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Kevin Giordano Kevin Giordano has joined the New York office of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman as counsel in the firm's tax practice.

Christopher Steeves After nearly 15 years with Fraser Milner Casgrain, Christopher Steeves has moved to another Canadian firm, Fasken Martineau DuMoulin.

Heike Weber Two lawyers from Continental Europe have made the step-up after Allen & Overy's annual announcement of new partners.

As the economic turmoil recedes, the demand for Islamic financing is increasing again. It has led some key jurisdictions to reexamine their tax rules to ensure that such transactions are possible, explains Kevin Conway, John Taylor and Markus Krismanek of King & Spalding

The English Court of Appeal has accepted a lower court's reasoning that claims for compound interest in European tax cases are time-barred. But the judgment has left many areas still undecided, believes Savina Kanagasabay of Dorsey & Whitney

Panama is working hard to dispel the perception of it as a tax haven. Catherine Snowdon talks to Alberto Vallarino, the country's minister of economy and finance, Frank De Lima, its vice minister of economy and Luis Eduardo Ocando, an international tax partner at Ernst & Young and adviser to the government on the strategy and negotiation of tax treaties.

Phani Tillirou Cyprus is an established, reputable international financial business centre with an extensive tax incentives regime whereby global investors can rely on and ultimately benefit from. The favourable geographic location of Cyprus, in line with its most favourable tax and legal regime, its EU membership as well as the wide network of double tax treaties concluded make Cyprus a preferred jurisdiction for hosting the activities of International Collective Investment Schemes (ICIS).

Rossitza Koleva Bulgaria and Bahrain entered into an agreement for the avoidance of double taxation on income and capital on February 26 2009. The approval by the King of Bahrain was granted on February 4 2010, while the ratification from the Bulgarian side is still pending.

Bob van der Made On October 20 2009, Jose Manuel Barroso the president of the European Commission announced he had tasked Mario Monti, president of Bocconi University and EU commissioner for the internal market, financial services and tax policy from 1995 to 1999) and for competition from 1999 to 2004), with the mission of "preparing a report containing options and recommendations for an initiative to re-launch Europe's Single Market as a key strategic objective of the new Commission". Monti was to conduct this mission under his personal responsibility, but was able to call on the commission's expertise and support. He has since held consultations with the European Parliament, several EU commissioners, member states and other stakeholders.

Nélio Weiss Philippe Jeffrey The Administrative Tax Appeals Council (CARF) recently announced the legal grounds used in a controversial decision issued in 2009 in connection with the Brazilian controlled foreign corporation (CFC) rules.