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The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) practice of Ernst & Young has operated since 1923, and our longevity in the region gives us a deep understanding of business in this part of the world. We are the largest professional services provider in the region, with around 4,200 people in 15 countries and have won numerous awards and accolades for our work.

The culture of Ernst & Young is to ensure that we understand our clients concerns and work with them to provide creative, innovative and cost effective solutions. We help to improve regulatory regimes and company reporting models. We promote transparency in financial reporting and use our influence to strengthen global corporate governance. We encourage entrepreneurship, which leads to growth, jobs and prosperous communities. And our people share their business skills and knowledge with others in their communities.

GlobeTax is the world's largest provider of withholding tax research, relief, recovery and tax information reporting services to the financial services industry. The firm is headquartered in New York and has offices in London, Milan, Madrid and Sydney. GlobeTax services all participants in the investment chain from Issuers, through Depositaries, CSDs, Custodians and Prime Brokers as well as beneficial owners including pension funds, hedge funds, sovereign wealth funds, mutual funds, partnerships and high net worth individuals. The firm files over two million claims each year for clients resident in over forty countries.

Software Daten Service (SDS), a subsidiary of T-Systems, specialises in the development of banking software, in particular for international securities processing.

With its flagship product GEOS Suite, SDS offers a software for the real-time processing of securities and derivatives for international financial services providers such as retail, private and transaction banks as well as custodians. The latest product of SDS is the FATCA Reporting Engine which enables a reliable processing of the new American reporting requirements.