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KPMG in the UK has boosted its tax litigation practice with two key hires and a new leadership structure. Amanda Brown, indirect tax partner at KPMG in the UK, will head up the tax litigation [...]

Torys LLP has announced that Jerald Wortsman has joined the firm’s Toronto office as a partner in its Tax Practice. Len Nesbitt and Andrew Silverman have also joined the practice as Counsel. [...]

Pure Search has embarked on an in-depth review of compensation and reward for senior in-house Tax professionals. The 2013 survey, which is specifically targeted at Manager to Tax Director / Head [...]

Baker & McKenzie has announced that Eugene Lim, a Partner in the Firm’s Hong Kong/China Tax Practice Group, will be moving to the Singapore member firm, Baker & McKenzie.Wong [...]

The American Bar Association (ABA) has named Dechert partner Michael Hirschfeld Chair of its Section of Taxation. Hirschfeld has served as Chair-Elect for the past year and will assume the [...]

Sue Laing, a partner in Boodle Hatfield’s Private Client & Tax department, has been appointed to the GAAR (General Anti Abuse Rule) panel. The GAAR Panel is an independent body established [...]

Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP have announced that Sheldon M. Kay, Chief of Appeals at the Internal Revenue Service, will return to the firm as a partner in the Tax Practice Group, [...]

The tax and pensions practice at KPMG in the UK has announced the appointment of five partners and 20 directors from within the firm. The promotions take effect from 1st October The partner [...]

Ellen MacNeil recently joined WTAS in Washington, D.C. as Managing Director and leader of the firm’s National Tax Office. Ellen has over 30 years of experience in tax consulting for major U.S. [...]

Australian Law Firm, Minter Ellison, has hired Christian Pellone and Edward Lean (pictured) from Ernst & Young’s HK Tax practice. Their role will be to pick up on new tax work for law [...]