London tax partner James Anderson and Palo Alto tax partner Nathan Giesselman spoke at Tax Executives Institute and San Jose State University's High Tech Tax Institute on November 9-10. Mr. Anderson participated in a panel discussion titled "European Union Hot Topics," focusing on current trends in the European Union, the U.K.'s diverted profits tax and state aid issues. Mr. Giesselman participated in a panel discussion titled "What's Hot and What's New in M&A," focusing on cross-border M&A, inversions, IPO structuring, net operating loss planning and spinoffs.