Peter Mason, VAT Consultant at the London law firm of CMS Cameron McKenna, discusses the interaction between economic theories from the US and recent tax decisions and practice
Sara Luder of Slaughter and May looks at the future of structured finance in the current legislative climate
Paul Long, Tax Partner, KPMG and Trevor Hails, Chief Accountant, London Branch, Banco do Brasil and BTC Committee member, discuss the current status on taxation of branch capital
Jonathan Cooklin, tax partner, and Laurent Sykes, tax associate, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, both solicitors and chartered accountants, discuss recent changes to the taxation of convertibles
Sean Finn, tax partner at Lovells, discusses the outcome of the recently issued Advocate General's Opinion in Marks & Spencer v Halsey
Peter Beckett, Director, and Steve Kirby, Tax Adviser, in Ernst & Young's Real Estate Advisory Group, consider the road ahead for the introduction of a UK REIT
Anneli Collins, Head of International & Finance Tax and Michelle Quest, Private Equity tax partner, KPMG, report on the impact of the transfer pricing changes in the Finance Bill for corporate and PE deals
Patrick Cannon, Barrister, 24 Old Buildings, offers initial comments on some of the SDLT changes in the Finance Bill
Fiona Barnett and Nick Stout of Ernst & Young discuss the use of information technology in corporate tax
Charles Elphicke, Head of Tax at Reed Smith, reviews the recently published Finance Bill, with an emphasis on anti-avoidance measures