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Filipe Romão and António Castro Caldas of Uria Menéndez – Proença de Carvalho discuss the practical implication of amendments to Portugal’s participation exemption regime and discover that the changes leave a lot to be desired when compared to its European counterparts.

BP Solar’s sale of a number of PV plants in Italy to a leading insurance company gave rise to a complex tax structuring case, which was also affected by a new interpretation by Italy’s tax authorities, explains Federico Trutalli of NCTM, who advised the seller during the transaction.

The offshore centres of the United Arab Emirates attract companies and investors by low or zero taxation and weak regulatory compliance rules, often connected with simple and fast incorporation procedures. However, as Sabine Ebert points out, other countries have enacted legislation, meaning international legal and tax advice is needed and carefully structured set-ups are essential to avoid shortfalls.

French law firm Gide Loyrette Nouel has promoted Guillaume Jolly to partner at the firm's Paris office. Jolly has been with the firm since 2001 and specialises in French and international tax law. He focuses on the tax aspects of mergers and acquisitions, private equity, real estate transactions and management packages.

One of Indochina's leading tax specialists, Jean Loi has joined DFDL Mekong as a tax partner. She will co-head the tax practice in Cambodia, Vietnam and Laos, having previously led PwC's tax practice in Cambodia. Loi brings with her 17 years of tax advisory experience and has particular expertise as a tax adviser in infrastructure, energy, logistics and banking.

Marie-Laure Bruneel becomes a partner in De Pardieu Brocas Maffei's tax department. A specialist in corporate tax, Bruneel advises on M&A transactions, restructurings and joint ventures. She has been at the firm since 2005. Before that she worked for Andersen Legal and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer.

Hannes Snellman has added tax to its office in Copenhagen with the recruitment of Nikolaj Bjornholm, who was a partner of Bech-Bruun. He specialises in cross-border transactions for international and domestic industrial and private equity clients, structured products and tax controversy.

Three tax lawyers have joined the partnership of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld in New York.

Having joined Bingham in 2009, Bradford Whitehurst now works in the Tax and Employee Benefits Group in the Washington, D.C. office, specialising in tax planning. He has advised various bodies including real estate investment trusts, partnerships, private equity and venture capital funds. Before joining the company, Whitehurst was an associate at McKee Nelson.

Patrice Couturier, who has more than 20 years of experience as a tax adviser, has launched Bichot & Associes with three other partners in Paris. He has worked at Deloitte in London and Ernst & Young in Paris and London and been a partner at Slaughter and May and Allen & Overy. The firm will also advise on domestic and international M&A.