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Baker & McKenzie LLP

100 NEW BRIDGE STREET, LONDON, EC4V 6JA
Tel:
Work 020 7919 1000
Fax:
Fax 020 7919 1999
DX:
233 LONDON CHANCERY LANE WC2
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Peter J Knight

Tel:
Work +44 20 7919 1727
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Baker & McKenzie

Work Department

Corporate department.

Position

Partner dealing with corporate and commercial, mergers and acquisitions, inward investment, corporate reorganisations and insolvency.

Career

Career: Articled Baker & McKenzie; qualified 1975 England and Wales, 1976 Hong Kong, 1977 NSW; solicitor Baker & McKenzie London 1975-76, Sydney 1976-79, London 1979-82; partner Singapore 1983-90; managing partner 1987-90; London 1990 to date; Governor Tanglin Trust Schools 1987-90; chairman British Association of Singapore 1989-90; committee member Asia Pacific Advisory Group (DTI) 1992-97; past committee member London Chamber of Commerce; past chairman Cambridge in the Capital; International Committee CBI.

Languages

Languages: French, German.

Education

Education: The Broxbourne School; Trinity Hall, Cambridge (1972 BA; 1975 MA); College of Law, Guildford.

Leisure

Leisure: Tennis, golf, sailing, theatre, early music.

Practice Areas

Corporate and commercial; M&A; Insolvency and corporate recovery

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Baker & McKenzie

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    In December 2009 the Russian Parliament adopted important changes further promoting the Russian holding companies regime. Starting from January 1, 2011 Russian holding companies will no longer be required to meet the present 500 million ruble threshold for investments made into companies qualifying as “strategic investments” to receive tax benefits.
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    Norms for highway projects pact changed
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    Amendments in Information Technology Act, 2000 The Information Technology (Amendment) Act, 2008 has come into force from October 27, 2009. Some key amendments in the Information Technology Act, 2000 (“IT Act”) are highlighted below:
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