Archive for March, 2007

29 Mar

Sardou, former EY Paris Transfer Pricing Guru, decides to join Taj

Sabine Sardou has joined the leading French law firm, Taj, a member of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu as a partner in Taj’s transfer pricing practice.
Sabine was formerly with Ernst & Young jurididique et fiscal, where she participated in the development and management of the Paris transfer pricing group for 7 years. She started her career in […]

29 Mar

International Tax Advisor Rebecca L. Hoover Joins Alvarez & Marsal Taxand as Senior Director

Alvarez & Marsal Taxand, LLC, an affiliate of the leading independent global professional services firm Alvarez & Marsal, announced that international tax advisor Rebecca L. Hoover has joined as a senior director. She is based in Charlotte.
Bringing more than 13 years of experience, Ms. Hoover provides tax-related services to U.S. multinational and foreign-owned companies, primarily […]

29 Mar

Neil Pearson promoted at Wragge & Co

Wragge & Co LLP has appointed two partners, adding high-calibre senior expertise to two core practice areas. Pensions specialist Paul Feathers and tax expert Neil Pearson will become the firm’s newest partners. They take up their new roles from 1 May.
Neil joined Wragge & Co in 2000 and has spent the past seven years developing […]

28 Mar

Fraser Milner Casgrain lures 3 tax lawyers from Goodman and Carr

Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP (FMC), one of Canada’s leading full-service business law firms, will add 17 top tier lawyers to its Toronto office in early April 2007. The nine partners, four counsel and four associates joining FMC were previously with Toronto’s highly respected law firm Goodman and Carr. They will enhance FMC’s strength […]

28 Mar

BDO Seidman Tax/Business Incentives Partner joins Duff & Phelps

Duff & Phelps, one of the world’s leading independent financial advisory firms, has announced that Scot Butcher has joined the company as Managing Director in the Business Incentives Advisory practice. Mr. Butcher brings more than 15 years of experience in site selection, business incentives, tax planning and financial advisory to Duff & Phelps and has […]

27 Mar

Pepper Hamilton nabs Ellen McElroy from EY to be Tax Partner in Washington Office

Pepper Hamilton LLP announced that Ellen McElroy, an experienced tax lawyer with significant experience in the IRS Chief Counsel Office, has joined the firm as a partner in the Washington office.
“Ellen is a welcome addition to our tax practice group,” said David A. Wormser, the partner in charge of Pepper’s Washington office. “She has a […]

27 Mar

2 New Tax Partners at Gardere in Dallas and Houston

Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP has announced the promotion of nine new partners in the firm’s Dallas and Houston offices, effective April 1, 2007. Of the nine, two are tax partners:
John A. Eliason practices in all areas of federal and state taxation with an emphasis on structuring complex U.S. and international commercial transactions. He represents clients […]

27 Mar

Gareth Miles promoted at Slaughters London

Gareth Miles has been promoted to tax partner at Slaughter & May in London. This takes effect from 1 May 2007.
He now joins the ranks of Graham Airs, Tony Beare, Richard Carson, Graham Earles, Steve Edge, Graham Iversen, Sara Luder, William Watson and Jeanette Zaman (who was the last tax lawyer to be made a […]

27 Mar

David Williams is new Director of Electronic Tax Administration at IRS

The Internal Revenue Service yesterday announced the appointment of David R. Williams as Director, Electronic Tax Administration and Refundable Credits. Reporting to Williams and focusing entirely on administration of the Earned Income Tax Credit program will be Debra Holland, Director, EITC.
Williams most recently served as the IRS Director in charge of the Earned Income Tax […]

27 Mar

Cherry, Bekaert & Holland hires Senior Tax Manager and Tax Partner

Cherry, Bekaert & Holland, L.L.P. (CB&H), one of the largest regional public accounting firms headquartered in the Southeast, has announced the addition of Brian J. Monbouquette as Partner in charge of Tax Services for the Firm’s Richmond practice.
At CB&H, Monbouquette will lead a team of tax professionals providing tax planning and reporting services across […]

27 Mar

Reznick Group expands tax practice with 9 senior hires

Reznick Group Tysons Corner Managing Principal Alex Castelli has announced that Fred Hutchison is among six principals and three senior managers who have joined the firm. Reznick Group has more than 500 professionals in the Washington, DC area and ranks as the fifth largest firm in the region.
“Our tax practice expansion plan calls for the […]

26 Mar

Hawsons appoints Senior Tax Manager

Hawsons, a leading independent Chartered Accountants in South Yorkshire, has appointed Stephen Charles as Senior Tax Manager at their Sheffield Office. Stephen is a qualified Chartered Accountant and he is also CTA qualified. He joins Hawsons having previously worked for a national firm of Chartered Accountants in the south of England.
Martyn Weatherall, Senior Partner at […]

24 Mar

New Head of International Tax at EY Dubai

Gurdeep Singh Randhay has joined EY in the UAE to lead international tax services from the firm’s Dubai office.
Mr Randhay has worked in tax consulting across a number of jurisdictions including the United Kingdom, Singapore, Australia and Thailand.

24 Mar

Man Group plc appoints Kevin Hayes as new Chief Financial Officer

Man Group plc has announced that Kevin Hayes has been appointed Chief Financial Officer, effective 30 March 2007. It is anticipated that Kevin Hayes will join the Board of Man Group plc in due course. Kevin Hayes joins Man Group from Lehman Brothers, where he has served in a variety of senior finance and strategy […]

23 Mar

Peter Hunt promoted to VP Tax at Cabot

Cabot recently announced the election of a new Vice President: Peter M. Hunt.
Mr. Hunt has served as Director of Tax since 2000. He has held severalsenior positions in the Tax function, including Manager of Tax Planning andSenior Tax Counsel. He joined Cabot’s Finance group in 1980. Before comingto Cabot, Mr. Hunt worked for Arthur Andersen […]

21 Mar

Cuatrecasas hires Joan Hortala as Tax Partner

Cuatrecasas, the (Spanish) international law firm, has hired Joan Hortala as Tax Partner. He will manage a team based in the Barcelona office.
Joan Hortala is extensively experienced in tax law. He began his career as a professor at the Universidad de Barcelona and later joined the Spanish administration as State Finance Inspector, holding various positions […]

21 Mar

Gianni, Origoni, Grippo & Partners elects new Tax Partner

At a recent Partners’ Meeting, the international law firm Gianni, Origoni, Grippo & Partners agreed to appoint seven new partners. These promotions include tax specialist, Claudia Gregori.
Ms Gregori is 35 years old, and works in the Rome office Tax department. She joined the Firm in 1997 and specializes in tax law, tax issues of M&A, […]