The ITR EMEA Tax Awards have taken place annually since 2005 and recognise remarkable achievements and developments by international tax professionals from the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region over a 12-month period.
The period saw corporations and tax authorities fully transition into a post COVID market. With continued work from the CJEU in rulings on the application of State aid laws to tax measures, multinational corporates prevailing against the European Commission, and the introduction of capital gains taxation against the sale of shares in Nigeria.
This year’s 18th annual awards seeks to celebrate the most impressive tax, transfer pricing, tax disputes, and indirect tax teams and practitioners in 34 jurisdictions throughout the region. The awards also recognise achievements in tax technology, innovation, policy, compliance and reporting, as well as diversity, equity, and inclusion.
If you have any questions about the shortlist or research, please contact awards editors James Wilson and John Harrison.
For more information about securing a shortlist package or how your firm can participate in the awards, please contact ITR’s Publisher, Tanya Gujral, or Senior Business Development Manager, Raquel Ipo.
Our thoughts are with our readers and others that have been adversely affected by the horrific events in Ukraine.
Jurisdiction Awards
Africa Tax Firm of the Year
Andersen
Banwo & Ighodalo
Deloitte
ENS Africa
EY
Webber Wentzel
Werksmans Attorneys
Africa Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Andersen
BDO
Deloitte
ENS Africa
EY
Vanbain Transfer Pricing
Webber Wentzel
Austria Tax Firm of the Year
bpvHügel
Deloitte
EY
Grant Thornton
KPMG
Austria Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
bpvHügel
Deloitte
EY
KPMG
PwC
Austria Tax Disputes Firm of the Year
Althuber Spornberger & Partner
bpvHügel
Deloitte
Schindler Attorneys
Schoenherr
Austria Indirect Tax Firm of the Year
bpvHügel
Deloitte
Grant Thornton
Schindler Attorneys
Schoenherr
Baltic States Tax Firm of the Year
Cobalt
Deloitte
Sorainen, WTS Global
TGS Baltic
Walless
Baltic States Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Cobalt
Deloitte
Ellex
TGS Baltic
Walless
Belgium Tax Firm of the Year
ArteoLaw
Baker McKenzie
Deloitte
KPMG
Loyens & Loeff
Belgium Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
ArteoLaw
Baker McKenzie
Deloitte
KPMG
Loyens & Loeff
Belgium Tax Disputes Firm of the Year
ArteoLaw
Baker McKenzie
Deloitte
Loyens & Loeff
Stibbe
Bulgaria Tax Firm of the Year
Deloitte
Djingov Gouginski Kyutchukov & Velichov
EY
Ilieva Voutcheva & Co
Kinkin & Partners
CEE Tax Firm of the Year
CMS
Deloitte
DLA Piper
EY
KPMG
CEE Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie
Deloitte
EY
KPMG
Taxhouse, Taxand Romania
CIS States Tax Firm of the Year
Caspian Legal Center
EY
KPMG
PwC
Sayenko Kharenko
CIS States Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie
EY
KPMG
PwC
Sayenko Kharenko
Cyprus Tax Firm of the Year
Chrysotomides
Deloitte
Elias Neocleious & Co
EY
Harris Kyriakides
Cyprus Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Deloitte
Elias Neocleious & Co
EY
Harris Kyriakides Taxand Cyprus
Taxand Cyprus
Denmark Tax Firm of the Year
Accura
CORIT Advisory
Deloitte
DLA Piper
Plesner
Denmark Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
CORIT Advisory
Deloitte
DLA Piper
Gorrissen Federspiel
Plesner
Denmark Tax Disputes Firm of the Year
Accura
CORIT Advisory
Deloitte
DLA Piper
Plesner
Denmark Indirect Tax Firm of the Year
Accura
CORIT Advisory
DLA Piper
Gorrissen Federspiel
Plesner
Finland Tax Firm of the Year
Borenius
Deloitte
EY
Hannes Snellman
Roschier
Finland Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Bird & Bird
Borenius
Deloitte
EY
Roschier
Finland Tax Disputes Firm of the Year
Avance Attorneys
Borenius
Deloitte
Hannes Snellman
Roschier
Finland Indirect Tax Firm of the Year
Borenius
Deloitte
EY
Hannes Snellman
Roschier
France Tax Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie
Bredin Prat
Deloitte
Dentons
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
LPA - CGR
Mayer Brown
France Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie
Bredin Prat
DLA Piper
Deloitte
EY
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Racine
France Tax Disputes Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie
Bredin Prat
Deloitte
Dentons
EY
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Mayer Brown
Germany Tax Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie
Deloitte
DLA Piper
Flick Gocke Schaumburg
Gleiss Lutz
Kirkland & Ellis
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
Germany Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Deloitte
Dentons
EY
Flick Gocke Schaumburg
Oppenhoff & Partner
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
WTS Germany, WTS Global
Germany Tax Disputes Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie
CMS
Deloitte
DLA Piper
Flick Gocke Schaumburg
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
WTS Germany, WTS Global
Germany Indirect Tax Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie
Bödecker Ernst & Partner
CMS
Deloitte
Flick Gocke Schaumburg
Mazars
Greece Tax Firm of the Year
Dryllerakis & Associates
EY
Koutalidis Law Firm
Potamitis Vekris
Zepos & Yannopoulos
Greece Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Dryllerakis & Associates
Deloitte
EY
Kyriakides Georgopoulos
Zepos & Yannopoulos
Greece Tax Disputes Firm of the Year
Dryllerakis & Associates
EY
Kyriakides Georgopoulos
Zepos & Yannopoulos
Hungary Tax Firm of the Year
Andersen
Deloitte
DLA Piper
EY
WTS Klient, WTS Global
Hungary Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Andersen
Deloitte
EY
Tandax Advisory
WTS Klient, WTS Global
Hungary Tax Disputes Firm of the Year
Andersen
Deloitte
DLA Piper
Hegymegi-Barakonyi and Partner Baker & McKenzie Attorneys-at-Law
Jalsovszky
Hungary Indirect Tax Firm of the Year
Andersen
Deloitte
EY
Tandax Advisory
WTS Klient, WTS Global
Ireland Tax Firm of the Year
A&L Goodbody
Arthur Cox
Deloitte
Eversheds Sutherland
Matheson
Ireland Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
A&L Goodbody
Arthur Cox
Deloitte
EY
Matheson
Israel Tax Firm of the Year
Herzog Fox & Neeman
Meitar
Pearl Cohen
Shekel & Co
Yigal Arnon - Tadmor Levy
Israel Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Herzog Fox & Neeman
Meitar
Pearl Cohen
Yigal Arnon - Tadmor Levy
Israel Tax Disputes Firm of the Year
Herzog Fox & Neeman
Meitar
Shekel & Co
S Horowitz & Co
Yigal Arnon - Tadmor Levy
Israel Indirect Tax Firm of the Year
Herzog Fox & Neeman
Raveh Haber & Co
Shekel & Co
S Horowitz & Co
Yigal Arnon - Tadmor Levy
Italy Tax Firm of the Year
Belluzzo Mercanti
Bonelli Erede Lombardi Pappalardo
Chiomenti
Clifford Chance
Facchini Rossi & Soci
Maisto e Associati
Priola Pennuto Zei & Associati
Italy Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Bonelli Erede Lombardi Pappalardo
EY
Maisto e Associati
PwC
Studio Associato - Consulenza legale & tributaria (KPMG)
Studio Tributario e Societario Deloitte | STS Deloitte
Valente Associati GEB Partners / Crowe Valente
Italy Tax Disputes Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie
Bonelli Erede Lombardi Pappalardo
Chiomenti
DLA Piper
Maisto e Associati
Studio Associato - Consulenza legale & tributaria (KPMG)
Studio Tributario e Societario Deloitte | STS Deloitte
Italy Indirect Tax Firm of the Year
PwC
Studio Associato - Consulenza legale & tributaria (KPMG)
Studio Biscozzi Nobili Piazza, WTS Global
Studio Tributario e Societario Deloitte | STS Deloitte
Luxembourg Tax Firm of the Year
Allen & Overy
Arendt & Medernach
Deloitte
KPMG
Loyens & Loeff
Luxembourg Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Arendt & Medernach
Baker McKenzie
Deloitte
KPMG
Loyens & Loeff
Luxembourg Tax Disputes Firm of the Year
Clifford Chance
DLA Piper
Loyens & Loeff
Maples Group
Simmons & Simmons
Luxembourg Indirect Tax Firm of the Year
Arendt & Medernach
Baker McKenzie
Deloitte
KPMG
Loyens & Loeff
Malta Tax Firm of the Year
Deloitte
EY
Fenech & Fenech Advocates
KPMG
PwC
Middle East Tax Firm of the Year
Al Tamimi & Company
Crowe Mak Consulting
Deloitte
DLA Piper
Eptalex-Aziz Torbey
KPMG
PwC
Middle East Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Al Tamimi & Company
Crowe Mak Consulting
Deloitte
DLA Piper
EY
KPMG
PwC
Netherlands Tax Firm of the Year
AKD
Baker McKenzie
Deloitte
EY
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Houthoff
Loyens & Loeff
Netherlands Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
AKD
Atlas Tax Lawyers, WTS Global
Baker McKenzie
Deloitte
Dentons
EY
Houthoff
Netherlands Tax Disputes Firm of the Year
Atlas Tax Lawyers, WTS Global
Baker McKenzie
Dentons
EY
Houthoff
Loyens & Loeff
Stibbe
Netherlands Indirect Tax Firm of the Year
Atlas Tax Lawyers, WTS Global
Baker McKenzie
EY
Grant Thornton
Kraaijeveld Coppus Legal
Loyens & Loeff
Taxperience
Nigeria Tax Firm of the Year
Andersen
Banwo & Ighodalo
EY
G Elias & Co
Olaniwun Ajayi
Nigeria Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Andersen
Banwo & Ighodalo
Blackwood & Stone Legal Practice
EY
Olaniwun Ajayi
Norway Tax Firm of the Year
Arntzende Besche
BAHR
Deloitte
KPMG
Thommessen
Norway Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Arntzende Besche
BAHR
Deloitte
EY
Thommessen
Poland Tax Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie
Crido
Deloitte
Dentons
KPMG
MDDP
Sołtysiński Kawecki & Szlęzak
Poland Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Arena Tax
Crido
Deloitte
Dentons
Grant Thornton
KPMG
MDDP
Poland Tax Disputes Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie
CMS
Crido
Deloitte
DLA Piper
KPMG
MDDP
Poland Indirect Tax Firm of the Year
CMS
Crido
Deloitte
Greenberg Traurig
KPMG
MDDP
Tax & Art
Portugal Tax Firm of the Year
Cuatrecasas
Deloitte
Garrigues
KPMG
Morais Leitão, Galvão Teles, Soares da Silva & Associados
Uría Menéndez – Proença de Carvalho
VdA, WTS Global
Portugal Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Cuatrecasas
Deloitte
EY
Garrigues
KPMG
Morais Leitão, Galvão Teles, Soares da Silva & Associados
Uría Menéndez – Proença de Carvalho
Portugal Tax Disputes Firm of the Year
Cuatrecasas
Durham Agrellos & Associados
Garrigues
KPMG
Morais Leitão, Galvão Teles, Soares da Silva & Associados
PLMJ
VdA, WTS Global
Portugal Indirect Tax Firm of the Year
Belim Castilho
Cuatrecasas
Deloitte
Morais Leitão, Galvão Teles, Soares da Silva & Associados
PLMJ
Uría Menéndez – Proença de Carvalho
VdA, WTS Global
Romania Tax Firm of the Year
Deloitte
EY
KPMG
Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen Tax Advisory Services
Taxhouse SRL, Taxand Romania
Romania Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
CMS
Deloitte
EY
KPMG
Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen Tax Advisory Services
Romania Tax Disputes Firm of the Year
Deloitte
DLA Piper
EY
Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen Tax Advisory Services
Tuca Zbarcea & Asociatii Tax
South Africa Tax Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie
Deloitte
ENS Africa
Webber Wentzel
Werksmans Attorneys
South Africa Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Deloitte
ENS Africa
EY
Vanbain Transfer Pricing
Webber Wentzel
Spain Tax Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie
Cuatrecasas
Deloitte Legal
EY
Garrigues
KPMG
Uría Menéndez
Spain Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Ashurst
Baker McKenzie
Cuatrecasas
Deloitte Legal
EY
Garrigues
KPMG
Spain Tax Disputes Firm of the Year
Ashurst
Baker McKenzie
Cuatrecasas
Garrigues
KPMG
Pérez-Llorca
Uría Menéndez Abogados
Spain Indirect Tax Firm of the Year
Ashurst
Baker McKenzie
Deloitte Legal
EY
Garrigues
KPMG
Uría Menéndez Abogados
Sweden Tax Firm of the Year
Deloitte
EY
KPMG
Mannheimer Swartling
Svalner Skatt & Transaktion, WTS Global
Sweden Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Deloitte
EY
KPMG
PwC
Svalner Skatt & Transaktion, WTS Global
Sweden Tax Disputes Firm of the Year
Bird & Bird
Deloitte
KPMG
Mannheimer Swartling
Unum Tax
Sweden Indirect Tax Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie
Deloitte
EY
KPMG
Mannheimer Swartling
Switzerland Tax Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie
Homburger
Lenz & Staehelin
Neiderer Kraft Frey
Tax Partner
Switzerland Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie
Deloitte
Loyens & Loeff
Schellenberg Wittmer
Tax Partner, Taxand
Switzerland Tax Disputes Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie
Homburger
Lenz & Staehelin
Loyens & Loeff
Tax Partner
Switzerland Indirect Tax Firm of the Year
ADB - Altorfer Duss & Beilstein
Homburger
Lenz & Staehelin
Neiderer Kraft Frey
Tax Partner
Turkey Tax Firm of the Year
Bezen & Partners
Centrum Auditing & Consulting
Deloitte
Esin Attorney Partnership
Penezoğlu Law Firm
Turkey Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Deloitte
EY
Esin Attorney Partnership
Penezoğlu Law Firm
PwC
Ukraine Tax Firm of the Year
Aequo
Baker McKenzie
EY
KPMG
PwC
Redcliffe Partners
Sayenko Kharenko
Ukraine Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Avidbiz
Baker McKenzie
EY
KPMG
LCF Law Group
PwC
Sayenko Kharenko
Ukraine Tax Disputes Firm of the Year
Aequo
Baker McKenzie
EY
KPMG
LCF Law Group
PwC
Sayenko Kharenko
Ukraine Indirect Tax Firm of the Year
Aequo
Avidbiz
Baker McKenzie
EY
PwC
Redcliffe Partners
Stron Legal Services
United Arab Emirates Tax Firm of the Year
Al Tamimi & Company
Crowe Mak Consulting
Deloitte
DLA Piper
EY
United Kingdom Tax Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie
DLA Piper
EY
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
Slaughter and May
Weil Gotshal & Manges
United Kingdom Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie
Deloitte
DLA Piper
EY
Grant Thornton
Slaughter and May
Transfer Pricing Solutions
United Kingdom Tax Disputes Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie
DLA Piper
EY
Eversheds Sutherland
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
PwC
Slaughter and May
United Kingdom Indirect Tax Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie
DLA Piper
Eversheds Sutherland
EY
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
Grant Thornton
Mayer Brown
Individual Awards
Indirect Tax Practice Leader of the Year
Björn Demuth – CMS
Dries Mazereel – EY
Mark Delaney – Baker McKenzie
Richard Woolich – DLA Piper
Rogier Vanhorick – Deloitte
Susana Claro – PwC
Susann Lundström – KPMG
Tax Litigation and Disputes Practice Leader of the Year
Eric Meier – Baker McKenzie
Giovanni Bracco – PwC
Jason Collins – DLA Piper
Jean-Pierre Lieb – EY
Julio César García – KPMG
Philip Mills – Deloitte
Stephen Hignett – CMS
Transfer Pricing Practice Leader of the Year
Ashish Bhatnagar – KPMG
Caroline Silberztein – Baker McKenzie
Ewelina Stamblewska-Urbaniak – Crido
Michiel Els – EY
Randall Fox – DLA Piper
Shaun Austin – Deloitte
Stefano Rossi – Andersen
Tax Practice Leader of the Year
Alex Chadwick – Baker McKenzie
Lorraine Griffin – Deloitte
Federico Raffaelli – CMS
James Guthrie – EY
Marie-Theres Rämer – DLA Piper
Sandra Hazan – Dentons
Sikander Sattar – KPMG
Indirect Tax Rising Star
Andrea Bolliger – Baker McKenzie
Bence Barta – Andersen
Henrik Karlsson – Deloitte
Karen Hird – DLA Piper
Małgorzata Brauckmann-Sajkiewicz – CMS
Montserrat Montoya – KPMG
Petter Bjorklund – EY
Tax Litigation & Disputes Rising Star
Aleksander Brzozowski – Dentons
Andrew Stuart – Baker McKenzie
Daan van Schaik – Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Jaume Bonet – Cuatrecasas
Lauren Redhead – DLA Piper
Olov Lewin – Deloitte
Per Daniel Nyberg - KPMG
Transfer Pricing Rising Star
Alexis Bernard – CMS
Dagmara Cisowska – Dentons
Lars Haverkamp – Eversheds Sutherland
Rabea Lingier – Baker McKenzie
Rabia Gandapur – Deloitte
Sebastiaan Kuijper – EY
Yves de Groote – KPMG
Tax Rising Star
Anthon Søegaard – EY
António Martins - Morais Leitão, Galvão Teles, Soares da Silva & Associados
Cristina Concepción – KPMG
Johan Léonard – Stibbe
Maria Inês Assis – Abreu Advogados
Matthew Dolan – Deloitte
Ricardo Garcia-Borregón – Ashurst
In-house Awards
In-house Tax Team of the Year
Astra Zeneca
Cargill
Lego
Renault
Siemens
Uber
Vestas Wind Systems
In-house Transfer Pricing Team of the Year
Dassault Systemes
Heineken
Kingfisher
Philip Morris International
Standard Bank
Veollia
Vodafone Italia
In-house Indirect Tax Team of the Year
Swedbank
DNB
PGNiG
Aujan Coca-Cola Beverages Company (ACCBC)
Altice
Statkraft
In-house Tax Director of the Year
Charif Guemmout – Uber
Christer Tønder Bell – Lego
Christian Kaeser – Siemens
Hany Elnaggar – Al Tayer Group
Julien Alexeef – HRA Pharma
Lars Henie – Statkraft
Patrycja Brzostowska – Gorillas
In-house Transfer Pricing Director of the Year
Aaron Meneghin – Valentino
Catherine Harlow – AstraZeneca
Daan Siero – Nike
Jonathan Bernsen – Maersk
Michal Chelpinski – Huawei Technologies
Sanna Jaalinoja – Outokumpu
Tom Heal – Bet365
In-house Indirect Tax Director of the Year
Andreas Talle Holmqvist – Swedbank
Grethel Østlie – DNB
Małgorzata Zenka – PGNiG
Mohamed Fayçal Charfeddine – Aujan Coca-Cola Beverages Company (ACCBC)
Mónica Marques – Altice
Vibeke Udnæs – Statkraft
Regional Awards
Diversity & Inclusion Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie
Deloitte
DLA Piper
ENS Africa
EY
Grant Thornton
KPMG
US Corporate Tax Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie
Crowe Mak Consulting
Kirkland & Ellis
Latham & Watkins
Mayer Brown
Skadden Aprs Slate Meagher
Weil Gotshal & Manges
Best Newcomer
Blackwood & Stone Legal Practice
Durham Agrellos & Associados
MMJS
Ong'anya Ombo Advocates
Walless
CJEU Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie
BSP
Clayton & Segura
Clifford Chance
Eubelius
Gilchrist Solicitors
Pro bono Firm of the Year
Deloitte
ENS Africa
EY
Meitar
Uría Menéndez Abogados
Tax Innovator of the Year
Deloitte
EY
Life Capital
Meitar
Morais Leitão, Galvão Teles, Soares da Silva & Associados
Tax Technology Provider of the Year
EY
Deloitte
Kondor
Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer Baratz
WTSGermany
Tax Compliance and Reporting Firm of the Year
Crido
Crowe Mak Consulting
Deloitte
Ellex
Kraaijeveld Coppus Legal
Olaniwun Ajayi
Tax Policy Firm of the Year
Crido
Crowe Mak Consulting
Deloitte
EY
Morais Leitão, Galvão Teles, Soares da Silva & Associados
PwC
Indirect Tax Firm of the Year
Andersen
Baker McKenzie
CMS
Deloitte
DLA Piper
EY
KPMG
Tax Litigation and Disputes Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie
CMS
Deloitte
DLA Piper
EY
KPMG
PwC
Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie
CMS
Deloitte
DLA Piper
EY
KPMG
PwC
Tax Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie
CMS
Deloitte
Dentons
DLA Piper
EY
KPMG
