Structuring European Acquisitions, Reorganizations And Investments: 2004

This special report discusses the tools and techniques needed to navigate regulatory obstacles for companies putting together acuisition, reorganization, and investment deals in Europe.

STRUCTURING EUROPEAN ACQUISITIONS, REORGANIZATIONS AND INVESTMENTS: 2004 provides attorneys, executives, and strategic planners at leading international firms with a map of the tax and regulatory rules in Europe affecting mergers and acquisitions in a convenient single-volume format. This special report discusses the tools and techniques needed to navigate regulatory obstacles for companies putting together deals in Europe. Highlights from the 2004 edition of STRUCTURING EUROPEAN ACQUISTIONS, REORGANIZATIONS AND INVESTMENTS include an overview of Europe's Current Business Environment and Projections for the Medium- and Long-term; M&A Regulations, Permanent Establishments (PEs), and other Corporate Restructuring topics; European Court of Justice (ECJ) Decisions impacting the Financial Sector; Investment Opportunities presented by the Basel II Accord; Transfer Pricing and Cost Contribution Agreements (CCAs); Prospects in the European Securitization Market; and a Country-by-Country Analysis of Investment Conditions in Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.