Firms from 15 countries in North, South and Central America will compete for the awards, which will be presented during a dinner at the Pierre Hotel in New York on September 15.
We have done everything to verify the participant firms in the deals nominated. If your firm has been left out of any, however, please contact Ralph Cunningham as soon as possible.
COUNTRY AWARDS Argentina Tax Firm of the Year Baker & McKenzie Bruchou Fernandez Madero & Lombardi, Taxand Argentina Deloitte Grupo GNP Luna Requena & Fernández Borzese Marval, O'Farrell & Mairal Rosso Alba, Francia & Asociados Teijeiro y Ballone Abogados Argentina Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year BaseFirma Deloitte Grupo GNP Litvak, Daneri, Laspina, Sanchez Luna Requena & Fernández Borzese (WTS Argentina) Rosso Alba, Francia y Asociados Teijeiro y Ballone Abogados Brazil Tax Firm of the Year Barbosa, Müssnich, Aragão, Taxand Brazil Deloitte Demarest Advogados KPMG Lefosse Advogados Machado Associados Machado Meyer Mattos Filho, Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr e Quiroga Advogados PwC Trench Rossi e Watanabe Advogados Brazil Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year Barbosa, Müssnich, Aragão, Taxand Brazil Bratax Deloitte KPMG Lefosse Advogados Machado Associados Mattos Filho, Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr. e Quiroga Advogados Pinheiro Neto Advogados Siqueira Castro Advogados Trench, Rossi e Watanabe Advogados Canada Tax Firm of the Year Baker & McKenzie Blake Cassels & Graydon Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg Deloitte Goodmans McMillan Osler Hoskin & Harcourt Stikeman Elliott Canada Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year Baker & McKenzie Collins Barrow Deloitte Gowling WLG Grant Thornton McCarthy Tétrault McMillan Osler Hoskin & Harcourt Central America Tax Firm of the Year Arias & Muñoz GIIN Tax Chile Tax Firm of the Year Baker & McKenzie Carey Claro & Cia Deloitte KPMG Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uría PwC Chile Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year BaseFirma Deloitte KPMG PwC Colombia Tax Firm of the Year Baker & McKenzie Brigard & Urrutia Deloitte EY Garrigues Godoy & Hoyos Abogados Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uría Colombia Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year Baker & McKenzie BaseFirma Brigard & Urrutia Deloitte Godoy y Hoyos Abogados Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uría Mexico Tax Firm of the Year Baker & McKenzie Basham Ringe y Correa Creel, García-Cuéllar, Aiza y Enriquez Deloitte SKATT SMPS Legal Von Wobeser y Sierra Mexico Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year Baker & McKenzie BaseFirma Basham Ringe y Correa Deloitte Grant Thornton Skatt Peru Tax Firm of the Year Deloitte Estudio Echecopar EY Garrigues Grant Thornton Muñiz, Ramírez, Pérez - Taiman & Olaya Osterling Payet, Rey, Cauvi, Pérez Abogados Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uría Rodrigo Elías & Medrano Peru Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year BaseFirma Deloitte Estudio Echecopar Estudio Olaechea EY Grant Thornton Uruguay Tax Firm of the Year Bergstein Deloitte Ferrere Fischer & Schickendantz Guyer & Regules KPMG Uruguay Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year Bergstein Deloitte Ferrere Grant Thornton Guyer & Regules KPMG US: Chicago Tax Firm of the Year Baker & McKenzie Deloitte DLA Piper Kirkland & Ellis Mayer Brown McDermott Will & Emery US: Dallas/Houston Tax Firm of the Year Baker & McKenzie Baker Botts Mayer Brown McDermott Will & Emery Norton Rose Fulbright Thompson & Knight Vinson & Elkins Weil Gotshal & Manges US: Los Angeles Tax Firm of the Year Deloitte Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman White & Case US: New York Tax Firm of the Year Alston & Bird Baker & McKenzie Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft Debevoise & Plimpton Deloitte DLA Piper Kirkland & Ellis Mayer Brown McDermott Will & Emery Norton Rose Fulbright Shearman & Sterling Weil Gotshal & Manges US: San Francisco and Silicon Valley Tax Firm of the Year Baker & McKenzie Deloitte DLA Piper Fenwick & West Morgan Lewis US: Washington DC Tax Firm of the Year Baker & McKenzie Deloitte McDermott Will & Emery Miller & Chevalier Morgan Lewis US East Coast Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year BaseFirma Clayton & McKervey Deloitte DLA Piper Mayer Brown McDermott Will & Emery Miller & Chevalier US West Coast Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year DLA Piper Fenwick & West McDermott Will & Emery Morgan Lewis Vinson & Elkins Venezuela Tax Firm of the Year Deloitte D'Empaire Reyna Abogados Norton Rose Fulbright Venezuela Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year BaseFirma D'Empaire Reyna Abogados Norton Rose Fulbright Brazil Tax Court Firm of the Year Bichara Advogados Bratax Demarest Advogados Dias Carneiro Advogados Lacaz Martins Pereira Neto Gurevich & Schoueri Lefosse Advogados Mattos Filho, Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr. e Quiroga Advogados Canada Tax Court Firm of the Year Blake Cassels & Graydon Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg Gowling WLG McCarthy Tétrault Osler Hoskin & Harcourt US Tax Court Firm of the Year Baker & McKenzie Fenwick & West Mayer Brown Morgan Lewis Vinson & Elkins REGIONAL, INDIVIDUAL AND DEAL AWARDS Best Newcomer in the Americas Arias & Muñoz Guatemala Ayres Ribeiro Advogados Creel, García-Cuéllar, Aiza y Enríquez Garrigues Colombia Garrigues Mexico Inglez, Werneck, Ramos, Cury e Françolin Advogados Nader, Hayaux & Goebel Americas Tax Pro Bono Firm of the Year Bichara Advogados DLA Piper Garrigues Colombia Mattos Filho, Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr. e Quiroga Advogados McDermott Will & Emery Americas Tax Innovator of the Year Deloitte Inglez, Werneck, Ramos, Cury e Françolin Advogados Wolters Kluwer Americas Tax Technology Firm of the Year Bloomberg BNA Deloitte Wolters Kluwer Americas Tax Compliance & Reporting Firm of the Year Baker & McKenzie Deloitte GIIN-Tax International Firm in the Americas A&L Goodbody Arthur Cox Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Matheson Taxback International Americas Tax Policy Firm of the Year Baker & McKenzie Deloitte Garrigues Colombia Miller & Chevalier Americas Tax Litigation & Disputes Practice Leader of the Year Thomas Linguanti, Baker & McKenzie Ed Kroft, Blake, Cassels & Graydon Marcelo Salles Annunziata, Demarest Advogados Daniel Bellan, Lacaz Martins Pereira Neto Gurevich & Schoueri Paulo Rogério Garcia Ribeiro, Machado Associados Glaucia Lauletta Frascino, Mattos Filho, Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr. e Quiroga Advogados Todd Welty, McDermott Will & Emery Sanford Stark, Morgan Lewis Al Meghji, Osler Hoskin & Harcourt Americas Indirect Tax Practice Leader of the Year Douglas Mota, Demarest Advogados Ricardo Marletti Debatin da Silveira, Machados Associados Renata Correia Cubas, Mattos Filho, Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr. e Quiroga Advogados Jane May, McDermott Will & Emery Americas TP Practice Leader of the Year Blake Murray, Osler Hoskin & Harcourt Dale Hill, Gowling WLG John Magee, Morgan Lewis Luís Rogério Farinelli, Machados Associados Luiz Felipe Centeno Ferraz, Mattos Filho, Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr. e Quiroga Advogados Richard Tremblay, Osler Hoskin & Harcourt Salim Rahim, Baker & McKenzie Americas Tax Practice Leader of the Year Jeffrey Trossman, Blake, Cassels & Graydon Cristiano Ruschmann, Bratax Camilo Zarama, Garrigues Colombia Robert Phillpott, Norton Rose Fulbright Monica Biringer, Osler Hoskin & Harcourt Americas Banking Tax Deal of the Year Sale of Banco CIT to Banco Daycoval - Machado Meyer Sendacz e Ópice; Mattos Filho, Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr. e Quiroga Advogados Reorganisation of Paraná Banco and Travelers's insurance and reinsurance JV - Barbosa, Müssnich & Aragão, Taxand Brazil; Mattos Filho, Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr. e Quiroga Advogados; Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom CNP - Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton; Mattos Filho, Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr. e Quiroga Advogados; Pinheiro Neto Advogados Banco Bradesco acquisition of HSBC Brazil - Lefosse Advogados Investment in Cloud9 Technologies from JP Morgan, Barclays and ICAP - Fenwick & West Americas Capital Markets Tax Deal of the Year Liberty Media - recapitalisation into three groups of tracking stocks - Baker Botts; Shearman & Sterling CDPQ's convertible share investment in Bombardier Transportation (Investment) UK - McCarthy Tétrault $1.25 billion fixed and floating rate notes backed by non-prime auto loans - Mayer Brown Convertible Debt/Note Hedge Transaction for Dycom Industries - Shearman & Sterling Mexico Credit Opportunities Trust II - Creel, García-Cuéllar, Aiza y Enriquez Americas Consumer Products Tax Deal of the Year General Motors's acquisition of Cruise Control - Fenwick & West; Orrick Snyder's-Lance acquisition of Diamond Foods - Fenwick & West; Troutman Sanders Merger of Johnson Controls and Tyco - A&L Goodbody; Arthur Cox; Fenwick & West; McDermott Will & Emery Acquisition of Sequel Naturals Ltd by Whitewave Foods - Haynes & Boone; McMillan; Stikeman Elliott; Winston & Strawn Americas Energy Tax Deal of the Year Gaspetro - Mattos Filho, Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr e Quiroga Advogados; Pinheiro Neto Renova Energia - Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld; Mattos Filho, Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr e Quiroga Advogados; Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy; Veirano Advogados Projeto Paraná - Mattos Filho, Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr e Quiroga Advogados; Soares Bumachar Chagas Barros Merger of PowerStream, Enersource and Horizon and subsequent purchase of Hydro One Brampton Networks - Gowling WLG Schlumberger acquisition of Cameron International - Baker Botts; Cravath Swaine & Moore 8point3 Energy Partners - YieldCo IPO - Baker Botts; Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom; Vinson & Elkins Kraton acquisition of Arizona Chemical - Baker Botts; Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton; Weil Gotshal & Manges TransCanada acquisition of Columbia Pipeline Group - Bennett Jones; Blake, Cassels & Graydon; Mayer Brown; Osler Hoskin & Harcourt Americas Financial Services Tax Deal of the Year Sale of Simmons & Company International to Piper Jaffray - Burness Paull; Faegre Baker Daniels; Norton Rose Fulbright Prudential Financial's joint venture with Inversiones La Construcción to acquire Chile's second largest pension fund - Claro & Cia BM&FBOVESPA and CETIP merger - Barbosa Mussnich Aragao, Taxand Brazil Americas Joint Venture Tax Deal of the Year Sale of stake in Alpargatas - Mattos Filho, Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr e Quiroga Advogados Nova Parceria Delta - Mattos Filho, Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr e Quiroga Advogados; Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy; Souza, Cescon, Barrieu & Flesch MBR - Mattos Filho, Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr e Quiroga Advogados; Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy; Souza, Cescon, Barrieu & Flesch Almacenes Éxito - Gomez-Pinzón Zuleta, Taxand Colombia; Lefosse; Lloreda Camacho; Uribe Henao; White & Case Commercialisation of the Canadian Wheat Board - Aikins, MacAulay and Thorvaldson; Baker & McKenzie; McMillan Strategic alliance between CSN, ITOCHU Corporation, JFE Steel Corporation, POSCO, Kobe Steel, Nisshin Steel and China Steel - Barbosa, Müssnich, Aragão, Taxand Brazil; Machado Meyer Americas M&A Tax Deal of the Year Dow / DuPont merger - Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom; Weil Gotshal & Manges BR-7 - Duarte Garcia, Caselli Guimarães e Terra; Mattos Filho, Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr. e Quiroga Advogados; PMKA; Ulhôa Canto, Rezende e Guerra Goldcorp's sale of 26% stake in Tahoe Resources - McMillan Restructuring of international group affiliates of MKS Instruments after acquisition of Newport Corporation - DLA Piper Pozen acquisition of Tribute Pharmaceuticals and redomiciliation - A&L Goodbody; DLA Piper Acquisition of a stake in Corporacion Quiport by Grupo Odinsa - Brigard & Urrutia; Garrigues Colombia; Holland & Knight; Hughes & Hughes; Mayer Brown; Perez Bustamante & Ponce; Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom Sale of Cardioxyl Pharmaceuticals to Bristol Myers Squibb - Fenwick & West Kraton acquisition of Arizona Chemical - Baker Botts; Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton; Weil Gotshal & Manges Fortis acquisition of ITC - Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg; Jones Day; Simpson Thacher & Bartlett; White & Case Sale of Avon's North American operations to a Cereberus affiliate and an investment of $435 million in Avon's remaining international business - Kirkland & Ellis Americas Media & Entertainment Tax Deal of the Year Casa Cor expansion into US - Campos Mello; DLA Piper Liberty Media - Distribution of Stock Rights to Acquire Series C Liberty Braves Common Stock - Baker Botts Merger of Activision Blizzard and King Digital Entertainment - Debevoise & Plimpton; Fenwick & West Nexstar's acquisition of Media General – Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson; Kirkland & Ellis Americas Private Equity Tax Deal of the Year Acquisition of Leader Magazine - Castro, Barros, Sobral, Gomes Carlyle Group and Vinci Partners's acquisition of the Uniasselvi Group - Lobo & De Rizzo; Mattos Filho, Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr e Quiroga Advogados Carlyle Group's acquisition of a further stake in Rede D’Or São Luiz - Barbosa, Müssnich & Aragão Advogados, Taxand Brazil; Mattos Filho, Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr e Quiroga Advogados Oncoclínicas - Campos, Fialho, Canabrava, Borja, Andrade, Salles; Mattos Filho, Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr e Quiroga Advogados; Pinheiro Guimarães Formation of Leste Capital Management's Cayman Islands Credit Fund - Campos Mello; DLA Piper Sale of stake in Stingray Digital Group - Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg; Fasken Martineau DuMoulin; McMillan KKR's sale-leaseback agreement with Pemex - Creel, García-Cuéllar, Aiza y Enriquez Formation, fund-raising and closing of EnCap Fund X - Thompson & Knight Catalyst Fund Limited Partnership V - Fasken Martineau DuMoulin Formation of Berkshire Fund IX - Weil Gotshal & Manges CKD Riverstone - Creel, García-Cuéllar, Aizay Enriquez Americas Real Estate Tax Deal of the Year Sale of JP Morgan's Participation in Gávea Investimentos and acquisition by JP Morgan of equity funds and real estate equity funds managed by Gávea - Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton; Mattos Filho, Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr e Quiroga Advogados; Souza, Cescon, Barrieu & Flesch Blackstone's acquisition of the GE Real Estate Mexico lending platform and commercial real estate mortgage loan portfolio - Creel, García-Cuéllar, Aizay Enriquez; Gibson Dunn & Crutcher; Nader, Hayaux & Goebel; Paul Hastings Telecity's merger with Interxion Holding and subsequent acquisition by Equinix - Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer; Latham & Watkins; Loyens & Loeff; Slaughter and May; Sullivan & Worcester Americas Tax Restructuring Deal of the Year Debt restructuring of Ruette Group in the context of the acquisition by Black River - Mattos Filho, Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr e Quiroga Advogados; Pinheiro Neto MMX judicial reorganisation plan - Mattos Filho, Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr. e Quiroga Advogados; Pinheiro Neto Venda PGN - Barbosa, Müssnich & Aragão Advogados, Taxand Brazil; Mattos Filho, Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr. e Quiroga Advogados; Souza, Cescon, Barrieu & Flesch Danaher spin-off - DLA Piper Liberty Interactive Spin-off of CommerceHub - Baker Botts New Gulf Resources bankruptcy restructuring - Baker Botts Chesapeake Energy Corporation Debt Exchange - Baker Botts Pacific Exploration's Recapitalization and Restructuring - Goodmans Caesar's Entertainment Operating Company restructuring - Kirkland & Ellis Americas Technology & Telecommunications Tax Deal of the Year Totvs acquisition of Bematech - Barbosa, Müssnich & Aragão Advogados, Taxand Brazil Symantec's sale of Veritas to Carlyle Group and GIC - Allen & Overy; Alston & Bird; Baker & McKenzie; Fenwick & West; Latham & Watkins; Matheson; Ropes & Gray Sale of Plentyoffish Media - McMillan; Goodmans; Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz Altice acquisition of Cablevision - Mayer Brown Avago Technologies’s acquisition of Broadcom - Morrison & Foerster; Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom Americas In-house Team of the Year Cargill Argentina SABMiller North Americas Tax Litigation & Disputes Firm of the Year Baker & McKenzie DLA Piper Fenwick & West Kirkland & Ellis Mayer Brown McDermott Will & Emery Miller & Chevalier Morgan Lewis Norton Rose Fulbright Vinson & Elkins Latin America Tax Litigation & Disputes Firm of the Year Baker & McKenzie Bichara Advogados Deloitte Godoy y Hoyos KPMG Machado Associados Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uría Taxand North America Indirect Tax Firm of the Year Deloitte DLA Piper Gowling WLG McDermott Will & Emery Latin America Indirect Tax Firm of the Year Baker & McKenzie Basham Ringe y Correa Carey Deloitte Garrigues Godoy y Hoyos KPMG Brazil Luna Requena & Fernandez Borzese Machado Meyer Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uría Taxand North America Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year Deloitte Fenwick & West Deloitte - Galaz, Yamazaki, Ruiz Urquiza Osler Hoskin & Harcourt Latin America Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year Baker & McKenzie BaseFirma Deloitte Grant Thornton KPMG North America Tax Firm of the Year Baker & McKenzie Deloitte DLA Piper Fenwick & West Mayer Brown McDermott Will & Emery Morgan Lewis Norton Rose Fulbright Latin America Tax Firm of the Year Baker & McKenzie Deloitte Garrigues KPMG Norton Rose Fulbright Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uría Americas Tax Firm of the Year Baker & McKenzie Deloitte DLA Piper Mayer Brown McDermott Will & Emery Norton Rose Fulbright
