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Americas Tax Awards 2018: Shortlists announced

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The nominees for the 13th annual Americas Tax Awards have been announced.

Firms from more than 12 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 Thursday, September 13 2018.

For the deal awards, we strive to mention all the firms that took part in each deal. If your firm has been omitted, please contact Anjana Haines on anjana.haines@euromoneyplc.com

If you would like to attend the awards dinner, please contact Paul Ptaschne on paul.ptaschne@euromoneyny.com (for Canadian and Latin American attendees) or Maggie Varela-Christie on margaret.varela-christie@euromoneyplc.com (for US attendees).

National awards

Argentina Tax Firm of the Year

Baker McKenzie

Bruchou Fernández Madero & Lombardi

Deloitte

Estudio O'Farrell

Grupo GNP

Laiún Fernández Sabella & Smudt

Marval O'Farrell & Mairal

Rosso Alba Francia & Asociados

Argentina Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year

Baker McKenzie

BaseFirma

Deloitte

Estudio O'Farrell

Grupo GNP

Laiún Fernández Sabella & Smudt

Pérez Alati Grondona Benites & Arntsen

Rosso Alba Francia & Asociados


Brazil Tax Firm of the Year

BMA Advogados - Barbosa Müssnich Aragão

Deloitte

Fraga Bekierman & Cristiano Advogados

Gaia Silva Gaede Advogados

Lefosse Advogados

Machado Meyer Sendacz e Opice Advogados

Mattos Filho Veiga Filho Marrey Jr e Quiroga Advogados

Trench Rossi Watanabe


Brazil Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year

BaseFirma

BRATAX – Brazuna Ruschmann e Soriano Sociedade de Advogados

Deloitte

Gaia Silva Gaede Advogados

Lacaz Martins Pereira Neto Gurevich & Schoueri Advogados

Mattos Filho Veiga Filho Marrey Jr e Quiroga Advogados

Pinheiro Neto Advogados

Trench Rossi Watanabe


Canada Tax Firm of the Year

Blake Cassels & Graydon

Borden Ladner Gervais, Taxand Canada

Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg

Deloitte

Grant Thornton

McCarthy Tétrault

Osler Hoskin & Harcourt

Torys


Canada Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year

Baker McKenzie

Blake Cassels & Graydon

Deloitte

Grant Thornton

McCarthy Tétrault

Osler Hoskin & Harcourt

Torys


Central America Tax Firm of the Year

Arias

BDO Panama (GIINTAX services)

Deloitte


Central America Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year

Deloitte

EY


Chile Tax Firm of the Year

Baker McKenzie

Carey

Deloitte

Garrigues

KPMG

Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uría

PwC

Chile Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year

Baker McKenzie

BaseFirma

Carey

Deloitte

KPMG

PwC


Colombia Tax Firm of the Year

Baker McKenzie

Brigard Urrutia

Deloitte

EY

Garrigues

Godoy & Hoyos

Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uría

Colombia Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year

Baker McKenzie

BaseFirma

Brigard Urrutia

Deloitte

EY

Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uría

PwC


Mexico Tax Firm of the Year

Baker McKenzie

Creel García-Cuéllar Aiza y Enríquez

Deloitte

Garrigues

Escalante y Asociados

Mijares Angoitia Cortes y Fuentes, Taxand Mexico

Ritch Mueller Heather y Nicolau

SMPS Legal


Mexico Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year

Baker McKenzie

BaseFirma

Creel García-Cuéllar Aiza y Enríquez

Deloitte

Élan Zaak

Garrigues

Salles Sainz Grant Thornton


Peru Tax Firm of the Year

Estudio Echecopar

Estudio Olaechea

EY

Garrigues

Muñiz Ramírez Pérez-Taiman & Olaya

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

Rodrigo Elías & Medrano

Uruguay Tax Firm of the Year

Bergstein Abogados

Deloitte

Ferrere

Fischer & Schickendantz

Grant Thornton

Guyer & Regules

Innovation Tax & Trust

KPMG


Uruguay Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year

Bergstein Abogados

Deloitte

Ferrere

Grant Thornton

Guyer & Regules

KPMG

US: Chicago Tax Firm of the Year


Baker McKenzie

Kirkland & Ellis

Mayer Brown

Morgan Lewis & Bockius

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom


US: Houston/Dallas Tax Firm of the Year

Kirkland & Ellis

Mayer Brown

Norton Rose Fulbright

Vinson & Elkins


US: Los Angeles Tax Firm of the Year

DLA Piper

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom


US: New York Tax Firm of the Year

Baker McKenzie

Debevoise & Plimpton

Kirkland & Ellis

Mayer Brown

Norton Rose Fulbright

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom

Sullivan & Cromwell

Vinson & Elkins

US: San Francisco and Silicon Valley Tax Firm of the Year

Baker McKenzie

Fenwick & West

Kirkland & Ellis

Mayer Brown

Morgan Lewis & Bockius


US: Washington DC Tax Firm of the Year

Baker McKenzie

Dentons

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Mayer Brown

Miller & Chevalier Chartered

Morgan Lewis & Bockius

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom

Vinson & Elkins


US Tax Firm of the Year

Baker McKenzie

Fenwick & West

Kirkland & Ellis

Mayer Brown

Morgan Lewis & Bockius

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom

Norton Rose Fulbright

Vinson & Elkins


US Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year

Baker McKenzie

Deloitte

Dentons

Epsilon Economics

Fenwick & West

Mayer Brown

Morgan Lewis & Bockius

Norton Rose Fulbright

Venezuela Tax Firm of the Year

Baker McKenzie

D'Empaire Reyna Abogados

Deloitte

Planincorp Consultores

PwC

Venezuela Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year

BaseFirma

D'Empaire Reyna Abogados

Deloitte

EY

Mendoza, Delgado, Labrador & Asociados

PwC

Tax court firms of the year awards

Brazil Tax Court Firm of the Year

Bichara Advogados

BRATAX – Brazuna Ruschmann e Soriano Sociedade de Advogados

Lacaz Martins Pereira Neto Gurevich & Schoueri Advogados

Mattos Filho Veiga Filho Marrey Jr e Quiroga Advogados

Lefosse Advogados

Veirano Advogados

Canada Tax Court Firm of the Year

Baker McKenzie

Blake Cassels & Graydon

McCarthy Tétrault

Osler Hoskin & Harcourt


US Tax Court Firm of the Year

Baker McKenzie

Dentons

Fenwick & West

Mayer Brown

Morgan Lewis & Bockius

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom

Regional, individual and deal awards

Best Newcomer in the Americas

Aptis Global

Escalante & Asociados

VCG Partners

Americas Tax Pro Bono Award

Bichara Advogados

Guyer & Regules

Mattos Filho Veiga Filho Marrey Jr e Quiroga Advogados


Americas Tax Innovator Award

Baker McKenzie Argentina

Deloitte US

Mannrich e Vasconcelos

Machado Meyer Sendacz e Opice Advogados

Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uría


Americas Tax Technology Firm of the Year

Deloitte

McMillan

Wolters Kluwer


Americas Tax Compliance & Reporting Firm of the Year

Baker McKenzie Colombia

BDO Panama (GIINTAX services)

Deloitte

Americas Tax Policy Team of the Year

Baker McKenzie US

Brigard Urrutia

Deloitte Canada

Garrigues Colombia

Guyer & Regules

MJ Alves e Burle


International Firm in the Americas

Arthur Cox

Matheson

Americas Tax Litigation & Disputes Practice Leader of the Year

Juan Manuel Albacete, Guyer & Regules

Luiz Gustavo AS Bichara, Bichara Advogados

César Camilo Cermeño Cristancho, Garrigues Colombia

Al Meghji, Osler Hoskin & Harcourt

Roberto Quiroga Mosquera, Mattos Filho Veiga Filho Marrey Jr e Quiroga Advogados

Paulo Rogério Garcia Ribeiro, Machado Associados

Alejandro Gómez Rutmann, Gómez Rutmann y Asociados, Deloitte Venezuela

Dante Sanguinetti, Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uría


Americas Indirect Tax Practice Leader of the Year

Juan Manuel Albacete, Guyer & Regules

Renata Correia Cubas, Mattos Filho Veiga Filho Marrey Jr e Quiroga Advogados

Fernanda Sá Freire, Machado Meyer Sendacz e Opice Advogados

Camila Galvão, Machado Meyer Sendacz e Opice Advogados

Sandro Machado dos Reis, Bichara Advogados

Ignacio Rodriguez, Lara Marambio y Asociados (Deloitte Venezuela)

Ricardo Marletti Debatin da Silveira, Machado Associados

Walker Villanueva, Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uría


Americas Transfer Pricing Practice Leader of the Year

Luciana Rosanova Galhardo, Pinheiro Neto Advogados

Samira Haddad, BaseFirma

George Hani, Miller & Chevalier Chartered

Kathrine Kimball, Aptis Global

Lucas Moreno, Brigard Urrutia

José Andrés Romero, Brigard Urrutia

Luís Eduardo Schoueri, Lacaz Martins Pereira Neto Gurevich & Schoueri Advogados

Scott Wilkie, Blake Cassels & Graydon


Americas Tax Practice Leader of the Year

Juan Manuel Albacete, Guyer & Regules

George Hani, Miller & Chevalier Chartered

Camilo Zarama Martínez, Garrigues Colombia

Roberto Quiroga Mosquera, Mattos Filho Veiga Filho Marrey Jr e Quiroga

Júlio de Oliveira, Machado Associados

Jose Andres Romero-Angrisano, BDO Panama (GIINTAX services)

Fernando Tonanni, Machado Meyer Advogados

Jeffrey Trossman, Blake Cassels & Graydon

Deal awards


Americas Capital Markets Tax Deal of the Year

Altice USA IPO: Mayer Brown; Ropes & Gray; Shearman & Sterling

Mexico City Airport Group Fibra E placement: Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton; Creel García-Cuéllar Aiza y Enríquez; Jones Day; Muñoz Manzo y Ocampo; Paul Hastings

IBRD’s joint multi-country floating rate earthquake-linked capital-at-risk notes: Creel García-Cuéllar Aiza y Enríquez; Linklaters; Sullivan & Cromwell

Bank of Nova Scotia’s Additional Tier 1 Capital notes: Morrison & Foerster; Osler Hoskin & Harcourt; Shearman & Sterling

TD Bank Group’s USD green bond: McCarthy Tétrault

IENova global debut senior notes offering: Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton; Creel García-Cuéllar Aiza y Enríquez; Galaz Yamazaki Ruiz Urquiza (Deloitte) (auditors); Latham & Watkins; Mijares Angoitia Cortés y Fuentes, Taxand Mexico; Shipman & Goodwin

Uruguay’s first global bond in nominal pesos in the international market to BBVA Securities, Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley: Guyer & Regules

Vista Oil & Gas SPAC IPO: Bruchou Fernández Madero & Lombardi; Creel García-Cuéllar Aiza y Enríquez; Latham & Watkins; Ritch Mueller Heather y Nicolau; Shearman & Sterling

Americas Consumer Products Tax Deal of the Year

Amazon.com acquisition of Whole Foods Market: Covington & Burling; Latham & Watkins; Paul Hastings; Sullivan & Cromwell; Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz; Weil Gotshal & Manges

Diageo acquisition Casamigos Tequila from founders George Clooney, Rande Gerber and Mike Meldman: Sullivan & Cromwell; Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker

JAB Holding’s acquisition of Panera Bread Company: Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom; Sullivan & Cromwell

Nestlé acquisition of Atrium Innovations: EY; Mayer Brown; McCarthy Tétrault; Stikeman Elliott

Refresco Group acquisition of Cott Beverages: Allen & Overy; CMS Netherlands; Drinker Biddle & Reath; Goodmans; McMillan; Nixon Peabody; Squire Patton Boggs

Restaurant Brands International acquisition of Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen: Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg; King & Spalding; Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison; Stikeman Elliott

Roark Capital’s acquisition of Buffalo Wild Wings: DLA Piper; King & Spalding; White & Case

Toromont Industries acquisition of Hewitt Group: McCarthy Tétrault; Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg


Americas Energy Tax Deal of the Year

Acquisition of Calpine Corporation by an affiliate of Energy Capital Partners and a consortium of investors: Debevoise & Plimpton; Latham & Watkins; Shearman & Sterling; Sullivan & Cromwell; Torys; White & Case

BlackRock acquisition of First Reserve Energy Infrastructure Funds: Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom

Blackstone Group’s joint venture with Sanchez Energy Corporation: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld; Kirkland & Ellis

CFE and its wholly-owned subsidiary, CFE Transmission, in its public global offering of energy and infrastructure trust certificates: Clifford Chance; Creel García-Cuéllar Aiza y Enríquez; White & Case

GE’s sale to SUEZ of the shares owned by GE Mexico in GE Water & Process: Baker McKenzie; Creel García-Cuéllar Aiza y Enríquez; Davis Polk & Wardwell; Weil Gotshal & Manges

Merger of Enbridge and Spectra Energy: Goodmans; McCarthy Tétrault; Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom; Sullivan & Cromwell

Saudi Aramco acquisition of Motiva Enterprises from Shell: Vinson & Elkins

Sempra Energy all-cash acquisition of Energy Future Holdings and its subsidiary, Energy Future Intermediate Holding: Cravath Swaine & Moore; Jones Day; Kirkland & Ellis; Sidley Austin; White & Case

Americas Financial Services Tax Deal of the Year

CF Corporation and The Blackstone Group’s acquisition of Fidelity & Guaranty Life: Davis Polk & Wardwell; Debevoise & Plimpton; Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom; Winston & Strawn

Janus Capital Group merger-of-equals with Henderson Group to form Janus Henderson Global Investors: Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer; Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom

The Bank of Nova Scotia issuance of a new form of Additional Tier 1 Capital: Osler Hoskin & Harcourt; Torys; Shearman & Sterling; Morrison & Foerster

TD Bank Group acquisition of Scottrade Bank: Simpson Thacher & Bartlett; Sullivan & Cromwell; Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz

Vista Equity Partners combines Misys and D+H as Finastra: Cravath Swaine & Moore; Goodmans; Kirkland & Ellis; Stikeman Elliott

Americas Joint Venture Tax Deal of the Year

Blackstone Group’s joint venture with Sanchez Energy Corporation: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld; Kirkland & Ellis

Canada Pension Plan Investment Board / Cyrela Commercial Properties joint venture: Mattos Filho Veiga Filho Marrey Jr e Quiroga Advogados; Shearman & Sterling; Tauil & Chequer in association with Mayer Brown

Carlyle Group’s joint venture with Hilcorp Energy: Andrews Kurth Kenyon; Baker Botts

Joint venture between Federal-Mogul and FRAS-LE: Demarest Advogados; Feijó Lopes Advogados; Philippi Prietocarrizosa & Uría; TozziniFreire Advogados

SNC-Lavalin’ new infrastructure investment vehicle: McMillan; Norton Rose Fulbright

Americas M&A Tax Deal of Year

Acquisition of Calpine Corporation by an affiliate of Energy Capital Partners and a consortium of investors: Debevoise & Plimpton; Latham & Watkins; Shearman & Sterling; Sullivan & Cromwell; Torys; White & Case

Amazon.com acquisition of Whole Foods Market: Covington & Burling; Latham & Watkins; Paul Hastings; Sullivan & Cromwell; Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz; Weil Gotshal & Manges

Liberty Interactive Corporation’s acquisition of General Communication: Baker Botts; Sherman & Howard; Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom

CDPQ and SUEZ acquisition of GE Water: Baker McKenzie; Creel García-Cuéllar Aiza y Enríquez; Davis Polk & Wardwell; Demarest Advogados; Weil Gotshal & Manges

Discovery Communication’s acquisition of Scripps Networks Interactive: Debevoise & Plimpton; Kirkland & Ellis; Sullivan & Cromwell; Weil Gotshal & Manges

Merger of Enbridge and Spectra Energy: Goodmans; McCarthy Tétrault; Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom; Sullivan & Cromwell

Potash merger with Agrium: Blake Cassels & Graydon; Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg; Felesky Flynn; Jones Day; Stikeman Elliot

Vantiv acquisition of WorldPay Group: Allen & Overy; Ashurst; Latham & Watkins; Sidley Austin; Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom


Americas Media & Entertainment Tax Deal of the Year

Discovery Communication’s acquisition of Scripps Networks Interactive: Debevoise & Plimpton; Kirkland & Ellis; Sullivan & Cromwell; Weil Gotshal & Manges

Liberty Interactive Corporation’s acquisition of General Communication: Baker Botts; Sherman & Howard; Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom

Liberty Interactive’s acquisition of HSN: Baker Botts; Davis Polk & Wardwell

Scientific Games Corporation’s acquisition of NYX Gaming Group: Carey Olsen; Cravath Swaine & Moore; Latham & Watkins; McMillan; Stikeman Elliott

Americas Private Equity Tax Deal of the Year

Acquisition of Calpine Corporation by an affiliate of Energy Capital Partners and a consortium of investors: Debevoise & Plimpton; Latham & Watkins; Shearman & Sterling; Sullivan & Cromwell; Torys; White & Case

Bain Capital Private Equity carve out acquisition from Sealed Air: Kirkland & Ellis; Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom

Blackstone acquisition of Aon Hewitt’s benefits and administration and HR business process outsourcing platform: Davies Ward Phillips and Vineberg; Kirkland & Ellis; Sidley Austin; Torys

BlackRock acquisition of First Reserve Energy Infrastructure Funds: Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom

Carlyle Group’s joint venture with Hilcorp Energy: Andrews Kurth Kenyon; Baker Botts

Roark Capital Group’s acquisition of Buffalo Wild Wings: DLA Piper; King & Spalding; White & Case

Sycamore Partners acquisition of Staples: Kirkland & Ellis; WilmerHale

Vista Equity Partners combines Misys and D+H as Finastra: Cravath Swaine & Moore; Goodmans; Kirkland & Ellis; Stikeman Elliott


Americas Real Estate Tax Deal of the Year

Brookfield Property Partners privatization of Brookfield Canada Office Properties REIT:

Goodmans; Torys

Canada Pension Plan Investment Board joint venture with Cyrela Commercial Properties: Mattos Filho Veiga Filho Marrey Jr e Quiroga Advogados; Shearman & Sterling; Tauil & Chequer Advogados in association with Mayer Brown

GIC Singapore Sovereign Fund’s investment with CCLA (a partnership between CIM Group and Compass Group): Creel García-Cuéllar Aiza y Enríquez; Ritch Mueller Heather y Nicolau

LSF10 Casa Participações acquisition of Apoema Participações: Demarest Advogados; Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson; Pinheiro Neto Advogados

Mexico City Airport Group Fibra E placement: Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton; Creel García-Cuéllar Aiza y Enríquez; Jones Day; Muñoz Manzo y Ocampo; Paul Hastings

Milestone Apartments REIT privatisation by Starwood Capital Group: Goodmans; Kirkland & Ellis; Stikeman & Elliott; Vinson & Elkins

SmartREIT and Strathallen acquisition of OneREIT: Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg; Fasken Martineau DuMoulin; Goodmans; Osler Hoskin & Harcourt; Stikeman Elliott

Tricon Capital Group’s acquisition of Silver Bay Realty Trust: Blake Cassels & Graydon; Goodmans; Goulston & Storrs; McMillan; Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe; Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison

Americas Tax Restructuring Deal of the Year

Concesionaria del Sisga restructuring in Colombia: Brigard Urrutia

Liberty Interactive Corporation’s acquisition of General Communication: Baker Botts; Sherman & Howard; Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom

Natura's restructuring and acquisition of Body Shop: Baker McKenzie; Trench Rossi Watanabe

Performance Sports Group restructuring: Allen & Overy; Brown Rudnick; McMillan; Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison; Stikeman Elliott; Thornton Grout Finnigan

Sempra Energy on its $18.8 billion all-cash acquisition of Energy Future Holdings and its subsidiary, Energy Future Intermediate Holding Company: Cravath Swaine & Moore; Jones Day; Kirkland & Ellis; Sidley Austin; White & Case;  

Stelco CCAA proceedings: Bennett Jones; Blake Cassels & Graydon; Cavalluzzo Shilton McIntyre Cornish; Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg; Goldman Sloan Nash & Haber; Goodmans; Inch Hammond Professional Corporation; Koskie Minsky; McCarthy Tétrault; Norton Rose Fulbright Canada; Osler Hoskin & Harcourt; Paliare Roland Rosenberg Rothstein; Stikeman Elliott; Thornton Grout Finnigan; Weil Gotshal & Manges; WeirFoulds; Wildeboer Dellelce

Toys “R” Us restructuring: Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer; Davis Polk & Wardwell; Kirkland & Ellis; Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel; Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison

Thomson Reuters IP cross-border restructuring: Pinheiro Neto Advogados; PwC

Americas Technology and Telecommunications Tax Deal of the Year

Altice USA IPO: Mayer Brown; Ropes & Gray; Shearman & Sterling

Creative Drive’s acquisition of Decora: Barbosa Müssnich Aragão; Hirschler Fleischer; TozziniFreire Advogados

BCE’s acquisition of Manitoba Telecom Services: Aikins MacAulay & Thorvaldson; Blake Cassels & Graydon; McCarthy Tétrault; Stikeman Elliott; Sullivan & Cromwell; Taylor McCaffrey

Cray acquisition of Seagate: Fenwick & West

Liberty Interactive Corporation’s acquisition of General Communication: Baker Botts; Sherman & Howard; Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom

SAP acquisition of CallidusCloud: Fenwick & West

Verizon Communication’s acquisition of Yahoo! Inc’s operating business: Cravath Swaine & Moore; Covington & Burling; Gibson Dunn & Crutcher; Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom; Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz; Weil Gotshal & Manges; Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati; Winston & Strawn

Vantiv acquisition of WorldPay Group: Allen & Overy; Ashurst; Latham & Watkins; Sidley Austin; Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom

North America Tax Disputes Firm of the Year

Blake Cassels & Graydon

Dentons

Osler Hoskin & Harcourt

Fenwick & West

Mayer Brown

Morgan Lewis & Bockius

Sullivan & Worcester

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom

Latin America Tax Disputes Firm of the Year

Baker McKenzie Argentina

KPMG Chile

Lacaz Martins Pereira Neto Gurevich & Schoueri Advogados

Mattos Filho Veiga Filho Marrey Jr e Quiroga Advogados

Pinheiro Neto Advogados

Rosso Alba Francia & Asociados

SMPS Legal

Veirano Advogados

Americas Indirect Tax Firm of the Year

Baker McKenzie

Carey

Gaia Silva Gaede Advogados

Garrigues

Lefosse Advogados

Machado Associados

McCarthy Tétrault

Trench Rossi Watanabe

North America Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year

Baker McKenzie

Blakes Cassels & Graydon

Deloitte

Fenwick & West

Grant Thornton

Mayer Brown

Morgan Lewis & Bockius

Osler Hoskin & Harcourt

Latin America Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year

Baker McKenzie

Basefirma

D'Empaire Reyna

Deloitte

Grant Thornton

Lacaz Martins Pereira Neto Gurevich & Schoueri Advogados

PwC Chile

Rosso Alba Francia & Asociados


North America Tax Firm of the Year

Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg

Kirkland & Ellis

Mayer Brown

McCarthy Tétrault

Morgan Lewis & Bockius

Norton Rose Fulbright

Osler Hoskin & Harcourt

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom

Latin America Tax Firm of the Year

Arias

Baker McKenzie

Brigard Urrutia

Carey

Creel García-Cuéllar Aiza y Enríquez

Deloitte

Mattos Filho Veiga Filho Marrey Jr e Quiroga Advogados

PwC


Americas Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year

Baker McKenzie

Basefirma

Blakes Cassels & Graydon

Deloitte

Grant Thornton

Mayer Brown

Osler Hoskin & Harcourt

PwC

Americas Tax Firm of the Year

Baker McKenzie

Creel Garcia-Cuellar Aiza y Enriquez

Deloitte

Mattos Filho Veiga Filho Marrey Jr e Quiroga Advogados

Mayer Brown

Osler Hoskin & Harcourt

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom

In-house awards

Americas In-House Tax Team of the Year

Amazon

Liberty Global

Uber LatAm

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