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 14.
For the deal awards, we strive to mention all the firms that took part in each deal. If your firm has been left out of any, however, please contact Salman Shaheen on salman.shaheen@euromoneyplc.com as soon as possible.
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 Rebecca Synnott on rebecca.synnott@euromoneyny.com (for US attendees).
Firms of the Year
Argentina Tax Firm of the Year
Allende & Brea
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
Allende & Brea
Baker McKenzie
BaseFirma
Bruchou Fernández Madero & Lombardi
Deloitte
Grupo GNP
Laiun Fernandez Sabella & Smudt
Rosso Alba Francia & Asociados
Brazil Tax Firm of the Year
Barbosa Müssnich Aragão
Dias Carneiro Advogados
Deloitte
Gaia Silva Gaede Advogados
Lacaz Martins Pereira Neto Gurevich & Schoueri Advogados
Machado Associados
Machado Meyer Advogados
Mattos Filho Veiga Filho Marrey Jr e Quiroga Advogados
Pinheiro Neto Advogados
Tauil & Chequer Advogados in association with Mayer Brown
Trench Rossi Watanabe
Brazil Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
BRATAX – Brazuna Ruschmann e Soriano Sociedade de Advogados
Dias Carneiro Advogados
Deloitte
Gaia Silva Gaede Advogados
Lacaz Martins Pereira Neto Gurevich & Schoueri
Machado Associados
Machado Meyer Advogados
Pinheiro Neto Advogados
Siqueira Castro – Advogados
Trench Rossi Watanabe
Canada Tax Firm of the Year
Blake Cassels & Graydon
Borden Ladner Gervais
Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg
Fasken Martineau DuMoulin
Goodmans
Gowling WLG
McCarthy Tétrault
McMillan
Osler Hoskin & Harcourt
Torys
Canada Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie
Blake Cassels & Graydon
Deloitte
EY
KPMG
Osler Hoskin & Harcourt
Chile Tax Firm of the Year
Carey
Deloitte
Grupo Vial Serrano Abogados
KPMG
Larraín y Asociados Abogados
Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uría
PwC
Ulloa & Compañía
Chile Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
BaseFirma
KPMG
PwC
Colombia Tax Firm of the Year
Brigard & Urrutia
Deloitte Colombia
Garrigues Colombia
Godoy & Hoyos Abogados
Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uría
Colombia Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
BaseFirma
Brigard & Urrutia
Deloitte
Godoy & Hoyos Abogados
KPMG Advisory Tax & Legal
Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uría
Mexico Tax Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie
Creel García-Cuéllar Aiza y Enriquez
Deloitte
Escalante & Asociados
Ritch Mueller Heather y Nicolau
Skatt
White & Case
Mexico Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie
BaseFirma
Deloitte
Élan Zaak
Skatt
Peru Tax Firm of the Year
EY
Garrigues
Grant Thornton
Miranda & Amado
Muñiz Ramírez Pérez-Taiman & Olaya
Osterling Firm
Payet Rey Cauvi Pérez Abogados
Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero Du & Uría
Rodrigo Elias & Medrano Abogados
Santivañez Abogados
Peru Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
BaseFirma
Estudio Echecopar (Baker McKenzie)
Deloitte
Grant Thornton
PKF Peru
Rodrigo Elias & Medrano
Uruguay Tax Firm of the Year
Bergstein Abogados
Deloitte
Ferrere
Fischer & Schickendantz
Grant Thornton Uruguay
Guyer & Regules
KPMG
Uruguay Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Bergstein Abogados
Deloitte
Ferrere
Grant Thornton
Guyer & Regules
KPMG
US: Chicago Tax Firm of the Year
DLA Piper
Kirkland & Ellis
Mayer Brown
SkaddenArpsSlateMeagher & Flom
US: Houston/Dallas Tax Firm of the Year
Baker Botts
Deloitte
EY
KPMG
Mayer Brown
Vinson & Elkins
US: Los Angeles Tax Firm of the Year
Deloitte
EY
PwC
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
US: New York Tax Firm of the Year
Debevoise & Plimpton
DLA Piper
Kirkland & Ellis
Mayer Brown
Norton Rose Fulbright
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
Sullivan & Cromwell
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
White & Case
US: San Francisco and Silicon Valley Tax Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie
Deloitte
DLA Piper
EY
Fenwick & West
US: Washington DC Tax Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie
Deloitte
EY
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
Vinson & Elkins
US Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Deloitte
DLA Piper
Fenwick & West
Mayer Brown
Morgan Lewis & Bockius
Thompson & Knight
White & Case
Venezuela Tax Firm of the Year
Deloitte
D’Empaire Reyna Abogados
Norton Rose Fulbright
Planincorp Consultores
Taxand Venezuela
Venezuela Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Deloitte Venezuela
D´Empaire Reyna Abodgados
Mendoza Delgado Labrador & Asociados (EY)
Tax Court Firms of the Year
Brazil Tax Court Firm of the Year
Bichara Advogados
Lefosse Advogados
Mattos Filho Veiga Filho Marrey Jr e Quiroga Advogados
Canada Tax Court Firm of the Year
Blake Cassels & Graydon
Osler Hoskin & Harcourt
US Tax Court Firm of the Year
Baker Botts
Fenwick & West
Morgan Lewis
Regional, individual and deal awards
Best Newcomer in the Americas
Creel García-Cuéllar Aiza y Enriquez
GIINTAX
Ritch Mueller Heather y Nicolau
Americas Tax Pro Bono Award
Bichara Advogados
GIINTAX
Machado Meyer
Mattos Filho Veiga Filho Marrey Jr e Quiroga Advogados
Americas Tax Innovator Award
Deloitte US
Deloitte Venezuela
GIINTAX
Mannrich Senra e Vasconcelos Advogados
Wolters Kluwer
Americas Tax Technology Firm of the Year
Bloomberg BNA
Deloitte
Wolters Kluwer
Americas Tax Compliance & Reporting Firm of the Year
Deloitte
GIINTAX
Santivañez Abogados
International Firm in the Americas
A&L Goodbody
Brigard & Urrutia
Matheson
Americas Tax Policy Team of the Year
Brigard & Urrutia
Deloitte Canada
Garrigues
GIINTAX
Miller & Chevalier
MJ Alves e Burle Advogados e Consultores
Americas Tax Litigation & Disputes Practice Leader of the Year
Daniel Vitor Bellan, Lacaz Martins Pereira Neto Gurevich & Schoueri Advogados
Luiz Gustavo Bichara, Bichara Advogados
Ed Kroft QC, Blake Cassels & Graydon
David Lagos, Deloitte Chile
Roberto Quiroga Mosquera, Mattos Filho Veiga Filho Marrey Jr e Quiroga Advogados
Mario Andrade Perilla, Deloitte Colombia
Luiz Roberto Peroba, Pinheiro Neto Advogados
Paulo Rogério Garcia Ribeiro, Machado Associados
Alejandro Gómez Rutmann, Deloitte Venezuela
Luís Eduardo Schoueri, 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
Fernanda Sá Freire Figlioulo, Machado Meyer Advogados
Diego Franco Prieto, Deloitte Colombia
Ignacio Rodríguez, Deloitte Venezuela
José Andrés Romero, Brigard & Urrutia
Ricardo Marletti Debatin da Silveira, Machado Associados
Americas Transfer Pricing Practice Leader of the Year
Luiz Felipe Centeno, Ferraz, Mattos Filho Veiga Filho Marrey Jr e Quiroga Advogados
Luís Rogério Farinelli, Machado Associados
Luciana Rosanova Galhardo, Pinheiro Neto Advogados
John Magee, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
Blake Murray, Osler Hoskin & Harcourt
Alexandro Paredes, Deloitte Chile
Julián Moreno Pérez, Deloitte Colombia
José Andrés Romero, Brigard & Urrutia Colombia
Scott Wilkie, Blake Cassels & Graydon
Todd Wolosoff, Deloitte
Americas Tax Practice Leader of the Year
Celso Costa, Machado Meyer Advogados
George Hani, Miller & Chevalier Chartered
Gustavo Lopez-Ameri, Deloitte Peru
Roberto Quiroga Mosquera, Mattos Filho Veiga Filho Marrey Jr e Quiroga Advogados
Júlio de Oliveira, Machado Associados
Guillermo Perez, Grupo GNP
Jose Andres Romero-Angrisano, GIINTAX
José Andrés Romero Tarazona, Brigard & Urrutia
Luciana Rosanova Galhardo, Pinheiro Neto Advogados
Jeffrey Trossman, Blake Cassels & Graydon
Americas Banking Tax Deal of the Year
Centro de Imagem Diagnósticos (Alliar) implements a corporate reorganisation
Mattos Filho Veiga Filho Marrey Jr e Quiroga Advogados and others
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
Rio Bravo Investimentos sells equity stake to Fosun
Mattos Filho Veiga Filho Marrey Jr e Quiroga Advogados; Machado Meyer Advogados; Pinheiro Neto Advogados
Americas Capital Markets Tax Deal of the Year
Acquisition of Natural One S.A. by Gávea Investimentos
Mattos Filho Veiga Filho Marrey Jr e Quiroga Advogados and others
FIBRA Via
Creel García-Cuéllar, Aiza y Enríquez; Galicia Abogados; Galaz Tamasaki, Ruiz Urquiza (Deloitte); Mancera (member of Ernst & Young Global)
Initial Public Offering of Preferred Shares issued by Azul
Lefosse Advogados; Pinheiro Neto Advogados; Shearman & Sterling; Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
Kimbell Royalty – MLP IPO
Baker Botts; Latham & Watkins
Liberty Media – Formula One Acquisition
Baker Botts; Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer; Weil Gotshal & Manges
Merger between Cetip and BM&FBovespa
Mattos Filho Veiga Filho Marrey Jr e Quiroga Advogados and others
Private placement by Tech Resources Limited
McMillan; Paul Weiss Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison; Shearman & Sterling; Blake Cassels & Graydon
Sunnova – Private Placement
Baker Botts; Kramer Levin; Cutler
Americas Consumer Products Tax Deal of the Year
Fortune Brands acquisition of Riobel Inc
McMillan; McCarthy Tétrault
Gávea Investimentos Ltda’s acquisition of Natural One
Mattos Filho; Machado Meyer Sendacz e Opice
Gávea Investimentos disposal of it shares in Camil Alimentos
Mattos Filho Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr e Quiroga Advogados; Machado Meyer Sendacz e Opice Advogados; Claro & Cía; Marval O’Farrell & Mairal; Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uría; Posadas & Vecino; and Souza, Cescon, Barrieu; Flesch Advogados
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
Project Tangerine
Lefosse Advogados; Tozzini; Freire Teixeira e Silva Advogados
Symantec’s acquisition of Lifelock
Fenwick & West; Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Walmart Stores’ acquisition of Jet.com
Fenwick & West; Weil Gotshal & Manges; Hogan Lovells
Americas Energy Tax Deal of the Year
Actis acquires equity stake in Atlantic Energia Renováveis
Mattos Filho
AES Group’s sale of its wholly-owned subsidiary AES Sul to CPFL Energia
Lefosse; Pinheiro Neto Advogados; AES in-house legal counsels
Camargo Correa sells equity stake held in CPFL to State Grid
Mattos Filho
Kimbell Royalty – MLP IPO
Baker Botts; Latham & Watkins
Madero Reserve: First Reserve’s sale and leaseback agreement with Mexico´s state-owned oil company
Creel García-Cuéllar Aiza y Enríquez; Latham & Watkins; White & Case; Loyens & Loeff; Walkers; Gonzalez Calvillo Abogados; Jones Day
PAA GP – Simplification
Baker Botts; Vinson & Elkins; Richards, Layton & Finger
Transocean – Borr Drilling Acquisition
Baker Botts
Americas Financial Services Tax Deal of the Year
Negotiation and signing of a share purchase agreement between Rio Bravo Investimentos and a subsidiary of Fosun Group
Mattos Filho; and others
The Santander/InverCap Syndicated Financing by several banks and financial institutions
Creel García Cuéllar Aiza y Enríquez; Galicia Abogados
R3 Consortium Investment
Fenwick & West; Crowell & Moring
Americas Joint Venture Tax Deal of the Year
Dialog Semiconductor plc and Energous Corp
Fenwick & West; Davis Polk & Wardwell
Jaunt, Shanghai Media Group and China Media Capital
Fenwick & West; Fangda Partners; Llinks Law
Southern Cross’s structuring of a CKD issuance trust
Creel García Cuéllar Aiza y Enríquez; White & Case; Greenberg Traurig
The combination of the businesses of Cetip and BM&FBovespa
Mattos Filho; BMA – Barbosa, Müssnich, Aragão
The formation of a joint venture between a wholly-owned subsidiary of Matador and a subsidiary of Five Point Capital Partners
Baker Botts; Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
Americas M&A Tax Deal of Year
Albemarle Corporation’s sale of Chemetall Surface Treatment
Shearman & Sterling;Morgan Lewis & Bockius
American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings’s acquisition of Metaldyne Performance Group
Shearman & Sterling; Mayer Brown; Weil Gotshal & Manges
Integration of international operations of Carbonite and Acquisitions of eVault (asset) and Double-Take Software
DLA Piper; Walder Wyss
Liberty Media – Formula One Acquisition
Baker Botts; Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer; Weil Gotshal & Manges
Petrobras sells Nova Transportadora do Sudeste (NTS) to Brookfield’s investment fund
Mattos Filho Veiga Filho Marrey Jr e Quiroga Advogados; Pinheiro Neto Advogados
Project Eagle: Coca-Cola Femsa bought Vonpar
Creel García-Cuéllar Aiza y Enríquez; Tozzini Freire Advogados; Galicia Abogados
Rockwell Collins’ acquisition of B/E Aerospace
Shearman & Sterling;Skadden Arps Slate Meager & Flom
Transocean – Borr Drilling Acquisition
Baker Botts
Venado Oil & Gas – SM Energy Acquisition
Baker Botts; Kirkland & Ellis
Williams Companies sale to Inter Pipeline
McMillan; Andrews Kurth; Torys
Americas Media & Entertainment Tax Deal of the Year
Cox Automotive acquires equity stake in Molicar Publicações Automotivas
Mattos Filho Veiga Filho Marrey Jr e Quiroga Advogados and others
Liberty Media – Formula One Acquisition
Baker Botts; Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer; Weil Gotshal & Manges
Project PDF- VIMN Brasil Participações Ltda., a Brazilian holding of Viacom International’s, in the acquisition of the majority stake in Porta dos Fundos Produtora e Distribuidora Audiovisual
Lefosse Avogdaos; Lobo & de Rizzo Advogados
Shanghai Giant Network Technology’s acquisition of Caesars Interactive Entertainment’s online casino-style games unit Playtika
Fenwick & West; Allen & Overy; Yigal Arnon; Latham & Watkins
Tencent’s aquisition of an 84% stake in Supercell Oy from SoftBank
Fenwick & West; Covington & Burling; White & Case
Starz sale to Lionsgate
Baker Botts; Wachtell Lipton, Rosen & Katz
Americas Private Equity Tax Deal of the Year
Actis sells equity stake in Cruzeiro do Sul Educacional to GIC fund
Mattos Filho Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr e Quiroga; Machado Meyer Sendacz e Opice; and Lefosse Advogados
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
Equity International invests in Estapar Group
Mattos Filho Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr e Quiroga; and Pinheiro Guimarães Advogados
GIF II Fundo de Investimento em Participações and GIF Mercury LLC disposal of it shares in Azul
Mattos Filho Veiga Filho Marrey Jr e Quiroga; ASBZ Advogados; Sidley Austin; TozziniFreire Advogados; Veirano Advogados; and Pinheiro Neto Advogados
SEEK International’s acquisition of Zhaopin
Fenwick & West; O’Melveny & Myers; Weil Gotshal & Manges
Thoma Bravo’s acquisition of TRADER Corporation
McMillan; Kirkland & Ellis; Loyens & Loeff; and Goodmans
Thoma Bravo’s acquisition of T2 Systems
McMillan; Goodwin Procter; Alston & Bird; and Blake Cassels Graydon
Americas Real Estate Tax Deal of the Year
Blackstone acquires Hotel Windsor Atlantica
Mattos Filho Veiga Filho Marrey Jr e Quiroga; Pinheiro Neto Advogados; and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Cosan sells equity stake in Radar Propriedades Agricolas and Radar II Propriedades Agricolas
Mattos Filho Veiga Filho Marrey Jr e Quiroga and Tauil & Chequer Advogados in association with Mayer Brown
Hines acquires interest in downtown Toronto real property
McMillan; Davies Ward Philip & Vineberg; Baker Botts; Stikeman Elliott; AMMC Law
JHSF Participações sells 33% of Shopping Cidade Jardim à Gazit
Bradesco; Mattos Filho Veiga Filho Marrey Jr e Quiroga
Real estate projects for Terranum Corporativo
Brigard y Urrutia
RLH acquires parent companies of Rosewood Mayakoba, Fairmont Mayakoba, Banyan Tree Mayakoba and Andaz Mayakoba Hotels
Creel García-Cuéllar Aiza y Enríquez; Pérez-Llorca; Linklaters; and Ritch Mueller Heather y Nicolau
Americas Tax Restructuring Deal of the Year
Local and international tax consulting services and VAT balances in favour requested in refund
Deloitte Colombia
MMX Sudeste Mineração S.A. sells mineral assets to Trafigura and Mubadala
Mattos Filho Veiga Filho Marrey Jr e Quiroga and others
Nuvo spin-off of drug development business to Crescita
McMillan; Goodmans; Honigman Miller Schwartz & Cohn
Odebrecht sells equity stake in environmental subsidiary
Mattos Filho, Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr e Quiroga Advogados and others
PAA GP – Simplification
Baker Botts; Vinson & Elkins
Venado Oil & Gas – SM Energy Acquisition
Baker Botts; Debevoise & Plimpton; Kirkland & Ellis.
Americas Technology and Telecommunications Tax Deal of the Year
Actis invests in DLP Payments
Mattos Filho Veiga Filho Marrey Jr e Quiroga Advogados
Arcon Informática SA sells equity stake to NEC Corporation
Mattos Filho Veiga Filho Marrey Jr e Quiroga Advogados and others
Cisco’s acquisition of AppDynamics
Fenwick & West; Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Danaher acquisition of Cepheid
Fenwick & West; Kirkland & Ellis
General Electric acquires Bit Stew
McMillan; McCarthy Tétrault; Sidley Austin
Goldman Sachs acquires equity stake in Cell Site Solutions
Mattos Filho Veiga Filho Marrey Jr e Quiroga Advogados and others
North America Tax Disputes Firm of the Year
Blake Cassels & Graydon
Creel García-Cuéllar Aiza y Enríquez
Deloitte
DLA Piper
Gowling WLG
Mayer Brown
McCarthy Tétrault
Osler Hoskin & Harcourt
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
Skatt
White & Case
Latin America Tax Disputes Firm of the Year
Deloitte Colombia
Godoy & Hoyos Abogados
Mattos Filho Veiga Filho Marrey Jr e Quiroga Advogados
Miranda & Amado
Santivañez Abogados
North America Indirect Tax Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie
Creel García-Cuéllar, Aiza y Enríquez
Deloitte
DLA Piper
Gowling WLG
McMillan
Latin America Indirect Tax Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie
Brigard & Urrutia
Godoy & Hoyos Abogados
Mattos Filho Veiga Filho Marrey Jr e Quiroga Advogados
Philippi Prietocarrizosa & Uria
Trench Rossi Watanabe
Americas Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
BaseFirma
D´Empaire Reyna Abodgados
Deloitte
KPMG
Osler Hoskin & Harcourt
Pinheiro Neto Advogados
PwC
North American Tax Firm of the Year
Blake Cassels & Graydon
Deloitte
Fenwick & West
Skadden Arps Slate, Meagher & Flom
Latin American Tax Firm of the Year
Brigard & Urrutia
Deloitte
Ferrere
Mattos Filho Veiga Filho Marrey Jr e Quiroga Advogados
Miranda & Amado
Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uría
Pinheiro Neto Advogados
Americas Tax Firm of the Year
Brigard & Urrutia
Blake, Cassels & Graydon
Deloitte
Ferrere
Mattos Filho, Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr e Quiroga Advogados
Miranda & Amado
Philippi Prietocarrizosa & Uria
Pinheiro Neto Advogados
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
