The winners of the ITR European Tax Awards 2020 will be revealed on our website on May 21 at 2pm BST.
The ITR European 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.
Aside from the national awards in more than 30 jurisdictions, there are also awards in regional, individual and in-house categories for the best performers.
Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, this year’s winners of the European Tax Awards will be announced and published online on May 21 at 2pm BST.
ITR’s head of business development Jamil Ahad will contact firms and individuals in due course.
If you have any questions about the shortlist or research, please contact our team at editorial@internationaltaxreview.com. For the deals and cases awards, we strive to mention all the firms that took part in each deal. If your firm has been omitted, please contact ITR's editorial team.
Our thoughts are with our readers and others affected by the pandemic.
National Awards
Africa Tax Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie
Deloitte
ENSafrica
EY
Olaniwun Ajayi
PwC
Webber Wentzel
Africa Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie
BDO
Deloitte
DLA Piper
ENSafrica
EY
PwC
Austria Tax Firm of the Year
bpv Hügel
CERHA HEMPEL
Deloitte
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
ICON
Austria Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
bpv Hügel
Deloitte
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
ICON
TPA Group
Baltic States Tax Firm of the Year
Cobalt
Deloitte
Sorainen, WTS Global
TGS Baltic
Walless
Baltic States Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
BDO
Deloitte
EY
Sorainen, WTS Global
TGS Baltic
Belgium Tax Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie
Deloitte
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Liedekerke Wolters Waelbroeck Kirkpatrick
Loyens & Loeff
Belgium Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie
Deloitte
Liedekerke Wolters Waelbroeck Kirkpatrick
Loyens & Loeff
Stibbe
CEE Tax Firm of the Year
CMS
Deloitte
EY, EY Bulgaria
White & Case
WTS Alfery, WTS Global
CEE Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
BMB Partners, Taxand Slovakia
CMS
Deloitte
EY, EY Bulgaria / EY Romania
Taxhouse, Taxand Romania
CIS States Tax Firm of the Year
Arzinger & Partners
Caspian Legal Center
EY
Legaltax
Stepanovski, Papakul and Partners
Cyprus Tax Firm of the Year
Deloitte
Elias Neocleous & Co
EY
Harris Kyriakides
Taxatelier
Cyprus Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Deloitte
Elias Neocleous & Co
EY
Taxatelier
Denmark Tax Firm of the Year
Bruun & Hjejle
CORIT Advisory
Deloitte
KPMG
Plesner
Denmark Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Bjørnholm Law
Bruun & Hjejle
Deloitte
EY
Plesner
Finland Tax Firm of the Year
Alder & Sound
Borenius
Deloitte
Hannes Snellman
Roschier
Finland Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Alder & Sound
Borenius
Deloitte
EY
Roschier
France Tax Firm of the Year
Arsene Taxand
Baker McKenzie
Bredin Prat
Clifford Chance
Deloitte | Taj
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Mayer Brown
France Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Arsene Taxand
Baker McKenzie
Deloitte | Taj
Dentons
EY
LPA - CGR Avocats
Mayer Brown
Germany Tax Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie
DLA Piper
Flick Gocke Schaumburg
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Mayer Brown
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
WTS Germany
Germany Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie
Dentons
Flick Gocke Schaumburg
Mayer Brown
NERA Economic Consulting
Oppenhoff & Partner
WTS Germany
Greece Tax Firm of the Year
Deloitte
Dryllerakis & Associates
EY
Koutalidis Law Firm
Zepos & Yannopoulos
Greece Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Deloitte
Dryllerakis & Associates
EY
Zepos & Yannopoulos
Hungary Tax Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie
Deloitte
EY
Jalsovszky Law Firm
WTS Klient
Hungary Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie
Deloitte
EY
OrienTax Consulting
WTS Klient
Ireland Tax Firm of the Year
A&L Goodbody
Arthur Cox
Deloitte
Matheson
William Fry
Ireland Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Deloitte
EY
Maples Group
Matheson
William Fry
Israel Tax Firm of the Year
Fischer Behar Chen Well Orion & Co
Gornitzky & Co
Herzog Fox & Neeman
Yaron-Eldar Paller Schwartz & Co
Yigal Arnon & Co
Italy Tax Firm of the Year
Allen & Overy
BonelliErede
Chiomenti
Clifford Chance
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Ludovici Piccone & Partners
Maisto e Associati
Italy Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie
BonelliErede
Deloitte
Hager & Partners
KPMG
Maisto e Associati
Valente Associati GEB Partners/Crowe Valente
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
Malta Tax Firm of the Year
Avanzia Taxand
Camilleri Preziosi
Deloitte
Fenech & Fenech Advocates
WH Partners
Middle East Tax Firm of the Year
Al Tamimi & Co
Baker McKenzie
Deloitte
DLA Piper
KPMG
PwC
WTS Dhruva Consultants
Middle East Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Al Tamimi & Co
Baker McKenzie
Deloitte
DLA Piper
KPMG
PwC
WTS Dhruva Consultants
Netherlands Tax Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie
Clifford Chance
Deloitte
DLA Piper
Houthoff
Loyens & Loeff
Stibbe
Netherlands Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Atlas Tax Lawyers, WTS Global
Baker McKenzie
Deloitte
EY
Grant Thornton
Houthoff
Loyens & Loeff
Norway Tax Firm of the Year
BAHR
Deloitte
KPMG
PwC
Thommessen
Norway Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
BAHR
Deloitte
EY
PwC
Thommessen
Poland Tax Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie
Crido Taxand
Deloitte
Dentons
Sołtysiński Kawecki & Szlęzak
Poland Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie
CMS
Crido Taxand
Deloitte
Michalik Dłuska Dziedzic & Partnerzy
Portugal Tax Firm of the Year
Abreu Advogados
Deloitte
KPMG
Morais Leitão
PLMJ
PwC
Vieira de Almeida
Portugal Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Baker Tilly
Deloitte
EY
Garrigues
KPMG
PwC
Uría Menéndez - Proença de Carvalho
Russia Tax Firm of the Year
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
Deloitte
EY
FBK Legal
KPMG
Pepeliaev Group
PwC
Russia Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie
Deloitte
Dentons
EY
FBK Legal
KPMG
PwC
Spain Tax Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie
Cuatrecasas
Deloitte
EY
Garrigues
KPMG
Uría Menéndez
Spain Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie
Deloitte
EY
Garrigues
KPMG
Roca Junyent
Uría Menéndez
Sweden Tax Firm of the Year
EY
KPMG
Linklaters
Mannheimer Swartling
Svalner
Sweden Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Deloitte
EY
KPMG
PwC
Skeppsbron Skatt
Switzerland Tax Firm of the Year
Deloitte
Lenz & Staehelin
Niederer Kraft Frey
Schellenberg Wittmer
Tax Partner, Taxand
Switzerland Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie
Deloitte
Loyens & Loeff
Schellenberg Wittmer
Tax Partner, Taxand
Turkey Tax Firm of the Year
Bezen & Partners
Centrum Auditing & Consulting
Deloitte
Esin Attorney Partnership
Nazali Attorney Partnership
Turkey Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Centrum Auditing & Consulting
Deloitte
Esin Attorney Partnership
EY
PwC
UK Tax Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie
Clifford Chance
DLA Piper
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
Slaughter & May
White & Case
UK Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie
DLA Piper
EY
FTI Consulting, WTS Global
Simmons & Simmons
Ukraine Tax Firm of the Year
Avellum
Baker McKenzie
Deloitte
PwC
WTS Tax Legal Consulting / KM Partners
Ukraine Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Deloitte
DLA Piper
EUCON Legal Group
EY
WTS Tax Legal Consulting / KM Partners
Individual Awards
Tax Litigation and Disputes Practice Leader of the Year
Tassos Anastassiadis, Platis Anastassiadis & Associates - EY
Hans Severin Hansen, Plesner
Vadim Medvedev, Avellum
Eric Meier, Baker McKenzie
Serena Cabrita Neto, PLMJ
Transfer Pricing Practice Leader of the Year
Magdalena Marciniak, Michalik Dłuska Dziedzic & Partnerzy
Antonio Russo, Baker McKenzie
Mohamed Serokh, PwC
Stefano Simontacchi, BonelliErede
Ronald van den Brekel, EY
Tax Practice Leader of the Year
Jackie Hess, Deloitte
Tiago Marreiros Moreira, Vieira de Almeida
Milen Raikov, EY
James Smith, Baker McKenzie
Tina Zetterlund, KPMG
In-house Awards
In-house Tax Team of the Year
Mastercard Orsted
ProSiebenSat.1 Media SE
Technicolor
Zalando
In-house Transfer Pricing Team of the Year
AB Volvo Aramex
DHL
Hitachi Automotive Systems Group
Syngenta
Zalando
In-house Indirect Tax Team of the Year
ABN Amro Bank BASF
Spotify
In-house Tax Director of the Year
Mathias Hildebrandt, ProSiebenSat.1 Media SE
Jesper Anker Howes, Maersk Tankers
Marc Mokrab, Technicolor
In-house Transfer Pricing Director of the Year
Anders Allvin, AB Volvo
Patrycja Brzostowska, Zalando
Avni Dika, Syngenta
In-house Indirect Tax Director of the Year
Howard Hull, Al-Futtaim Group
Huub Stringer, ABN Amro Bank
Carolin Symmons, Spotify
Deals and Cases
Impact deals
Alawwal Bank/Saudi British Bank merger: Abuhimed Alsheikh & Alhagbani Law Firm; Allen & Overy; Baker McKenzie; Clifford Chance; Dr Sultan Almasoud & Partners; Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer; Khoshaim & Associates; Abdulaziz Al-Alajlan & Partners; Linklaters; PwC; Shearman & Sterling; Slaughter & May
Dassault Systèmes acquisition of Medidata: Clifford Chance; Bredin Prat; Norton Rose Fulbright, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
E.ON acquisition of stake in Innogy: Allen & Overy; Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer; Gibson Dunn; Hengeler Mueller; Ihrig & Anderson; Linklaters; SZA Schilling Zutt & Anschütz
KKR acquisition of a stake in Axel Springer: Arnold; Allen & Overy; Deloitte; Flick Gocke Schaumburg; Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer; Hengeler Mueller; Linklaters; Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy; Sullivan & Cromwell; White & Case
LVMH acquisition of Belmond: Baker McKenzie; Weil Gotshal & Manges
Naspers spin-off of MultiChoice Group: Webber Wentzel
Nexi IPO: BonelliErede; Bonn Steichen & Partners; Kirkland & Ellis; Latham & Watkins; Legance; Linklaters; Pirola Pennuto Zei & Associati; Weil Gotshal & Manges
Saudi Aramco IPO: Latham & Watkins; PwC; The Law Office of Megren M Al-Shaalan; The Law Office of Salman M Al-Sudairi; White & Case
Takeda acquisition of Shire: Arthur Cox; Davis Polk & Wardwell; Linklaters; Mourant Ozannes; Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu; Nishimura & Asahi; PwC; Slaughter & May
Thales acquisition of Gemalto: Allen & Overy; Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton; Darrois Villey Maillot Brochier; NautaDutilh; Norton Rose Fulbright; Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Impact cases
France vs. Google: Baker McKenzie
Denmark vs Microsoft Denmark: Kromann Reumert
Italy vs Agusta Holding: Di Tanno e Associati; Macchi Di Cellere Gangemi Offices
N Luxembourg 1, X Denmark, C Danmark I and Z Denmark vs the Danish Ministry of Taxation: Arendt & Medernach; Kammeradvokaten/Poul Schmith; Kromann Reumert; Nielsen Nørager; Plesner
Netherlands v Commission/Starbucks Corp and Starbucks Manufacturing EMEA v Commission: Osborne Clarke
News UK v HMRC: Deloitte
Sasol Oil v CSARS: Webber Wentzel
Spain v Ikea: Vialegis Dutilh Abogados
Sweden v Absolut: EY
T Denmark and Y Denmark vs the Danish Ministry of Taxation: Arendt & Medernach; Kammeradvokaten/Poul Schmith; Kromann Reumert; Nielsen Nørager; Plesner
Regional Awards
Diversity & Inclusion Firm of the Year
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, UK
Deloitte Finland
Esin Attorney Partnership, a member firm of Baker & McKenzie International
Hansuke Consulting
KPMG in Sweden
US Tax Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
Mayer Brown
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
White & Case
Best Newcomer
Savov & Partners
Taxatelier
TransFair Pricing Solutions
Walless
WTS Dhruva Consultants
CJEU Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie
Cobalt
EY
Plesner
White & Case
Tax Innovator of the Year
Avellum
Deloitte
EY
Thomson Reuters
Vieira de Almeida
Tax Technology Firm of the Year
Avalara
Deloitte
EY
Taxamo
Thomson Reuters
Tax Compliance and Reporting Firm of the Year
CMS
Deloitte
EY
KPMG
WTS Global
Tax Policy Firm of the Year
EY
PwC
The Best Friends network
Valente Associati GEB Partners/Crowe Valente
Vieira de Almeida
Indirect Tax Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie
Deloitte
EY
DLA Piper
KPMG
PwC
WTS Global
Tax Litigation and Disputes Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie
CMS
Deloitte
EY
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
The Best Friends network
WTS Global
Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie Deloitte EY KPMG Loyens & Loeff PwC WTS Global
Tax Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie
Clifford Chance
Deloitte
EY
KPMG
Stibbe
The Best Friends network
