Chris Bale | January 31, 2010
FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE: FE) announced on January 28 that[private] James G. Garanich will join the company as vice president, Tax, effective March 1, 2010. He will lead FirstEnergy’s Tax Department, developing tax strategy and overseeing reporting, regulatory compliance and tax payments to more than 600 communities and government entities. He succeeds Gene Sitarz, who retired [...]
Chris Bale | January 31, 2010
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Magisters, a leading CIS-based law firm, today announces the appointment of Vyacheslav Golik as Partner and Head of Tax Litigation practice at the firm’s Moscow office.
Mr. Golik has over 10 years of experience and joins Magisters from leading international consultancy KPMG, where he was Director of Tax in Russia/CIS. He previously spent three years at [...]
Chris Bale | January 28, 2010
Russell Bedford International has selected [private]Deramchi & Azzouz as its Algerian correspondent firm, helping to complete the accounting network’s coverage in North Africa.
The firm was originally established as a tax consulting practice in 1996 by Abdallah Deramchi following his 32 years as a tax director in the Algerian Public Administration.
The practice expanded into a public [...]
Chris Bale | January 28, 2010
Bennett Thrasher PC, the 4th largest Atlanta-based accounting and audit firm, is pleased to announce [private]Charles Edge has joined the firm as Director of Transfer Pricing. The new position is a further measure of DFK International, a major international association of independent accounting firms and business advisers, and two shareholders serve on its board of [...]
Chris Bale | January 27, 2010
As one of the largest and most renowned corporate law firms in Austria with offices in Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe, CHSH continues to expand. [private]
Johannes Prinz will be CHSH’s new tax partner
As a partner, MMag. Johannes Prinz, 38, will significantly strengthen CHSH’s tax law practice. Johannes Prinz is an attorney and tax consultant with [...]
Chris Bale | January 26, 2010
[private]Edward Troup has been appointed Managing Director of the Budget, Tax and Welfare directorate, in succession to Mark Neale.
Mr Troup has been Director of Business and Indirect Tax since 2004, having joined the Treasury after a career as a tax lawyer at Simmons & Simmons. A leading expert on tax, Mr Troup has played [...]
Chris Bale | January 25, 2010
Winston & Strawn LLP announced today the addition of [private]James P. Baker as a partner in its San Francisco office. Baker focuses on Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) litigation and counseling employers on the entire spectrum of employee benefit and executive compensation matters.
“We are pleased to welcome Jim to Winston & Strawn. He [...]
Chris Bale | January 25, 2010
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Justin Bryant has joined Kingston Smith LLP as tax partner in the City office. A qualified solicitor and chartered accountant, Justin joins Kingston Smith’s tax and legal consultancy department with a wealth of experience.
In his previous role he has been involved in innovative SDLT planning, as well as off-shore tax mitigation structures for UK property [...]
Chris Bale | January 21, 2010
[private] Lyerly has joined Nexsen Pruet as a member (partner). He will be based in Charlotte and practice in the firm’s Tax and Estate Planning Groups.
Prior to joining Nexsen Pruet Lyerly was a partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers in Charlotte. During his 20 years with that firm he advised high-net-worth clients on matters related to taxation, estate [...]
Chris Bale | January 21, 2010
The Internal Revenue Service today announced the selection of [private]Michael Danilack as Deputy Commissioner (International) for the Large and Mid-Size Business Division.
In his position, Danilack will oversee a wide range of issues relating to international tax matters. These include ensuring consistent tax treatment of U.S. taxpayers concerning international issues, providing timely and effective implementation of [...]
Chris Bale | January 20, 2010
Baker & Hostetler LLP have announced that[private] Paul Schmidt has been appointed firmwide Chair of Baker Hostetler’s Tax Group. Schmidt succeeds Jeffrey Paravano, who was recently named Managing Partner of the firm’s Washington, D.C., office.
Schmidt is former legislation counsel to the Joint Committee on Taxation and has served as the firmwide practice team leader for [...]
Chris Bale | January 19, 2010
Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP has announced that [private]Richard A. Hartnig has joined the firm as Of Counsel in the Tax Practice Group, based in the Atlanta office. Mr. Hartnig, who recently retired from PricewaterhouseCoopers, will advise clients regarding international tax matters, including the tax aspects of cross-border mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, reorganizations, financings, cash repatriations [...]
Chris Bale | January 19, 2010
[private]Nick Dunnell and Rhoddy Voremberg have joined Farrer & Co as partners within the private client team as part of the ongoing investment in the firm.
Nick specialises in onshore and offshore trusts and personal tax planning, including inheritance tax, capital gains tax and income tax. He advises trustees and individuals (particularly foreign domiciliaries) on [...]
Chris Bale | January 17, 2010
Plum Creek Timber Company, Inc. (NYSE:PCL) announced today that [private]Bob Jirsa has been named vice president, government relations; he will continue to oversee the company’s government relations program. John Hobbs has been named vice president, investor relations and will continue to lead the company’s investor relations function. Dan Tucker has been named vice president, tax [...]
Chris Bale | January 17, 2010
[private]San Diego-based wealth management firm Rowling, Dold & Associates LLP (RDA) joined Moss Adams Wealth Advisors LLC, the wealth management division of Moss Adams LLP.
The combination boosts Moss Adams Wealth Advisors assets under management (AUM) to more than $1 billion—an impressive milestone given the current economic climate—and an important threshold in operational scale and market [...]
Chris Bale | January 17, 2010
[private]Dr Juanita Brockdorff has been appointed partner at KPMG. Ten years ago, Dr Brockdorff graduated as a lawyer from the University of Malta, following which she proceeded to read for a Master’s degree in Inter-national Tax Law at the University of Leiden in The Netherlands. After obtaining the degree summa cum laude, she returned to [...]
Chris Bale | January 17, 2010
Ryan, a leading tax services firm in North America, with the largest transaction tax practice in the United States and Canada, has announced that [private]Stephen Heusinger has joined Ryan as Principal and CEO of Ryan Tax Credit Services (RTCS). RTCS is a Ryan subsidiary and strategic investment intermediary that will provide additional value to the [...]
Chris Bale | January 17, 2010
The Board of Directors of Whitney Holding Corporation (Nasdaq:WTNY) elected [private]Hardy B. Fowler a director of the Company and the Bank.
Mr. Fowler served as the former Office Managing Partner at the KPMG New Orleans office where he was a tax partner for over 25 years. He is currently a member of the American Institute of [...]
Chris Bale | January 17, 2010
Foster Wheeler AG (Nasdaq: FWLT)has announced that its Board of Directors has approved management’s proposal to relocate the company’s operating headquarters from Perryville, New Jersey to Geneva, Switzerland. The company will continue to remain domiciled in Zug, Switzerland.
Affected executives will begin operating from Switzerland in January 2010.
Raymond J. Milchovich, chairman and chief executive officer [...]
Chris Bale | January 17, 2010
Anchin, Block & Anchin LLP has announced that [private] E. George Teixeira, CPA has joined the firm as a tax partner in its Financial Services Group as of Dec. 1, 2009. With the addition of Teixeira, Anchin has a roster of 54 partners who provide creative, pro-active advisory services to clients representing all of the [...]
Chris Bale | January 14, 2010
Baker & McKenzie has announced the election of 4 new tax partners in North America
The newly elected Partners are:[private]
• Erik Christenson is a Partner in the San Francisco / Palo Alto office and a member of the Tax Practice Group. Mr. Christenson has more than nine years of experience representing multinational corporations – both [...]
Chris Bale | January 14, 2010
Tamara Surratt, president of Legacy Family Office, LLC, has announced the addition of [private]Debby Kurtyka to the Naples-based multi-family office wealth management team.
In her new position as Family Office Accounting and Tax Director, Kurtyka will coordinate accounting, strategic estate planning, complex tax issues, and compliance for high net worth families and their related business [...]
Chris Bale | January 14, 2010
The regional accounting and business consulting firm of Meaden & Moore has elected a new Vice President – Principal.
Resident in the firm’s Akron office, Mr. [private]DiSalvo has been a key member of the firm’s Tax Services Group since joining the firm in 2005. He is a graduate of The University of Akron with a bachelor’s [...]
Chris Bale | January 14, 2010
[private]Switzerland has appointed Mr Ambuehl as the new state secretary for tax issues.
Mt Ambuehl was in charge of negotiating a solution for UBS regarding the acrimonious tax row with the US. This new position focuses on both international financial and tax matters and will help Switzerland avoid its tax haven image.
The new office will be [...]
Chris Bale | January 14, 2010
New York, NY. International law firm Nixon Peabody LLP continues the expansion of the firm’s Securitization and Structured Finance team with the arrival of [private]Sarah Nelson. who joins the firm as tax counsel in the Global Finance practice. Ms. Nelson will be based in the New York City office.
Ms. Nelson’s practice focuses on representing issuers, [...]
Chris Bale | January 14, 2010
Former Chancellor Denis Healey and economist John Kay have been honoured for their contribution to the field of taxation by being awarded honorary fellowships by the Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT). CIOT President Andrew Hubbard made the awards at the annual President’s Luncheon at the Dorchester Hotel in London yesterday.
Andrew Hubbard commented:
“It is a tremendous [...]
Chris Bale | January 11, 2010
Mazars has announced the appointment of Andrew Ross as a senior manager within its Chilterns tax practice.
Sebastian Tubb, a partner in the Milton Keynes office said:[private] “Andrew will be a valuable addition to our team, not only because of his extensive experience in mergers & acquisitions and UK corporate tax and non-UK/cross-border tax issues [...]
Chris Bale | January 10, 2010
Richard Sowler has joined Middle Temple Lane Chambers with effect from November 2009.
[private]Richard has extensive in-depth experience of tax mitigation techniques, in particular in the areas of asset and loan finance, mergers and acquisitions and corporate and trust structures, both onshore and offshore. In the 1980s he negotiated with the Inland Revenue on tax mitigation [...]
Chris Bale | January 10, 2010
[private]Alison Christian joins as a tax partner after a 19 year career with KPMG – 12 as a partner. Prior to joining KPMG she trained with HMRC. Alison specialises in international tax and treasury issues.
Emi Kono was formerly head of the Japanese tax practice for Ernst & Young in the US. She has relocated to [...]
Chris Bale | January 6, 2010
[private]Michele Borens assists clients with all areas of multistate tax planning and controversy matters. She represents Fortune 100 companies in many of the critical state and local tax issues facing businesses today, and has developed extensive experience in attributional nexus and the taxation of internet businesses, income tax apportionment issues, and Maryland/Virginia/Washington, D.C., tax issues. [...]
Chris Bale | January 6, 2010
[private]McDermott Will & Emery LLP is pleased to announce that Margaret C. Wilson has rejoined the Firm as a partner in the New York office. Ms. Wilson concentrates her practice on state and local tax matters.
“It gives me great pleasure to announce that Margaret has returned to McDermott,” commented Arthur Rosen, partner and chair [...]
Chris Bale | January 6, 2010
Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP welcomes John T. Woodruff as a partner in the Tax Practice Group in the Houston office.
[private]Woodruff had previously been with the firm from 2004 to 2008, then joined the international corporate services tax practice at KPMG LLP.
Woodruff now returns to Gardere, and his practice will emphasize International Tax and Transfer Pricing, [...]
