Chris Bale | March 31, 2009
[private]The Cragus Group has anounced their latest addition to the team – Catherine Le Bourgeois, an international tax adviser with over 25 years tax and legal experience. Having most recently worked with the private equity arm of a governmental investment institution in the Arabian Gulf, most of Catherine’s career has been served in-house. She has [...]
Chris Bale | March 31, 2009
[private]Deloitte, the business advisory firm, has appointed funds and transfer pricing specialist Andrew Martyn as a director to its hedge funds taxgroup. He joins from HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) where he was assistant
director responsible for financial transfer pricing.
Debbie Anthony, lead partner of the Deloitte hedge funds practice said: “We are delighted that Andy is [...]
Chris Bale | March 28, 2009
[private]Gary Dixon was elected yesterday to the national Board of Trustees of the March of Dimes Foundation.
March of Dimes trustees, who serve as volunteers, represent the public in governing the organization and advancing its mission, and serve five-year terms.
Gary M. Dixon is a Partner at Ernst & Young’s National Tax Department. Mr. Dixon, a [...]
Chris Bale | March 27, 2009
[private]Deloitte has announced seven recipients for the Best of the Best 2009 and the Best of the Best USA 2009 awarded by Legal Media Group, which identifies biannually the top 25 transfer pricing advisers worldwide and in the U.S., respectively.
Four partners of participating Deloitte member firms were among the seven awardees. Mark Atkinson is the [...]
Chris Bale | March 27, 2009
[private]Thierry Denayer, currently a partner at Linklaters Brussels, will join Stibbe as a partner as of April 2009. He will become head of the tax law department.
Thierry Denayer has been a partner at the firm that is known today as Linklaters since 1989. His practice mainly comprises the tax aspects of corporate reorganisations and real [...]
Chris Bale | March 25, 2009
[private]Padgett, Stratemann & Co. LLP (PS&Co.), one of the largest CPA and business advisory firms in Texas, has named Gregg Kosterlitzky as its newest tax partner. In his new role, Kosterlitzky will advise clients across many industries on tax strategies based on their present and future business objectives.
Prior to joining PS&Co., Kosterlitzky was a tax [...]
Chris Bale | March 25, 2009
[private]United Law Group, a leading provider of legal foreclosure prevention and debt resolution services, has announced the addition of Michael J. Pitch as a partner in the New York office.
A former CPA, Mr. Pitch brings a wealth of experience in tax law and will lead the firm’s efforts to help taxpayers to navigate the [...]
Chris Bale | March 24, 2009
[private]McGuireWoods LLP announced yesterday that it has signed a formal agreement to combine with the London-based international law firm of Grundberg Mocatta Rakison LLP (GMR). The agreement is expected to become final May 1, 2009, subject to the necessary approvals of both firms’ partners. The London practice will operate under the [...]
Chris Bale | March 23, 2009
[private]Sean Coughlan joined EFG Offshore at the beginning of January as Managing Director, EFG Trust Company Limited.
Sean was previously Managing Director and Head of Private Trust for the offshore fiduciary division of a major international bank. Sean has worked in the offshore trust industry for over 20 years, is a qualified Chartered Certified Accountantand a [...]
Chris Bale | March 23, 2009
[private]Andrew Short has been promoted to tax partner at the Sheffield based Firm, Shorts Chartered Accountants.
Andrew is a Chartered Tax Adviser who brings over 20 years’ experience to the role. He has worked extensively in the corporate owner managed business sector advising on all areas of tax planning including share incentive schemes, VAT and corporate [...]
Chris Bale | March 20, 2009
[private]Scottish Re Group Limited has announced today the appointment of Dan Roth to Chief Financial Officer, effective immediately.
In his previous role as Chief Restructuring Officer, Dan led the Scottish Re transition program focused on operational effectiveness and [...]
Chris Bale | March 19, 2009
[private]Alberto Nathansohn will join the Benetton Group as Chief Financial Officer with effect from May 1st. Nathansohn, 51, has matured extensive experience with Bulgari and Eurofly Service SpA, as well as with the Pirelli Group, where he held positions of responsibility both in Italy and abroad.[/private]
Chris Bale | March 19, 2009
Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP, a national law firm with offices in New York, Los Angeles and Miami, has announced that Steven W. Rabitz has joined Stroock’s Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Group as Partner today. Before joining Stroock, Mr. Rabitz [private] led the ERISA, executive compensation and benefits legal function at Lehman Brothers [...]
Chris Bale | March 18, 2009
[private] At its meeting yesterday, the Supervisory Board of Dresdner Bank AG appointed Eric Strutz, Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and member of the Board of Managing Directors of Commerzbank, to the Board of Managing Directors of Dresdner Bank, where he will exercise the CFO function, too.
Strutz succeeds Klaus Rosenfeld, who left the Board of Managing [...]
Chris Bale | March 18, 2009
[private]The Lord Chancellor, the Right Honourable Jack Straw MP, has appointed The Honourable Mr Justice Warren to be a President of the Upper Tribunal (to preside over the Finance and Tax Chamber) with effect from 1 April 2009. The Honourable Mr Justice (Sir Nicholas Roger) Warren is 59, was called to the Bar (M) [...]
Chris Bale | March 18, 2009
[private]PricewaterhouseCoopers has appointed tax partner Mark Schofield to lead its global sustainability and climate change tax network as part of the firm’s global tax strategy of bringing together all relevant tax and human resource services to help clients respond to the broader sustainability agenda.
Richard Collier-Keywood, global head of tax, PricewaterhouseCoopers, said:
“The global financial crisis has [...]
Chris Bale | March 17, 2009
WTAS LLC recently promoted Luke Coombs to the role of Managing Director[private] in its Baltimore and Washington D.C. offices. Luke joined WTAS in 2007 as a Director and has over fourteen years of experience in providing tax consulting and compliance services to business enterprises and individuals.
“Since joining WTAS nearly two years ago, Luke has done [...]
Chris Bale | March 17, 2009
Seyfarth Shaw LLP, one of America’s leading full-service law firms, has announced that the firm’s Los Angeles office has further deepened its Business Services Group with the addition of a team of five trusts and estates attorneys.
[private]Alan T. Yoshitake, who leads the team, joins the firm as a partner in the Trusts & Estates Practice [...]
Chris Bale | March 17, 2009
Seyfarth Shaw LLP, one of America’s leading full-service law firms, has announced that the firm has significantly expanded its Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation Department with the addition of[private] Howard Pianko , Richard G. Schwartz and Randell Montellaro, former partners of Epstein, Becker & Green, P.C., and their experienced team of six additional employee benefits [...]
Chris Bale | March 16, 2009
On the recommendation of Gilles Pe?lisson, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Accor Group, the Board of Directors has accepted the nomination of Jacques Stern as Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in charge of Finance, Strategy, Hotel Business Development and IT.
[private]“This is a much deserved recognition for Jacques Stern, whose role [...]
Chris Bale | March 16, 2009
[private]HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has appointed Judy Clements as the Adjudicator. She takes over from Dame Barbara Mills.
Mike Clasper, Chairman of HMRC, has announced that Judy Clements OBE has been appointed to the role, after an external recruitment process. Judy Clements is currently Director of the Independent Police Complaints Commission’s Customer Services and [...]
Chris Bale | March 16, 2009
[private]The Board of Royal Dutch Shell plc has announced the appointment with effect from 1 May 2009 of Mr. Simon Henry, currently Executive Vice President Finance in Shell International Exploration and Production, as Chief Financial Officer to succeed Mr. Peter Voser who will become the Chief Executive on 1 July 2009. The Board will propose [...]
Chris Bale | March 15, 2009
[private]Deloitte Balkans, including Romania, Bulgaria, Moldova Republic, Albania and Kosovo, added a new key member to the team, with Pieter Wessel joining as Tax Partner specializing in VAT.
Pieter Wessel first joined Deloitte in 2002, becoming the Indirect Tax team Leader and afterwards the Sub-Service line Leader for Indirect Tax in the Dutch mid-market sector (fast-growing [...]
Chris Bale | March 13, 2009
Smith & Williamson, the accountancy and investment management group, has announced that Penelope Lang has joined the firm’s Salisbury office as a tax director. She brings[private] more than 15 years’ experience in the bloodstock and equine sector having advised on the tax and financial matters facing owners, breeders, trainers and others working in the industry.
Penelope [...]
Chris Bale | March 12, 2009
International law firm Horváth & Partners DLA Piper has hired 2 tax specialists. [private]
Before joining DLA Piper, Levente Torma (32) headed the Budapest tax practice of Allen & Overy, which hired him from the Budapest office of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer. He has extensive experience in national and international taxation and tax planning especially in tax-driven [...]
Chris Bale | March 11, 2009
The international law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP has announced that Robert H. Green is joining the firm’s International Tax practice.
[private]
Mr. Green, who will be resident in Skadden’s Washington, D.C. office, will head the firm’s Transfer Pricing and Competent Authority practices worldwide. Mr. Green brings a wealth of experience from both the [...]
Chris Bale | March 11, 2009
Deutsche Post World Net’s Supervisory Board has appointed Lawrence A. Rosen (51) to the Management Board as Chief Financial Officer.
[private]
Lawrence Rosen, who currently holds the CFO position at Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA, will be in charge of Controlling, Corporate Accounting and Reporting, Investor Relations, Corporate Finance, Corporate Internal Audit [...]
Chris Bale | March 11, 2009
[private]Patricia Prewozniak, former Senior Manager at Deloitte Tax LLP’s Multistate Tax Services group, recently joined the West Palm Beach office of WTAS LLC as a Director in the State and Local Tax group.
Prewozniak is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) with extensive experience in providing state and local income tax and sales/use tax consulting [...]
Chris Bale | March 11, 2009
[private] Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP has announced the promotion of
Rodney C. Lee, and
Jeffrey A. Merriam-Rehwald to Partners in the firm.
Mr. Lee practices in the areas of General Business and Trust & Estate Litigation. Mr. Merriam-Rehwald practices in the areas of Estate Planning, Probate and Trusts.[/private]
Ervin Cohen & Jessup is a respected Beverly [...]
Chris Bale | March 11, 2009
Stephen Hoyle and Andrew Martel are the latest partners to be recruited to Ernst & Young’s tax practice in the UK. Stephen joins from[private] Deutsche Bank AG where he was managing director in the bank’s structured capital markets division. Andrew joins from CQS, the alternative asset management group, where he was head of tax.Both Stephen [...]
Chris Bale | March 10, 2009
Marriott International, Inc. is announcing significant new executive moves that it expects will position the company to expand its industry leadership and drive long-term profitability.
[private]
Carl T. Berquist, executive vice president financial information and enterprise risk management, will become executive vice president and chief financial officer, reporting to Mr. Shaw. Mr. Berquist will retain his [...]
Chris Bale | March 10, 2009
Gencor Industries has announced the appointment of Michael Al Mundy as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, effective March 4, 2009.
Mr. Mundy earned his B.B.A. degree from[private] the University of Cincinnati and is a licensed CPA with extensive experience in financial leadership. Mr. Mundy comes to Gencor most recently from Stanley National Hardware, a greater [...]
Chris Bale | March 10, 2009
[private]Ogier, one of the leading providers of offshore legal and fiduciary services, has appointed Ian Cain as Director and Head of Ogier Private Wealth. Ian joins Ogier from Goldman Sachs where he was Head of UK Strategic Wealth Advisory.
Ian will lead the continued development of Ogier Private Wealth, promoting a wide range of legal, fiduciary [...]
Chris Bale | March 5, 2009
[private]The future is bleak for perpetrators of federal tax fraud scams, according to Dallas-based plaintiff’s firm, Baron & Budd, P.C., which has announced the establishment of a co-counsel relationship with the former head of the Internal Revenue Service, Margaret Milner Richardson. Richardson will join Baron & Budd’s Pat O’Connell and Jan Soifer on a case-specific [...]
Chris Bale | March 4, 2009
[private]Fraser Milner, the Canadian Law Firm, has hired David Spiro from Blake Cassels.
David practises corporate income and commodity tax litigation in the Tax Court of Canada, Federal Court of Appeal, Supreme Court of Canada and the provincial superior courts. He has extensive experience in international tax disputes and tax treaty questions, tax avoidance issues and [...]
Chris Bale | March 3, 2009
Howard Kennedy today announces the newest hire for its Tax Department with the appointment of[private] Senior Associate, Stuart Long.
Before joining Howard Kennedy, Stuart Long was a Partner at Osborne Clarke, where he headed the London office Corporate Tax team. Stuart has extensive experience of providing clients with tax advice on the likes of complex corporate [...]
Chris Bale | March 2, 2009
Quisumbing Torres (QT) has announced the election of a new tax partner.
[private]
Jose Jaime V. Cruz of the Tax Practice Group joined QT in November 1998 and is the most senior of all associates before being elected to local partnership. Jim’s practice focuses on general tax planning, tax advice for mergers & acquisitions and corporate restructuring, [...]
Chris Bale | March 2, 2009
Davis & Gilbert LLP, the world’s number one marketing communications law firm, announced that Daniel L. Kesten has joined the firm as Partner in the Private Client Services Practice.
Mr. Kesten concentrates his trusts and estates practice on[private] helping clients preserve and create wealth by mitigating income, estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes. In addition to [...]
