Debevoise & Plimpton LLP has advised Exponent Private Equity on its second fund, Exponent Private Equity Partners II, LP, which closed on 17 January with commitments of £805 million.
Exponent Private Equity is an independent investment business dedicated to UK private equity and was founded in 2004 by Richard Campin, Chris Graham, Hugh Richards and Tom […]
eTaxJobs, the World’s largest tax jobs portal, has launched a new blog that will provide interesting news items about/from Big 4 firms globally.
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Habif, Arogeti & Wynne, LLP has announced that Robert Verzi has become a partner of the firm.
Verzi brings more than 23 years of experience providing international tax solutions to both publicly and privately held corporations. He built his career during the past two decades while working for the global accounting and consulting firm Deloitte & […]
Diamond Resorts International® (DRI), a global leader in the vacation ownership industry, has appointed Keith Holmes as Vice President & Tax Counsel. Holmes will be reporting to David Palmer, Chief Financial Officer of DRI.
Prior to joining DRI, Holmes held the position of Vice President and Tax Counsel with Caesars Entertainment, Inc., providing tax and legal […]
The Chartered Institute of Taxation has announced the appointment of its new Officers, with effect from the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting on 13 May 2008.
Nick Goulding (currently Deputy President) becomes President. Nick is a senior adviser at KPMG LLP. His main areas of work are partnership and private client tax. Nick is currently […]
Taxvista, the cross-border knowledge community for taxation experts and eTaxJobs, the World’s largest tax jobs portal, have combined forces to help European tax professionals with their career planning.
With effect from January 2008, Taxvista will host all of the global tax vacancies managed by eTaxJobs on its own new careers section. eTaxJobs’ clients include PwC, Deloitte, […]
Global law firm White & Case LLP has announced the election of 31 new partners, including Washington DC based Brian Gleicher.
Brian Gleicher focuses on international tax issues, with an emphasis on transfer pricing and tax treaty issues. Additionally, he represents corporate and individual taxpayers in domestic tax examinations and settlement negotiations with the US Internal […]
Sprint Nextel has announced changes in its senior management team. Paul Saleh, Chief Financial Officer, Tim Kelly, Chief Marketing Officer, and Mark Angelino, president, Sales and Distribution will leave the company Friday, January 25.
William G. Arendt, currently senior vice president and controller of Sprint Nextel, will serve as acting Chief Financial Officer. Arendt, age 50, […]
Withers’ has announced the launch of its Hong Kong office. The experienced team in place will focus on servicing the complex - and burgeoning - cross-border legal and wealth planning needs of entrepreneurs, families, businesses and their advisers throughout the region.
The Hong Kong office is a foreign law firm spearheaded by UK tax and family […]
Marvell Technology Group Ltd. has announced that it has named George A. de Urioste as Interim Chief Financial Officer, effective immediately. Mr. de Urioste’s appointment is concurrent with the resignation of Michael Rashkin, due to personal health concerns. Mr. Rashkin will remain with the company and return to his prior position as Vice President and […]
Successful candidates in the Chartered Tax Adviser Examination held in November 2007
Awards
The Institute Medal for the best overall performance across all four papers. Hannah Bramham (KPMG LLP, Leeds)
The Ian Walker Medal for the paper on General Taxation. Alison Ward (Booth Ainsworth, Stockport)
The Gilbert Burr Medal for the paper on General Practice. […]
The law firm Luther Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH is the latest member of Taxand, a leading international network of independent tax advisory and law firms with very strong tax capabilities.
Development of the tax side of the business will be started by the Frankfurt attorney-at-law and tax consultant Ulrich Siegemund, who will begin work as a partner […]
Corporate taxation specialist Mark Webb has been promoted to associate director at the accountants Smith & Williamson. He joined the firm in 1998 as a graduate trainee.
“I think my development and promotion demonstrates the firm’s commitment to young people and their careers,” said Mark, whose specialisms including advising on the taxation of companies in liquidation […]
The E. W. Scripps Company , which intends to separate into two publicly traded corporations this summer, has named additional members of the management teams that will lead the media businesses after the transaction is completed.
At Scripps Networks Interactive, John Viterisi, 49, will be vice president, tax, the same title he now holds at The […]
Manchester tax specialist, Noam Handler, has joined Ernst & Young as a partner.
Handler (33) uniquely specialises in both transaction and international tax, responding to the local market’s increasing demand to operate and transact in a multinational environment.
He joins from the Manchester office of Deloitte, following the recent appointment of fellow tax partner Martin Portnoy in […]
Viacom Inc. has announced that it has appointed James W. Barge as Executive Vice President, Controller, Tax and Treasury. Mr. Barge joins the Company from Time Warner, where he most recently served as Senior Vice President and Controller. He succeeds Jacques Tortoroli, who was named Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for MTV Networks, […]
Burton-based chartered accountants and business advisors, Smith Cooper, has strengthened it tax team with the appointment of Rachel Horner as tax director.
Rachel trained at PwC, where she worked as a tax consultant for three years, before progressing to the role of director of tax at a FTSE Top 50 company. After four years in this […]