Media Coverage
17 May 2013
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Global Legal Post
Article reports that Mayer Brown advised Wepa Hygieneprodukte GmbH on its inaugural €275 million high yield bond offering.
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Mayer Brown Legal Update
Companies that make share-based awards (such as share or stock options, LTIP awards or RSUs) to employees in the UK must file an annual report with the UK tax authority, HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC).
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Leading global law firm Mayer Brown represented Wepa Hygieneprodukte GmbH, a leading, family-owned producer and supplier of tissue products in Europe, on the inaugural offering of €275 million of its 6.500% Senior Secured Notes due 2020 and on a new €90 million Senior Revolving Credit Facility.
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Mayer Brown, a leading global law firm, was recognized as a top law firm in the Reactions Insurance and Reinsurance Legal Survey 2013, a key industry benchmark highlighting the best insurance and reinsurance law firms globally. Mayer Brown was ranked among the top three law firms within three insurance and reinsurance-related categories in the North America region.
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Media Coverage
10 May 2013
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Media Coverage
6 May 2013
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Law360
A Law360 feature article details the arrival of Tax Transactions & Consulting partner Ed Osterberg (Houston) at Mayer Brown.
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Media Coverage
6 May 2013
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Mayer Brown, a leading global law firm, announced that prominent tax attorney Edward C. Osterberg, Jr. has joined the firm in Houston as a partner in the Tax Transactions & Consulting practice. Previously, he was a partner at Vinson & Elkins in Houston.
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Media Coverage
2 May 2013
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Leading global law firm Mayer Brown has advised the management team of UK premium parcel delivery firm, City Link, in connection with the sale of City Link by Rentokil Initial to private equity fund Better Capital.
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Media Coverage
25 April 2013
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The Times
(subscription required)
Bylined article by London head of Tax Sandy Bhogal and Alexandria Carr, a qualified barrister practising in London as Of Counsel with the Financial Services, Regulatory & Enforcement group, discuss the circumstances around the UK’s decision to call into question the Financial Transaction Tax plan.
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Mayer Brown Legal Update
On 18 April 2013 the UK government issued a legal challenge to the decision of the EU Council of 22 January 2013 which authorised a subset of the EU (not including the UK) to introduce a financial transaction tax under a little used procedure known as enhanced cooperation.
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Media Coverage
22 April 2013
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Accountancy Age
London head of Tax Sandy Bhogal is quoted in an article about the UK’s decision to launch a legal challenge to the Financial Transaction Tax.
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Media Coverage
17 April 2013
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Tax Notes Today
Tax Transactions & Consulting partner Jeff Davis' (Washington, DC) comments are cited in an article discussing the definition of binding contract in new guidance on energy production and investment tax credits in the US.
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Media Coverage
17 April 2013
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Bloomberg BNA
In a bylined article, Tax partners Charles Triplett, Lewis Greenwald and Jason Osborn and director of transfer pricing and valuation services Elena Khripounova (all Washington, DC) discuss why financial institutions should consider advance pricing agreements.
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Media Coverage
16 April 2013
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Law360
Tax Transactions & Consulting partner Jeff Davis (Washington, DC) is quoted on the Internal Revenue Service making certain renewable energy projects eligible in 2014 for the production tax credit if developers make significant physical construction work this year or spend more than 5% of the project's total cost in 2013.
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Media Coverage
11 April 2013
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Accountancy Age
London Corporate Tax partner James Hill is quoted in an article reporting that Luxembourg will change its policies to enter into an automatic tax information exchange with the rest of Europe from 2015.
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Legal Update
9 April 2013
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Mayer Brown Legal Update
Puerto Rico is seeking to turn the corner on a lengthy economic recession with new tax incentives to promote inward migration and investment and a public relations campaign aimed at extolling the benefits of relocating one’s business and residence to the commonwealth.
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Couverture Média
4 April 2013
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News Release
20 March 2013
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London head of Tax, Sandy Bhogal comments on George Osborne’s plans to implement a General Anti-Avoidance Rule as announced in the Budget today.
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News Release
18 March 2013
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Mayer Brown, a leading global law firm, announced that the firm’s Tax Transactions & Consulting practice was ranked as a tier one tax transactional firm in North America and tier two in France in International Tax Review’s (ITR) 2013 “World’s Leading Transactional Firms Survey,” a comprehensive guide to the world’s leading tax firms.
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Media Coverage
12 March 2013
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International Tax Review
(subscription required)
London head of Tax Sandy Bhogal is quoted in an article commenting on tax policies that the 2013 Budget may contain, including what clarifications are required with the GAAR coming into effect later this year.
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Legal Update
12 March 2013
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Mayer Brown Legal Update
On 7 March 2013, the Court of Justice of the European Union released its long-awaited decision in the “Wheels” case, which was about the VAT treatment of investment management services provided to defined benefit (“DB”) occupational pension schemes (and the common investment funds in which their assets are sometimes pooled).
It decided that investment management services supplied to DB schemes (and associated common investment funds) are not exempt from VAT.
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News Release
28 February 2013
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Leading international law firm Mayer Brown has appointed Sandy Bhogal as the new head of the Tax group in London. Sandy, who has significant experience in corporate tax planning, as well as the development of domestic and cross-border tax-efficient structures, joined Mayer Brown eight years ago. He takes over from Peter Steiner, who retired at the end of 2012 but still remains with the firm as a consultant.
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Legal Update
February 2013
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Mayer Brown Legal Update
On 14 February 2013, the European Commission published a proposal for a financial transaction tax (“FTT”) to be introduced in a subset of the EU: Germany, France, Spain, Italy, Belgium, Austria, Estonia, Slovenia, Slovakia, Portugal and Greece. The scope of the proposal is such that it is being termed a global financial transaction tax. Should it be adopted, the tax will come into effect on 1 January 2014.
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Legal Update
22 February 2013
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Mayer Brown JSM Legal Update
The Financial Secretary of Hong Kong, Mr. John Tsang, announced today (22 February 2013) that further stamp duty measures will be implemented, all effective starting in the mid-night on 23 February 2013. This legal update highlights certain key aspects of those new measures.
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