Skadden, Arps, Slate Meagher & Flom has won the award for North America tax firm of the year at International Tax Review's fourth annual Americas Tax Awards. Taxand, a global network of leading independent tax firms, won the award for Latin America tax firm of the year.
The Editor's Choice Award, for the person or organisation that has made a particular impact on tax, went to Congressman Charles Rangel, chairman of the Ways and Means Committee of the US House of Representatives. He was the only individual winner of the night.
Ernst & Young won six awards, the most by any firm, including the award for North America transfer pricing firm of the year and North America indirect tax firm of the year.
PricewaterhouseCoopers, which was named Latin America transfer pricing firm of the year, and Baker & McKenzie came next with five awards. .
Apart from indirect tax, other new awards this year went to Goodmans for North America capital markets tax transaction of the year; Cravath Swaine & Moore for M&A tax team of the year in North America; Machado Associados, which won the equivalent award in Latin America, Alvarez & Marsal Taxand, the winner of the North America restructuring tax firm of the year and Baker & McKenzie, which was the top firm for restructuring tax advice in Latin America.
Fifty six awards were presented to firms that demonstrated excellence, including innovation and an ability to deal with complexity, and strength in depth in each category, in 14 jurisdictions or US metropolitan areas:
Argentina, Brazil Canada Chile Colombia, Mexico, Peru, US: Chicago, US: Houston & Dallas, US: Los Angeles, US: New York, US: San Francisco Area, US: Washington, DC and Venezuela.
The winners are announced here:
TRANSFER PRICING FIRM OF THE YEAR AWARDS |
TAX LITIGATION FIRM OF THE YEAR AWARDS |
TAX FIRM OF THE YEAR AWARDS |
REGIONAL AND TRANSACTIONAL AWARDS |
Argentina Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year |
Argentina Tax Litigation Firm of the Year |
Argentina Tax Firm of the year |
North America Capital Markets Tax Transaction of the Year |
PricewaterhouseCoopers |
Bruchou, Fernandez Madero & Lombardi - Taxand |
Negri & Teijeiro Abogados |
Goodmans - Restructuring of Canadian Third-Party Structured Asset-Backed Commercial Paper |
Brazil Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year |
Brazil Tax Litigation Firm of the Year |
Brazil Tax Firm of the Year |
North America M&A Tax Transaction of the Year |
Deloitte |
Advocacia Krakowiak |
Lefosse Advogados in cooperation with Linklaters |
Cravath Swaine & Moore - M&A advice to Bristol-Myers Squibb in 2008/2009 |
Chile Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year |
Chile Tax Litigation Firm of the Year |
Chile Tax Firm of the Year |
North America Tax Restructuring Firm of the Year |
KPMG |
Baraona Marré – Abogados |
Carey y Cía |
Alvarez & Marsal Taxand |
Colombia Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year |
Colombia Tax Litigation Firm of the Year |
Colombia Tax Firm of the Year |
North America Indirect Tax Firm of the Year |
Baker & McKenzie |
Godoy & Hoyos |
KPMG |
Ernst & Young |
Peru Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year |
Peru Tax Litigation Firm of the Year |
Peru Tax Firm of the Year |
Latin America M&A Tax Team of the Year |
PricewaterhouseCoopers |
Rodrigo, Elias & Medrano |
Hernàndez & Cia |
Machado Associados Advogados e Consultores |
Venezuela Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year |
Venezuela Tax Litigation Firm of the Year |
Venezuela Tax Firm of the Year |
Latin America Tax Restructuring Team of the Year |
Ernst & Young |
Hoet Pelaez Castillo & Duque |
Baker & McKenzie |
Baker & McKenzie |
Canada Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year |
Canada Tax Litigation Firm of the Year |
Canada: Tax Firm of the Year |
Latin America Indirect Tax Firm of the Year |
Ernst & Young |
Fraser Milner Casgrain |
Blake Cassels & Graydon |
Deloitte |
Mexico Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year |
Mexico Tax Litigation Firm of the Year |
Mexico Tax Firm of the Year |
Best Newcomer US |
Baker & McKenzie |
PricewaterhouseCoopers |
Chevez, Ruiz, Zamarripa y Cia |
Ceteris |
US: Chicago Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year |
North America Tax Litigation Firm of the Year |
US: Chicago Tax Firm of the Year |
Best Newcomer Latin America |
PricewaterhouseCoopers |
Mayer Brown |
Kirkland & Ellis |
Munoz Manzo y Ocampo |
US: Houston & Dallas Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year |
Latin America Tax Litigation Firm of the Year |
US: Houston & Dallas Tax Firm of the Year |
Best Use of Internet |
Ernst & Young |
Bruchou, Fernandez Madero & Lombardi - Taxand |
Baker Botts |
KPMG |
US: Los Angeles Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year |
Tax Court of Canada Firm of the Year |
US: Los Angeles Tax Firm of the Year |
North American Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year |
Deloitte |
McCarthy Tetrault |
Latham & Watkins |
Ernst & Young |
US: New York Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year |
US Tax Court Award Firm of the Year |
US: New York Tax Firm of the Year |
Latin American Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year |
Baker & McKenzie |
Mayer Brown |
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton |
PricewaterhouseCoopers |
US: San Francisco Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year |
Editor's Choice Award |
US: San Francisco Area Tax Firm of Year |
North American Tax Firm of the Year |
Ernst & Young |
Congressman Charles Rangel |
Fenwick & West |
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom |
US: Washington DC Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year |
US: Washington, DC Tax Firm of the Year |
Latin America Tax Firm of the Year |
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Deloitte |
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom |
Taxand |
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