Extra shortlists have been added to the nominations for International Tax Review's Americas Tax Awards 2013. These comprise the categories for in-house teams in North and South America; the shortlists for the Tax Court of Canada and US Tax Court awards and the list of firms nominated for the North America Indirect Tax Firm of the Year.
The winners will be announced at Essex House in New York on September 26. To find out more about how you can attend, contact Megan Poundall at mpoundall@euromoneyplc.com.
Latin America
Argentina Transfer Pricing firm of the year
Estudio O’Farrell
Grupo GNP
PwC
Argentina Tax Firm of the year
Bruchou Fernandez Madero & Lombardi - Taxand Argentina
Deloitte
Marval O'Farrell & Mairal
Teijeiro y Ballone
Estudio O'Farrell
Grupo GNP
Brazil Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Barbosa, Müssnich & Aragão – Taxand Brazil
Castro, Barros, Sobral, Gomes
Felsberg, Pedretti e Mannrich Advogados e Consultores Legais
Machado Associados
Mattos Filho
Brazil Tax Firm of the year
Baker & McKenzie
Barbosa, Müssnich & Aragão - Taxand Brazil
Bichara, Barata & Costa Advogados
Castro, Barros, Sobral, Gomes
Felsberg, Pedretti e Mannrich Advogados e Consultores Legais
Lefosse Advogados
Machado Associados
Mattos Filho
Rolim, Viotti & Leite Campos Advogados
Chile Transfer Pricing Firm of the year
KPMG
PwC
Chile Tax Firm of the year
Baker & McKenzie
Barros & Errázuriz Abogados - Taxand Chile
Cariola Díez Pérez-Cotapos
Carey
EY
Guerrero, Olivos, Novoa y Errázuriz
KPMG
PwC
Colombia Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Baker & McKenzie
PrietoCarrizosa
Colombia Tax Firm of the Year
Baker & McKenzie
Brigard & Urrutia
Deloitte
Godoy y Hoyos
KPMG
PrietoCarrizosa
Mexico Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
BaseFirma
KPMG
Orbe
PwC
Skatt
Mexico Tax Firm of the Year
Baker & McKenzie
Deloitte
DLA Piper
EY
KPMG
Mijares Angoitia Cortes y Fuentes - Taxand Mexico
Muñoz Manzo y Ocampo
PwC
Skatt
Von Wobeser y Sierra
Peru Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
PKF Peru Vila Naranjo
Deloitte
Peru Tax Firm of the Year
Estudio Echecopar (Baker & McKenzie)
Estudio Olaechea
Ferrero Abogados
Miranda & Amado - Taxand Peru
Muñiz, Ramírez, Pérez - Taiman & Olaya
Rodrigo, Elías & Medrano
Uruguay Transfer Pricing Firm of the year
Ferrere
KPMG
Grant Thornton
Uruguay Tax Firm of the year
EY
Ferrere
Grant Thornton
Guyer & Regules
KPMG
Rueda Abadi Pereira
Venezuela Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Deloitte
Taxand Venezuela
Venezuela Tax Firm of the Year
Deloitte
Taxand Venezuela
NORTH AMERICA
Canada Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Gowlings – Taxand Canada
Blake, Cassels & Graydon
Deloitte
Tax Court of Canada Firm of the Year
Blake, Cassels & Graydon – Aecon Construction Group
Borden Ladner Gervais – Birchcliff Energy
McCarthy Tétrault – Terasen International
Osler Hoskin & Harcourt - Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce; Imperial Tobacco Canada;
Thorsteinssons - Lehigh Cement
Canada Tax Firm of the Year
Blake, Cassels & Graydon
Deloitte
Dentons
EY
Fasken Martineau
Gowlings - Taxand Canada
KPMG
McCarthy Tetrault
McMillan
Stikeman Elliott
Chicago Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Deloitte
Mayer Brown
McDermott Will & Emery
Chicago Tax Firm of the Year
Baker & McKenzie
Deloitte
Kirkland & Ellis
Mayer Brown
McDermott Will & Emery
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
Dallas/Houston Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Deloitte
McDermott Will & Emery
Vinson & Elkins
Dallas/Houston Tax Firm of the Year
Baker & McKenzie
Deloitte
Dentons
Mayer Brown
Norton Rose Fulbright (Fulbright & Jaworski LLP)
Vinson & Elkins
Weil Gotshal & Manges
Los Angeles Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Deloitte
DLA Piper
Los Angeles Tax Firm of the Year
Deloitte
DLA Piper
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
New York Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Alvarez & Marsal Taxand
Deloitte
New York Tax Firm of the Year
Alston & Bird
Alvarez & Marsal Taxand
Baker & McKenzie
Deloitte
Kirkland & Ellis
KPMG
Mayer Brown
McDermott Will & Emery
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
Sullivan & Cromwell
Weil Gotshal & Manges
San Francisco Area Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Baker & McKenzie
Deloitte
DLA Piper
Mayer Brown
McDermott Will & Emery
San Francisco Area Tax Firm of Year
Alvarez & Marsal Taxand
Baker & McKenzie
Deloitte
DLA Piper
Fenwick & West
Mayer Brown
McDermott Will & Emery
Pillsbury
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
Washington DC Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Alston & Bird
Deloitte
Mayer Brown
Miller & Chevalier
Washington, DC Tax Firm of the Year
Baker & McKenzie
Caplin & Drysdale
Deloitte
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
KPMG
Mayer Brown
McDermott Will & Emery
Miller & Chevalier
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
Sullivan & Cromwell
Vinson & Elkins
White & Case
US Tax Court Firm of the Year
Davis Polk & Wardwell – Pepsico
Fenwick & West - CBS
McDermott Will & Emery – Barnes Group
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom – Cigna Corporation
REGIONAL
Best Newcomer in the Americas
Dias Carneiro Advogados
Munoz Manzo y Ocampo
Stocche Forbes
Americas Tax Innovator of the Year
Skatt
Thomson Reuters
Vertex
International Law Firm in the Americas
DLA Piper
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Americas Tax Policy Firm of the Year
Deloitte
Godoy y Hoyos
Gowlings – Taxand Canada
Miller & Chevalier
McDermott Will & Emery
Weil Gotshal & Manges
Latin America In-House Tax Team of the year
Anheuser-Busch InBev
Citibank
Cumbres Andinas
Dell
Ecopetrol
FedEx
Ocensa
North America In-House Tax Team of the Year
Classic Media
CNOOC
First Quantum Minerals
GE
Jefferies Group
Leucadia National Corporation
Americas Tax Restructuring Deal of the Year
McGraw-Hill spin-off and pre-sale restructuring of its education business – McDermott Will & Emery
Ocensa restructuring – Godoy y Hoyos
Rabobank – JP O’Farrell Abogados
Sino Forest restructuring – Gowlings – Taxand Canada
Endesa – Miranda & Amado – Taxand Peru
Americas Capital Markets Tax Deal of the Year
Hudson Bay’s IPO – Stikeman Elliott
High yield issuance by Linea Amarilla – Estudio Echecopar; Davis Polk & Wardwell, Mayer Brown
Minerva IPO – Lefosse (acted for a syndicate of banks)
Pure Multifamily REIT IPO – KPMG Canada
First bond issue by BBVA – Rodrigo Elias & Medrano
SurveyMonkey’s debt and equity recapitalisation – Skadden, Arps, Slate Meagher & Flom
Structured TRS programme for Ares Capital's Ares Enhanced Loan Investment Strategies VI fund – Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer (UBS), Proksauer Rose (Ares Capital)
Americas Media & Entertainment Tax Deal of the Year
Walt Disney Company's $4 billion acquisition of Lucasfilm Ltd – Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom; Baker & McKenzie
Sale to Comcast of GE’s remaining 49% stake in NBC Universal – Weil Gotshal & Manges; Davis Polk & Wardwell
Sale of Classic Media to Dreamworks Animation SKG – Kirkland & Ellis; Cravath Swaine & Moore;
Youku merger with Tudou – Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom; Kirkland & Ellis;
Americas Private Equity Tax Deal of the Year
Thomas H Lee Partners’s acquisition of a majority stake in Party City – Weil, Gotshal & Manges; Ropes & Gray
Divestiture of Illinois Toolworks (ITW)'s decorative surfaces business (Wilsonart) to Clayton Dubilier & Rice – Baker & McKenzie; Debevoise & Plimpton
Carlyle’s purchase of a 60% stake in Tok & Stok – Mattos Filho; Lefosse
Acquisition of Collective Brands by Blum Capital Partners, Golden Gate Capital and Wolverine Worldwide – Kirkland & Ellis; Barnes & Thornburg; Sullivan & Cromwell -
Americas Banking Tax Deal of the Year
Celfin Capital's merger with Banco BTG Pactual – Lefosse, Barros & Errazuriz – Taxand Chile;
Leucadia National Corporation and Jefferies Group merger – Weil, Gotshal & Manges, Morgan Lewis & Bockius, Proskauer Rose
Sale of Lloyds Banking Group’s Uruguayan retail, commercial and corporate banking operations – Ferrere
Sale of Banco Creditcard by Citibank to Itaú – Baker McKenzie Brazil and in-house team
Target’s Sale of Credit Card Portfolio to TD Bank – McDermott Will & Emery, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Americas Energy Tax Deal of the Year
CNOOC acquisition of Nexen – Stikeman Elliott; Blake, Cassels & Graydon; KPMG Canada
LINN Energy IPO – Baker Botts;
National Oilwell Varco purchase of Robbins & Myers – Norton Rose Fulbright; Thompson Hine
Denbury Resources’s sale of Bakken shale assets to ExxonMobil – Vinson & Elkins;
Petronas acquisition of 40% of OGX interests in Tubarao Martelo oilfield – Mattos Filho
Americas M&A Tax Deal of the Year
Anheuser-Busch InBev purchase of Grupo Modelo – PwC, Cravath Swaine & Moore; Mijares Angoitia – Taxand Mexico; Sullivan & Cromwell; Van Wobeser y Sierra
Cumbres Andinas acquisition of Marcobre – Rodrigo, Elias & Medrano; Muñiz, Ramírez, Pérez - Taiman & Olaya
First Quantum Minerals’s bid for Inmet – KPMG Canada; Fasken Martineau; Weil Gotshal & Manges; McCarthy Tetrault
Nestle’s acquisition of Pfizer Nutrition – Mayer Brown;
Ardagh Group purchase of Verallia – Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer;
American Airlines / US Airways merger – Weil Gotshal & Manges;
Acquisition by FedEx of 100% of the equity interest in Rapidão Cometa – Baker McKenzie Brazil
Americas Financial Services Tax Deal of the Year
Principal Financial Group's acquisition of Chile`s AFP Cuprum, a private pension fund manager, from Penta - Cariola Díez Pérez-Cotapos; KPMG Chile;
MetLife’s acquisition of AFP Provida from BBVA – Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
Acquisition of Duff & Phelps – Kirkland & Ellis; Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
Americas Technology & Communications Tax Deal of the Year
Sale of Clearwire to Sprint; sale of Sprint to SoftBank – Kirkland & Ellis; Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom; Morrison & Foerster
NETGEAR acquisition of Aircard business from Sierra Wireless – Gowlings – Taxand Canada; Paul Hastings; Blake, Cassels & Graydon
Acquisition of Q9 Networks – Kirkland & Ellis; Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt; Goodmans; McCarthy Tetrault
·Belden’s acquisition of PPC – McDermott, Will & Emery; Baker & McKenzie
Yahoo!’s sale of 20% stake in Alibaba – Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
Americas Consumer Products Tax Deal of the year
Disposition of Stanley Black & Decker's global Hardware & Home Improvement Group to Spectrum Brands Holdings – Alvarez & Marsal Taxand; Blake, Cassels & Graydon; McDermott Will & Emery, Paul Weiss
Best Buy disposal of its 50% interest in Best Buy Europe – Baker & McKenzie, Osborne Clarke
Iconix Brand Group acquisition of Umbro – White & Case
Kraft Foods Group spin-off – McCarthy Tetrault, Cravath Swaine & Moore
Hillshire Brands’ spin-off of coffee and tea businesses – Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
Safeway’s sale of Canadian business to Sobey – Latham & Watkins; Blake, Cassels & Graydon; Sullivan & Cromwell
CVS Caremark’s acquisition of 80% of Drogaria Onofre – Mattos Filho; Davis Polk & Wardwell
North America Indirect Tax Firm of the Year
Blake, Cassels & Graydon
Deloitte
Dentons
Gowlings – Taxand Canada
KPMG
McCarthy Tetrault
Latin America Indirect Tax Team of the year
Bichara, Barata & Costa Advogados
Deloitte
Godoy y Hoyos
KPMG Brazil
Mattos Filho
Siqueira Castro
North America Tax Disputes Firm of the Year
Baker & McKenzie
Blake, Cassels & Graydon
Dentons
Mayer Brown
McCarthy Tetrault
McDermott Will & Emery
Sullivan & Cromwell
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
Latin America Tax Disputes firm of the year
Brigard & Urrutia
Estudio O’Farrell
Godoy y Hoyos
Machado Associados
Marval O’Farrell & Mairal
Mattos Filho
Taxand
North America Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Deloitte
DLA Piper
Gowlings
Mayer Brown
McDermott Will & Emery
Latin America Transfer Pricing Firm of the year
PwC
KPMG
Mattos Filho
Taxand
North America Tax Firm of the Year
Baker & McKenzie
Blake, Cassels & Graydon
Deloitte
Fenwick & West
Kirkland & Ellis
Mayer Brown
McCarthy Tetrault
McDermott Will & Emery
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
Sullivan & Cromwell
Taxand
Vinson & Elkins
Weil Gotshal & Manges
Latin America Tax Firm of the Year
Baker & McKenzie
Deloitte
Lefosse Advogados
Marval O’Farrell & Mairal
PwC
Taxand
Americas Tax Firm of the Year
Baker & McKenzie
Blake, Cassels & Graydon
Deloitte
Mayer Brown
McCarthy Tetrault
PwC
McDermott Will & Emery
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
Taxand
To attend the awards, on September 26 in New York at Essex House, please contact Megan Poundall at mpoundall@euromoneyplc.com
