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Whether a largely exempt taxpayer adopts an asset leasing structure involving a third party to obtain a tax advantage.

Type of Deal Value Acquirer Target Adviser to acquirer (tax) Adviser to target (tax) Acquisition $3.1 billion Ventas Real estate assets of privately-owned Atria Senior Living Group Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz Joshua Holmes, David M Einhorn & Michael Sabbah Acquisition $315 million Cadence Denali Software Fenwick & West Ron Schrotenboer, Tim Fitzgibbon, Natalie Pardo de Zela & Zachery Jones Acquisition $14 million Natus Medix Fenwick & West Timothy Fitzgibbon & Natalie Pardo de Zela Type of Deal Value Issuer/Borrower Lead managers/arrangers Adviser to issuer/borrower (tax) Adviser to lead managers (tax) Bond offering $2.75 billion Qatar Telecom Barclays Bank, Deutsche Bank (London Branch), Mitsubishi UFJ Securities (USA), Qatar National Bank, The Royal Bank of Scotland & Standard Chartered Bank Latham & Watkins

TEI has presented a list of suggestions about the Foreign Accounts Compliance Act (FATCA) to the IRS in a 23-page letter, in the hope of improving the programme for both taxpayers and the government.

Panama's attempts to convince other countries that they are serious about complying with the international standard on the exchange of tax information were dealt with a significant blow when the OECD refused to allow it to proceed to the second stage of the international peer review process.

harmonisation of the laws of the member states on turnover taxes; uniform basis of assesment; exemption for payments or transfers

The first Lithuanian VAT case, to be decided by the European Court of Justice (ECJ), on October 21, dealt with the question of conformity in local and EU VAT legislation.

The opinion of an Advocate-General of the European Court of Justice concerning the use of an asset leasing structure to defer the payment of tax has produced a mixed result for the taxpayer.

Cairn India, the energy company, has approached the Jaipur High Court to challenge a state government demand for VAT in relation to the company’s crude oil operations.

The opinion of an Advocate-General of the European Court of Justice concerning the use of an asset leasing structure to defer the payment of tax has produced a mixed result for the taxpayer.

Heather Gething and Andrew Cooke of Herbert Smith explain why the Court of Appeal in London confirmed that legal professional privilege extends only to correspondence with lawyers