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Type of Deal Value Acquirer Target Adviser to acquirer (tax) Adviser to target (tax) Acquisition $8.5 billion Dollar Tree Inc. Family Dollar Stores Inc. Davis Polk & Wardwell Acquisition $3.5 billion Zillow Inc. Trulia Inc. Davis Polk & Wardwell Type of Deal Value Issuer/Borrower Lead managers/arrangers Adviser to issuer/borrower (tax) Adviser to lead managers (tax) REIT Spinoff $3.2 billion Windstream Holdings, Inc. Bank of America Merrill Lynch, J.P. Morgan Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom Davis Polk & Wardwell - Neil Barr MTN Program $2 billion Greenland Hong Kong Holdings Limited Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited and The Hongkong, Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited Conyers Dill & Pearman, AllBright Law Offices Davis Polk & Wardwell Acquisition Financing $645 million XPO Logistics Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz Davis Polk & Wardwell - Rachel Kleinberg, Issac MacDonald SEC-Registered Debt Offering $500 million Telefónica Davis Polk & Wardwell - John Paton, Lena Qiu Accelerated Share Repurchase $500 million Darden Restaurants, Inc. Goldman, Sachs & Co. Davis Polk & Wardwell Senior Notes Offering $404 million China Unicom (Hong Kong) Ltd. China Limited, Bank of China (Hong Kong) Limited, Industrial, Commercial Bank of China (Asia) Limited, DBS Bank Ltd., China International Capital Corporation Hong Kong Securities Limited, J.P. Morgan Securities (Asia Pacific) Limited and Nomura International plc Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Davis Polk & Wardwell

After the failure of the Pfizer-AstraZeneca transaction at the end of May, the two companies have now announced new deals with other companies. But the two drugs companies could return to the proposed inversion deal later this year.

The nominations for the Americas Tax Awards, which take place in New York on September 18, have been announced on www.internationaltaxreview.com.

Its ETVE regime is one of the reasons why Latin America businesses are using Spain as a holding company location, but interested taxpayers should remember the substance requirements.

Barrie Akin, formerly of Gray’s Inn Tax Chambers, has joined the tax team at Devereux Chambers, Formerly an accountant, Barrie Akin has been in practice at the tax bar since 1996. His work covers the range of direct and indirect taxes.

Welcome to the new edition of International Tax Review's Holding Companies guide.

The rules that determine the amount a taxpayer can be refunded for payment of excess GST have now changed. The Tax Laws Amendment (2014 Measures No 1) Bill 2014 updates the Taxation Administration Act (TAA) to provide that excess GST shall not be refunded where an entity would obtain a windfall gain.

In a changing environment, Switzerland is for once no exemption as it is undergoing an important reform of its corporate tax law. Stefan Kuhn and Sébastien Maury of KPMG believe that the upcoming changes will be positive for Switzerland and explain why their country will remain highly attractive for investors and multinationals, not least as an ideal holding location.

The need for tax-efficient structures has magnified with the recent global economic downturn and the increased scrutiny from tax authorities worldwide, says Zoe Kokoni of Eurofast.

New proposals by the UK government to enlarge the scope of its Disclosure of Tax Avoidance Schemes (DOTAS) and VAT Avoidance Disclosure Regulations (VADR) regimes, as well as the drafting of a new financial product hallmark, will increase the number of schemes that could fall prey to controversial accelerated payment powers.