Simultaneous plenary sessions discussing State Aid & Taxation: Recent Challenges; the EC Proposal for the Definitive Regime and the Attack on Principal Companies were live streamed from London to Amsterdam and Bern and followed by a real time Q&A sessions.

In the session State Aid & Taxation: Recent Challenges, Rafael Calvo from Garrigues, Taxand Spain together with Rachel Fox and Martin Phelan from William Fry, Taxand Ireland discussed the recent high-profile cases involving the Ireland, the Netherlands and Luxembourg being targeted by the European Commission for providing perceived State Aid to MNCs.

During our plenary EC Proposal for the Definitive Regime, Neville Trout from HM Treasury along with Carlos Gomez Barrero from Garrigues, Taxand Spain and Mairead Warren de Burca from Alvarez & Marsal, Taxand UK discussed the move towards a definitive regime for intra-EU trade and the green paper on the future of VAT.

Lastly, in the plenary Attacks on Principal Companies, Anne Harvey from William Fry, Taxand Ireland together with Richard Syratt from Alvarez & Marsal, Taxand UK and Luis Manuel Vinuales from Garrigues, Taxand Spain spoke on BEPS measures aimed at principal companies and on the business reaction in Ireland, Spain and the UK.

As noted, these sessions were held simultaneously in London, Amsterdam and Bern using the latest in audio-visual and communication technology to allow the audiences in each city to both receive the presentations from London and to interact with one another during the plenaries. Harnessing this technology allowed our guests to remain closer to home and spend less time waiting in airport lounges experiencing the woes that all too often accompany international travel.

Thank you to our event partner, TEI, for allowing Taxand’s advisors to demonstrate their expertise to your members and thank you to our advisors for creating the content to explain these topical tax issues.