously at Arthur Andersen and Deloitte.