Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom claimed the crown for the Americas Tax Firm of the Year, while the award for the Americas Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year went to Deloitte. Mattos Filho Veiga Filho Marrey Jr e Quiroga Advogados also stood out in numerous awards. For a full list of winners, read on:
Country awards
Argentina Tax Firm of the Year
Marval O’Farrell & Mairal
Argentina Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
BaseFirma
Brazil Tax Firm of the Year
Mattos Filho Veiga Filho Marrey Jr e Quiroga Advogados
Brazil Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Pinheiro Neto Advogados
Canada Tax Firm of the Year
Blake Cassels & Graydon
Canada Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Osler Hoskin & Harcourt
Chile Tax Firm of the Year
Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uría
Chile Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
PwC
Colombia Tax Firm of the Year
Brigard & Urrutia
Colombia Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Deloitte
Mexico Tax Firm of the Year
Deloitte
Mexico Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Deloitte
Peru Tax Firm of the Year
Miranda & Amado
Peru Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Deloitte
Uruguay Tax Firm of the Year
Ferrere
Uruguay Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
KPMG
US: Chicago Tax Firm of the Year
Kirkland & Ellis
US: Houston/Dallas Tax Firm of the Year
Vinson & Elkins
US: Los Angeles Tax Firm of the Year
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
US: New York Tax Firm of the Year
Sullivan & Cromwell
US: San Francisco and Silicon Valley Tax Firm of the Year
Fenwick & West
US: Washington DC Tax Firm of the Year
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
US Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Deloitte
Venezuela Tax Firm of the Year
Deloitte
Venezuela Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
D'Empaire Reyna Abodgados
Tax Court Firms of the Year
Brazil Tax Court Firm of the Year
Mattos Filho Veiga Filho Marrey Jr e Quiroga Advogados
Canada Tax Court Firm of the Year
Blake Cassels & Graydon
US Tax Court Firm of the Year
Fenwick & West
Regional, individual and deal awards
Best Newcomer in the Americas
Ritch Mueller Heather y Nicolau
Americas Tax Pro Bono Award
Mattos Filho Veiga Filho Marrey Jr e Quiroga Advogados
Americas Tax Innovator Award
Deloitte US
Americas Tax Technology Firm of the Year
Wolters Kluwer
Americas Tax Compliance & Reporting Firm of the Year
Deloitte
International Firm in the Americas
Matheson
Americas Tax Policy Team of the Year
GIINTAX
Americas Tax Litigation & Disputes Practice Leader of the Year
Daniel Vitor Bellan, Lacaz Martins Pereira Neto Gurevich & Schoueri Advogados
Americas Indirect Tax Practice Leader of the Year
Renata Correia Cubas, Mattos Filho Veiga Filho Marrey Jr e Quiroga Advogados
Americas Transfer Pricing Practice Leader of the Year
Todd Wolosoff, Deloitte
Americas Tax Practice Leader of the Year
Jeffrey Trossman, Blake Cassels & Graydon
Americas Banking Tax Deal of the Year
FIBRA Macquarie on its refinancing programme
Creel, García-Cuéllar, Aiza y Enríquez; Simpson Thatcher & Bartlett; Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton; Galicia Abogados; Morgan, Lewis & Bockius; Nader Hayaux y Goebel
Americas Capital Markets Tax Deal of the Year
Liberty Media – Formula One Acquisition
Baker Botts; Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer; Weil Gotshal & Manges
Americas Consumer Products Tax Deal of the Year
Project Eagle: Coca-Cola Femsa’s indirect acquisition of Brazilian bottling group Vonpar and the subsequent incorporation of a Mexican company by sellers and merger with Coca-Cola Femsa
Creel García-Cuéllar; Aiza y Enríquez; Tozzini Freire Advogados; Galicia Abogados; Vonpar in-house team; Pinheiro Neto Advogados; Spal Industrial Brasileira Drinks in-house team; Coca-Cola Femsa in-house team
Americas Energy Tax Deal of the Year
Camargo Correa sells equity stake held in CPFL to State Grid
Mattos Filho Veiga Filho Marrey Jr e Quiroga Advogados
Americas Financial Services Tax Deal of the Year
R3 Consortium Investment
Fenwick & West; Crowell & Moring
Americas Joint Venture Tax Deal of the Year
The combination of the businesses of Cetip and BM&FBovespa
Mattos Filho Veiga Filho Marrey Jr e Quiroga Advogados, BMA – Barbosa, Müssnich, Aragão
Americas M&A Tax Deal of Year
Liberty Media – Formula One Acquisition
Baker Botts; Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer; Weil Gotshal & Manges
Americas Media & Entertainment Tax Deal of the Year
Tencent’s acquisition of an 84% stake in Supercell Oy from SoftBank
Fenwick & West; Covington & Burling; White & Case
Americas Private Equity Tax Deal of the Year
Catalyst’s restructuring of Pacific Exploration and Production Corporation
McMillan; Norton Rose Fulbright; Proskauer Rose; Garrigues; Goodmans; Paul, Weiss, Rifkind Wharton & Garrison; Cardenas y Cardenas Abogados; Davis Polk & Wardwell; Torys; Gómez-Pinzón Zuleta Abogados; and Brown Rudnick
Americas Real Estate Tax Deal of the Year
Hines acquires interest in downtown Toronto real property
McMillan; Davies Ward Philip & Vineberg; Baker Botts; Stikeman Elliott; AMMC Law
Americas Tax Restructuring Deal of the Year
Odebrecht sells equity stake in environmental subsidiary
Mattos Filho, Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr e Quiroga Advogados, TozziniFreire Advogados
Americas Technology and Telecommunications Tax Deal of the Year
General Electric acquires Bit Stew
McMillan; McCarthy Tétrault; Sidley Austin
North America Tax Disputes Firm of the Year
Blake Cassels & Graydon
Latin America Tax Disputes Firm of the Year
Mattos Filho Veiga Filho Marrey Jr e Quiroga Advogados
North America Indirect Tax Firm of the Year
DLA Piper
Latin America Indirect Tax Firm of the Year
Trench Rossi Watanabe
Americas Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Deloitte
North American Tax Firm of the Year
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
Latin American Tax Firm of the Year
Mattos Filho Veiga Filho Marrey Jr e Quiroga Advogados
Americas In-House Tax Team of the Year
Uber LatAm
Americas Tax Firm of the Year
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom