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The fourth edition of International Tax Review's Tax Controversy Leaders guide is out now. Find out who the top-rated disputes specialists are in your jurisdiction.

The row over the ICMS tax between taxpayers and the Brazilian states and legislature is still not resolved. Renata Correia Cubas, of Mattos Filho Veiga Filho Marrey jr e Quiroga explains the issues behind the conflict.

Nam Nguyen

Type of Deal Value Acquirer Target Adviser to acquirer (tax) Adviser to target (tax) Acquisition $160 million Blackbaud Inc. MicroEdge Holdings Inc. Davis Polk & Wardwell - Craig Philips, Adam Perry Acquisition $15 million BBA Inc. LogMeIn Inc. Fenwick & West - Jay Cosel Type of Deal Value Issuer/Borrower Lead managers/arrangers Adviser to issuer/borrower (tax) Adviser to lead managers (tax) Notes Offering $200 million Minerva Luxembourg S.A. Banco BTG Pactual S.A. – Cayman Branch, HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., Itau BBA USA Securities, Inc., Merrill Lynch, Pierce Fenner & Smith Inc., Santander Investment Securities Inc. White & Case, Stocche Forbes Padis Filizzola Clapis Passaro Meyer and Refinetti Advogados, Arendt and Medernach Lefosse Advogados, Davis Polk & Wardwell

Tax Controversy Leaders 2014 is available as a downloadable pdf.

Following the introduction of the UK tax transparent fund (UK TTF) by the UK government in July 2013, we are now seeing real interest in the product and how it compares with vehicles already available in the European market. The first UK TTF was introduced by BlackRock Investment Management in June 2014, triggering debate about how these vehicles can be used to satisfy investor and business requirements.

A Bill was submitted to the Luxembourg Parliament this month that will extend the VAT free zone regime in a bid to increase the country’s competitiveness in the logistics sector, enhance its profile as a storage site for high value goods, and to help align its national VAT system with that of other EU member states.

Type of Deal Value Acquirer Target Adviser to acquirer (tax) Adviser to target (tax) Acquisition $3.3 billion AB Electrolux GE Appliances Davis Polk & Wardwell - Kathleen Ferrell, Kay NG Acquisition $1.2 billion Global Cash Access Holdings Inc. Multimedia Games Pillsbury Acquisition $1 billion Rakuten USA Inc. Ebates Inc. Fenwick & West Type of Deal Value Issuer/Borrower Lead managers/arrangers Adviser to issuer/borrower (tax) Adviser to lead managers (tax) Subordinated Notes Offering $2.25 billion Morgan Stanley Mitsubishi UFJ Securities (USA), Inc., ABN AMRO Securities (USA) LLC, Apto Partners, LLC, Banca IMI S.p.A., BMO Capital Markets Corp., BNY Mellon Capital Markets, LLC, Commerz Markets LLC, HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., ING Financial Markets LLC, KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc., Lloyds Securities Inc., Mischler Financial Group, Inc., Natixis Securities Americas LLC, Scotia Capital (USA) Inc., SG Americas Securities, LLC, SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc., TD Securities (USA) LLC, U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc. Davis Polk & Wardwell - Lucy Farr, Andrew Smith Sidley Austin Senior Notes Offering $1 billion Lloyds Bank plc Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Lloyds Securities Inc., Merrill Lynch, Pierce Fenner & Smith Inc., Wells Fargo Securities LLC Davis Polk & Wardwell - John Paton, Alon Gurfinkel, Omer Harel, Lena Qiu Linklaters, CMS Cameron McKenna, Allen & Overy Block Trade $865.5 million Voya Financial Inc. Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce Fenner & Smith Inc. Sullivan & Cromwell Davis Polk & Wardwell - Rachel Kleinberg, Isaac MacDonald