Chris Bale | May 29, 2010
Robin E. Pipkin, a Raleigh, North Carolina attorney with a long-standing practice in business and tax law, has joined Sands Anderson PC as a shareholder of the firm, President M. Pierce Rucker announced today.
“Robin is an important and welcome addition to our firm, as he brings long-standing skills in tax, real estate and business law [...]
Chris Bale | May 29, 2010
Clifton Gunderson has announced that Ed Marcum is the new partner-in-charge of its Indianapolis office. Marcum will be responsible for the overall operations and growth of the Indianapolis office. He will also coordinate client services with other Clifton Gunderson offices and firmwide.
Marcum joined Clifton Gunderson in 2006 and brings more than 30 years of experience [...]
Chris Bale | May 29, 2010
KPMG in the UK announces that Alastair McLeish will become UK Head of Tax and Pensions with effect from 1 July 2010.
He succeeds Sue Bonney who will continue to work with the UK tax practice, spearheading a drive to embed more tax solutions within KPMG’s advisory services. She will remain Head of Tax at KPMG [...]
Chris Bale | May 21, 2010
NZ Revenue Minister Peter Dunne has announced the establishment of a private sector GST Advisory Panel to help businesses and the Government implement the GST increase announced in Budget 2010 yesterday.
“The panel will act as a conduit between businesses and the Government with a dedicated website and 0800 number to be set up to deal [...]
Chris Bale | May 20, 2010
Raveh, Ravid & Co. CPAs, the Israeli member firm of the Russell Bedford International accounting network, has appointed Doron Cohen and Helena Storm as partners.
Starting May 2010, Doron Cohen will lead the tax department at Raveh Ravid & Co. He began his professional career in the Israeli tax authorities where he worked as a tax [...]
Chris Bale | May 20, 2010
Sullivan & Worcester LLP has announced that Ameek Ashok Ponda, a tax partner in Boston and a member of the firm’s management committee, has been appointed to the Internal Revenue Service Advisory Council (IRSAC).
IRSAC provides a forum for senior IRS executives and representatives of the public to discuss tax administration issues. IRSAC members include [...]
Chris Bale | May 19, 2010
United Utilities Group PLC today announces that Russ Houlden is to be appointed to the Board as its new Chief Financial Officer.
Russ Houlden, age 51, has held a number of senior financial positions both in the UK and internationally and is currently Chief Financial Officer at Telecom New Zealand which he joined in 2008. [...]
Chris Bale | May 17, 2010
Baker & McKenzie tax partner Helen M. Hubbard from the Firm’s Washington DC office will join the US Federal National Mortgage Association (“Fannie Mae”) as Vice President and Deputy General Counsel for Tax and Benefits, effective June 1, 2010.
Ms. Hubbard has extensive experience in advising local and multinational companies on a broad range of US [...]
Chris Bale | May 17, 2010
Ilya M. Rybalkin will join Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP as a partner in the international corporate transactions practice in Moscow in July.
Mr. Rybalkin’s practice encompasses international and domestic taxation, mergers and acquisitions, and litigation and arbitration. Mr. Rybalkin advises Russian companies on structuring their international operations and international companies on [...]
Chris Bale | May 17, 2010
Global law firm K&L Gates LLP welcomes Kent Wisner as a tax partner in the firm’s Palo Alto office, which celebrates its five-year anniversary this month. The fourth new partner to join the office since January, Wisner arrives from KPMG LLP, where he was a tax principal in the firm’s International Corporate Services group.
Focusing on [...]
Chris Bale | May 15, 2010
The Internal Revenue Service today announced the selection of four new members to the Advisory Committee on Tax Exempt and Government Entities (ACT) for the term starting in 2010 and ending in 2012.
The ACT is a formal body consisting of external stakeholders who represent employee retirement plans, tax-exempt organizations, tax-exempt bonds and federal, state, local [...]
Chris Bale | May 15, 2010
Unilife Corporation has announced the appointment of Mary Kate Wold to its Board of Directors. Her appointment became effective as of May 11, 2010. Ms. Wold will serve on Unilife’s Audit and Strategic Partnerships committees. With the addition of Ms. Wold, Unilife’s Board of Directors currently has six members, four of whom are independent.
Ms. Wold, [...]
Chris Bale | May 15, 2010
American International Group, Inc. (AIG) announced today that the AIG Board of Directors has elected William N. Dooley AIG Executive Vice President, Financial Services. The Board also elected Mark Herr AIG Vice President, Corporate Media Relations, and Tal Kaissar AIG Vice President and Director of Taxes.
As AIG Vice President and Director of Taxes, Mr. Kaissar [...]
Chris Bale | May 12, 2010
Linklaters has appointed Angélique Puglisi, of the tax practice in Brussels, as Counsel. The appointment is effective from 1st May 2010.
After having obtained a degree in tax law, Angélique joined Linklaters’ tax practice in Brussels in 2000 where she is focusing on tax controversy work from administrative procedures both at the administrative level and court [...]
Chris Bale | May 11, 2010
UK Business Advisers, Cooper Parry have made a significant new signing – Mark Pashley as a Business Tax partner based in Nottingham.
Mark will focus on advising family businesses and entrepreneurial clients in minimising their overall tax burden, as well as being heavily involved in handling the tax issues that come out of transactional deal work.
Before [...]
Chris Bale | May 11, 2010
Clifford Chance has announced that after nearly a decade leading the Americas Tax & ERISA practice, David Moldenhauer will cede the reigns to fellow partner Richard Catalano so he can devote more time to expanding the firm’s International Tax work.
Under Moldenhauer’s leadership, the US tax team has improved steadily since early 2001. The practice has [...]
Chris Bale | May 11, 2010
Diageo has this morning announced that Nick Rose will stand down from the Board at the Company’s AGM on 14 October 2010 and that Deirdre Mahlan, currently Diageo’s Deputy Finance Director, will replace Nick on the Board as Chief Financial Officer. Nick will remain with Diageo until the end of December 2010
Making the announcement, Diageo [...]
Chris Bale | May 10, 2010
Deloitte has launched uktaxmobile.com, a smartphone tax web application which allows users to keep abreast with the latest tax news, rates and Deloitte commentary, at the touch of a button.
uktaxmobile.com includes all the latest tax news, weekly podcasts covering key tax developments, articles from Deloitte’s tax experts and tax rates and tables, in addition to [...]
Chris Bale | May 7, 2010
True Partners Consulting LLC today announced Tom Bertino, 50, as managing director of its Los Angeles office.
Bertino has more than 20 years of experience in state income tax issues, including multistate income franchise taxes, jurisdiction to tax, tax base, apportionment of income, unitary taxation, business/non-business income, state filing options and federal and state income tax [...]
Chris Bale | May 7, 2010
Cornwall based law firm, Coodes Solicitors, has promoted Jonathan Eade to the partnership
Mr Eade has been working within the private client department at Coodes for the last 27 years, specialising in wills, probate and trusts. He is not a qualified solicitor.
Also joining the partnership is Louise Southwell who has a (non [...]
Chris Bale | May 7, 2010
BDO LLP in Cambridge has appointed a new director, Jeannette Hume, strengthening its team and broadening their tax service offering across the East of England.
Jeannette has nearly 20 years experience advising large corporate clients and family businesses across a range of areas, including forensic accounting, family advisory matters, matrimonial disputes, corporate tax planning and valuations. [...]
Chris Bale | May 5, 2010
Clifford Chance has announced the election of 22 lawyers to its partnership including:
Tax Pensions and Employment – Avrohom Gelber, New York
Chris Bale | May 5, 2010
The CBI has appointed Will Morris of General Electric as Chairman of its Taxation Committee.
Mr Morris, a member of the Committee for the past five years, has been Senior International Tax Counsel and Director of European Tax Policy at General Electric since 2000.
The CBI Taxation Committee, which is made up of 23 individuals from different [...]
Chris Bale | May 5, 2010
International legal practice Norton Rose Group is promoting tax lawyer Angela Savin.
Angela is based in the London office. She has a particular focus on tax litigation, Islamic finance, securitisations and structured [...]
Chris Bale | May 4, 2010
K&L Gates LLP has recruited Rainer M.-L.G. Schmitt into its Frankfurt office as a partner in the firm’s tax practice. Schmitt joins K&L Gates from the Frankfurt office of Clifford Chance.
With Schmitt’s arrival, K&L Gates adds a highly sophisticated tax capability to an already impressive array of client services offered through the firm’s growing German [...]
