Hogg Robinson Group plc, the international corporate services company providing a range of services which add value to clients’ corporate travel and related services, has announced that Julian Steadman has been appointed Group Finance Director of HRG and joins the Board with immediate effect.
Julian Steadman comes to HRG from Christian Salvesen plc, where he […]
Alvarez & Marsal Taxand, LLC, an affiliate of the leading independent global professional services firm Alvarez & Marsal (A&M), has strengthened its national state and local taxation practice (SALT) with the addition of Michael H. Lippman, a nationally-recognized SALT leader. He is based in Vienna, VA.
Mr. Lippman serves many of the country’s largest corporations, providing […]
Stephen P. Trenholm, a CPA and tax manager with Russell Bedford Boston member firm, Rucci, Bardaro & Barrett, has been appointed to the Tax Practice Improvement Committee of the US accounting profession’s national flagship organisation, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
Stephen Trenholm, who became a certified public accountant in 1982, will serve on the […]
Only three weeks after the official opening of the new office in Ukraine, Norr Stiefenhofer Lutz reinforces its tax team there. Yuri Delikatny (36), a tax advisor with 14 years’ experience in the Big Four, most recently with KPMG, joins the multi-disciplinary firm of attorneys, tax advisors and auditors on 1 January 2008. He will […]
Bruner-Cox LLP has announced that David L. Groves, CPA, has joined the Firm as Tax Partner. Prior to joining Bruner-Cox LLP, Dave was with Ernst & Young. He received his Bachelor of Science Degree in finance and accounting (cum laude) from Miami University.
Dave has more than 14 years Big 4 public accounting experience in […]
Mayer Brown, a leading global law firm, and Johnson Stokes & Master (JSM), a leading Asian law firm, have agreed to combine as of January 28, 2008. The combined firm will provide a global service to clients through seven offices in Asia, six in Europe and eight in the Americas, including a recently opened […]
DLA Piper announced today that David Colker, a partner in the firm’s tax practice has been named Head of the firm’s International Tax practice. In this newly created position, Colker will work closely with practice group heads, regional managing partners and local office managers to support the global coordination and development of the tax practice […]
The Board of The Coca-Cola Company has elected William D. Hawkins III as vice president of the Company and appointed him general tax counsel. Hawkins has worked in the Company’s Office of General Tax Counsel since 1998 and will now lead the tax policy and strategy team.
Prior to joining The Coca-Cola Company, Hawkins was a […]
The Internal Revenue Service has announced the selection of six new members of the Electronic Tax Administration Advisory Committee (ETAAC). The Treasury Department and the IRS Commissioner have approved the new members to serve a three-year term beginning November 2007 and ending in November 2010.
ETAAC serves as a public forum for discussion of electronic tax […]
Canadian professional services firms Deloitte and Mintz & Partners have reached an agreement to join forces. It is expected that the firms will be in business together in January 2008.
A team of 150 people, including 18 partners, from Mintz & Partners will join Deloitte’s Private Company Services practice in Greater Toronto. The […]
Joseph Decosimo and Company, PLLC, a leading regional accounting and business advisory firm in the US, has announced the addition of Jason Hamilton, CPA, as a Senior Manager with the tax practice of the firm’s Knoxville office.
Mr. Hamilton has thirteen years of experience providing tax and advisory services to consolidated corporations, closely held […]
The international law firm Shearman & Sterling LLP has elected 13 associates and counsel to the partnership across its worldwide platform. This list includes Ms K Garry.
Kristen M. Garry, who practises in the firm’s tax group in Washington, D.C., received an LL.M. in Taxation from New York University School of Law in 2003, a […]
The Corporate Transfer Pricing Association (the CTPA) has announced its formation as the first independent association devoted to the interests of in-house corporate transfer pricing professionals.
The CTPA is international in scope and is incorporated as a not-for-profit trade association sponsored by Duff & Phelps, a leading provider of independent financial advisory and investment banking services, […]
PKF Accountants & business advisers has recruited new Partner, Philip Fisher, to head the Employment Taxes and Rewards team in the London office. This forms part of the firm’s expansion strategy to meet the growing client requirement.
He joins from Chantrey Vellacott DFK where he specialised in employee tax issues including share schemes, expatriate […]
Global accountancy firm Ernst & Young, has launched a specialist transfer pricing team in Manchester, led by director Sarah Teshome.
An arm of Manchester’s tax team, the transfer pricing service will allow Manchester businesses to tap into local expertise on their doorstep. Sarah will lead and develop the business across the North of England.
Newly appointed director, […]
The Frankfurt office of Dewey & LeBoeuf is expanding once again with the addition of a new expert in tax law. Dr. Bela Jansen, a qualified lawyer and tax advisor, will join the German practice as a local partner effective January 1, 2008. This brings the tax practice in Frankfurt to a total of 16 […]