BABC Holiday Luncheon

We hope you were able to join us for our Eleventh Annual Holiday Luncheon at the Racquet Club of Philadelphia on December 9th. Over 140 BABC members and friends wore their "Wellington" boots and brought their business cards to welcome our member guest, the CEO of Shire Pharmaceuticals, Matthew Emmens. [READ MORE]

The BABC is Happy to Welcome AMEC as an Ambassador Member

The British Group AMEC is an international project management and services company that designs, delivers and supports client assets for customers worldwide across the public and private sectors. [READ MORE]

Global Arena Teaches the BABC a Quizzo Lesson

The group of 40 members and guests of the BABC sat, heads bowed in concentration, waiting expectantly for the next question:

"What is the American equivalent of the British term 'subway' and what is the British equivalent of the American word 'vest' "?

Leaning forward conspiratorially, the teammates murmured the answers to each other in hushed whispers, while casting suspicious glances at competitors' tables. The competition was fierce, the protests were heart-felt and the win triumphant... it was Cross-Cultural Quizzo and this was serious! [READ MORE]

Tracing Family And Friends In Britain

You've lost the phone number of your best mate from college, you can't remember your cousin's address and you are not sure whether Great-Aunt Margaret is still living. What can you do, short of hiring a private detective? How can information be obtained when you are oceans away from those long lost special people? [READ MORE]

New BABC Board Member

Joining the Board of the Council is Charles Carrington.

Charles is a Partner at Deloitte & Touche LLP specializing in Business Process and Controls, Internal Audit, and Risk Management. For the last two years Charles has spend much of his professional time advising companies on their response to the Sarbanes Oxley Act (2002), in particular, Companies' response to the internal control elements of this legislation. [READ MORE]

Recent US & UK International Tax Developments

On September 27, the BABC host a roundtable entitled "Recent US and UK International Tax Developments" at the Pyramid Club. The event was moderated by Michael Swanick, PWC's Global tax leader of the Pharmaceutical Industry practice and President of the BABC, and had as speakers Hal Hicks, Associate Chief Counsel (International) in the Office of Chief Counsel at the IRS; Gary Wilcox, Tax Partner with Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP; and Jonathan Hare, International Tax Partner with PWC. [READ MORE]