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.
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.
Due to the continued effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, this year’s winners of the EMEA Tax Awards will be announced during a virtual awards ceremony on September 9 2021.
If you have any questions about the shortlist or research, please contact our global head of awards research, James Wilson.
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 awards researcher, John Harrison.
For more information about securing a shortlist package or how your firm can participate in the awards, please contact ITR’s Associate 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 pandemic.
Register to attend the virtual awards ceremony today!
National Awards
Africa Tax Firm of the Year
Andersen Tax
Bowmans
Deloitte
ENSafrica
EY
KPMG
Webber Wentzel
Africa Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
BDO
Deloitte
ENSafrica
EY
Graphene Economics
KPMG
PwC
Austria Tax Firm of the Year
Cerha Hempel
Deloitte
ICON, WTS Global
bpv Hügel
TPA Group
Austria Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Deloitte
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
ICON, WTS Global
bpv Hügel
TPA Group
Austria Tax Disputes Firm of the Year
Cerha Hempel
Deloitte
ICON, WTS Global
bpv Hügel
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
Sorainen, WTS Global
TGS Baltic
Walless
Belgium Tax Firm of the Year
Arteo
Baker McKenzie
Deloitte
Loyens & Loeff
Stibbe
Belgium Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Arteo
Baker McKenzie
Deloitte
EY Tax Consultants
Loyens & Loeff
Belgium Tax Disputes Firm of the Year
Arteo
Baker McKenzie
Deloitte
Loyens & Loeff
Stibbe
CEE Tax Firm of the Year
CMS
Deloitte
Djingov Gouginski Kyutchukov & Velichkov
DLA Piper
Taxhouse, Taxand Romania
CEE Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Deloitte
EY, EY Bulgaria / EY Romania
KPMG
Taxhouse, Taxand Romania
WTS Alfery, WTS Global
CIS States Tax Firm of the Year
Arzinger & Partners
Caspian Legal Center
EY
KPMG
Legaltax
Cyprus Tax Firm of the Year
Deloitte
Elias Neocleous & Co
EY
Harris Kyriakides
Taxand Cyprus
Cyprus Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Chrysostomides Advocates & Legal Consultants
Deloitte
Elias Neocleous & Co
EY
Taxand Cyprus
Denmark Tax Firm of the Year
Accura
Bjørnholm Law
Corit Advisory
KPMG
Plesner
Denmark Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Bjørnholm Law
Corit Advisory
Deloitte
KPMG
Plesner
Denmark Tax Disputes Firm of the Year
Accura
Bjørnholm Law
Corit Advisory
Deloitte
Plesner
Finland Tax Firm of the Year
Borenius
Deloitte
EY
Hannes Snellman
Roschier
Finland Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Alder & Sound
Borenius
Deloitte
EY
Roschier
Finland Tax Disputes Firm of the Year
Borenius
Deloitte
EY
Hannes Snellman
Roschier
France Tax Firm of the Year
Arsene Taxand
Baker McKenzie
Bredin Prat
Deloitte | Taj
Dentons
EY
LPA-CGR Avocats
France Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Arsene Taxand
Baker McKenzie
Deloitte | Taj
Dentons
EY
Fidal, WTS Global
LPA-CGR Avocats
France Tax Disputes Firm of the Year
Arsene Taxand
Baker McKenzie
Bredin Prat
CMS Francis Lefebvre Avocats
Dentons
EY
LPA-CGR Avocats
Germany Tax Firm of the Year
Deloitte
EY
Flick Gocke Schaumburg
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
PwC
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
WTS Germany, WTS Global
Germany Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
DLA Piper
EY
Flick Gocke Schaumburg
Mazars
NERA Economic Consulting
PwC
WTS Germany, WTS Global
Germany Tax Disputes Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie
Deloitte
DLA Piper
Flick Gocke Schaumburg
Greece Tax Firm of the Year
Deloitte
EY
Koutalidis Law Firm
PotamitisVekris
Zepos & Yannopoulos
Greece Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Andersen
Deloitte
EY
Mazars
Zepos & Yannopoulos
Greece Tax Disputes Firm of the Year
Deloitte
PotamitisVekris
Zepos & Yannopoulos
Hungary Tax Firm of the Year
Andersen Adótanácsadó
Deloitte
EY
Hegymegi-Barakonyi & Partner Baker McKenzie Attorneys-at-Law
Jalsovszky Law Firm
Hungary Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Andersen Adótanácsadó
Deloitte
DLA Piper
EY
WTS Klient, WTS Global
Ireland Tax Firm of the Year
A&L Goodbody
Arthur Cox
Maples Group
Matheson
William Fry
Ireland Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
A&L Goodbody
EY
Maples Group
Matheson
William Fry
Israel Tax Firm of the Year
Fischer Behar Chen Well Orion & Co
Gornitzky & Co
Herzog Fox & Neeman
Meitar Law Offices
Shekel & Co
Israel Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Goldfarb Seligman
Gornitzky & Co
Herzog Fox & Neeman
Meitar Law Offices
Israel Tax Disputes Firm of the Year
Gornitzky & Co
Herzog Fox & Neeman
Meitar Law Offices
Shekel & Co
Yigal Anon & Co
Italy Tax Firm of the Year
BonelliErede
Chiomenti
Deloitte
Facchini Rossi Michelutti Studio Legale Tributario
Maisto e Associati
PwC
Tremonti Romagnoli Piccardi e Associati
Italy Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
BonelliErede
Deloitte
Hager & Partners
KPMG
Maisto e Associati
PwC
Valente Associati GEB Partners, Crowe Valente
Italy Tax Disputes Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie
BonelliErede
Chiomenti
Di Tanno Associati
KPMG
Maisto e Associati
Tremonti Romagnoli Piccardi e Associati
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
Deloitte
DLA Piper
KPMG
MMJS Consulting
PwC
WTS Dhruva Consultants, WTS Global
Middle East Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Al Tamimi & Co
Deloitte
DLA Piper
Grant Thornton UAE
KPMG
MMJS Consulting
PwC
Netherlands Tax Firm of the Year
AKD
Baker McKenzie
DLA Piper
EY
Houthoff
Loyens & Loeff
Stibbe
Netherlands Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie
Deloitte
DLA Piper
EY
Houthoff
Loyens & Loeff
Taxperience
Netherlands Tax Disputes Firm of the Year
Atlas Tax Lawyers, WTS Global
Bird & Bird
Deloitte
Dentons
Houthoff
Loyens & Loeff
Nigeria Tax Firm of the Year
Andersen
Banwo & Ighodalo
Deloitte
EY
Olaniwun Ajayi
Nigeria Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Andersen
BDO
Deloitte
KPMG
PwC
Norway Tax Firm of the Year
Arntzen de Besche
BAHR
Deloitte
PwC
Thommessen
Norway Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Arntzen de Besche
BAHR
Deloitte
PwC
Thommessen
Poland Tax Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie
Crido Taxand
Deloitte
KPMG
MDDP Michalik Dłuska Dziedzic i Partnerzy
PwC
Wardynski & Partners
Poland Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
CMS
Crido Taxand
Deloitte
Dentons
KPMG
MDDP Michalik Dłuska Dziedzic i Partnerzy
PwC
Portugal Tax Firm of the Year
Deloitte
Garrigues
KPMG
Morais Leitão
PwC
Uría Menéndez - Proença de Carvalho
Vieira de Almeida
Portugal Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Abreu Advogados
Baker Tilly
Deloitte
EY
Garrigues
KPMG
PwC
Portugal Tax Disputes Firm of the Year
CCR Legal
Cuatrecasas
DLA Piper
Garrigues
Morais Leitão
Uría Menéndez - Proença de Carvalho
Vieira de Almeida
Russia Tax Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie
Dentons
EY
FBK Legal
KPMG
Pepeliaev Group
PwC
Russia Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie
Dentons
EY
FBK Legal
KPMG
Pepeliaev Group
PwC
Russia Tax Disputes Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie
Dentons
FBK Legal
KPMG
Pepeliaev Group
PwC
Taxology
South Africa Tax Firm of the Year
Bowmans
Deloitte
ENSafrica
EY
Webber Wentzel
South Africa Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Deloitte
ENSafrica
EY
Graphene Economics
KPMG
Spain Tax Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie
Cuatrecasas
Deloitte
Garrigues
KPMG
Pérez-Llorca
Uría Menéndez
Spain Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Ashurst
Baker McKenzie
Cuatrecasas
Deloitte
Garrigues
KPMG
TPS – International Transfer Pricing Specialists
Spain Tax Disputes Firm of the Year
Ashurst
Baker McKenzie
Deloitte
Garrigues
KPMG
Pérez-Llorca
Uría Menéndez
Sweden Tax Firm of the Year
Deloitte
EY
KPMG
Mannheimer Swartling
PwC
Sweden Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Deloitte
EY
KPMG
PwC
Skeppsbron Skatt
Sweden Tax Disputes Firm of the Year
Deloitte
EY
KPMG
Mannheimer Swartling
PwC
Switzerland Tax Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie
Deloitte
EY
Loyens & Loeff
Tax Partner, Taxand
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
Schellenberg Wittmer
Tax Partner, Taxand
Walder Wyss
Turkey Tax Firm of the Year
BDO Denet
Deloitte
Esin Attorney Partnership
Nazali
Penezoglu Law Firm
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 and May
Weil Gotshal & Manges
UK Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie
DLA Piper
EY
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
FTI Consulting, WTS Global
Grant Thornton
UK Tax Disputes Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Herbert Smith Freehills
Slaughter and May
Ukraine Tax Firm of the Year
Avellum
Baker McKenzie
Deloitte
EY
PwC
Sayenko Kharenko
WTS Tax Legal Consulting / KM Partners, WTS Global
Ukraine Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Deloitte
Eucon Legal Group
EY
Kinstellar
KPMG
PwC
WTS Tax Legal Consulting / KM Partners, WTS Global
Individual Awards
Indirect Tax Practice Leader of the Year
Andrè Hengst – EY
Giuseppe Andrea Giannantonio – Chiomenti
Jürgen Scholz – WTS Global
Martha Papasotiriou – Andersen
Michał Borowski – Crido
Redge de Swardt – EY
Tomasz Michalik – Michalik Dłuska Dziedzic i Partnerzy
Tax Litigation and Disputes Practice Leader of the Year
Alexander Gross – EY
Alexander van der Voort Maarschalk – Houthoff
Anna Pęczyk-Tofel – Crido
Helen Buchanan – Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Massimo Antonini – Chiomenti
Michele Santocchini – Baker McKenzie
Yves Rutschmann – Best Friends Network
Transfer Pricing Practice Leader of the Year
Anna Wcislo – Crido
Dagmara Cisowska – Dentons
Joshua Bamfo – Andersen
Michiel Els – EY
Piotr Wiewiórka – PwC
Stefano Rossi – Andersen
Ulf Andresen – DLA Piper
Tax Practice Leader of the Year
Andrzej Pośniak – CMS
Ekow Eghan – EY
James Anderson – Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
Jan Waclawek – PwC
Mark Delaney – Baker McKenzie
Martha Papasotiriou – Andersen
Sandija Novicka – Cobalt
In-house Awards
In-house Tax Team of the Year
Apple
Lego
Novartis
Orsted
Procter & Gamble
Unilever
Zalando
In-house Transfer Pricing Team of the Year
AB Volvo
AXA
Ex Kering
Kingfisher
Netflix
Stena
Zalando
In-house Indirect Tax Team of the Year
Lego
Sonaecom
Spotify
Stripe
Swedbank
Veoneer
In-house Tax Director of the Year
Alessandro Cini – Fiat Chrysler
Jesper Anker Howes – Maersk Tankers
Karl Berlin – Orsted
Karl Muller – Unilever
Marc Mokrab – Technicolor
Martin Larsson – AstraZeneca
Yana Rogozina - Novartis
In-house Transfer Pricing Director of the Year
Elias Thomas – Spotify
Fabio Aramini – Ex Kering
Lisa Wåhlin – Stena
Louise Sykes – AXA
Samira Korschan – Netflix
Tamara Jones Feddoul – Schneider Electric
In-house Indirect Tax Director of the Year
Anna Ogenblad – Lego
Filipa Costa – Sonaecom
Carolin Symmons – Spotify
Aleksandra Bal – Stripe
Andreas Talle Holmqvist – Swedbank
Johan Lockner – Veoneer
Regional Awards
Diversity & Inclusion Firm of the Year
A&L Goodbody
Deloitte
Dentons
Esin Attorney Partnership
EY
Maples Group
Uría Menéndez
US Corporate Tax Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
Kirkland & Ellis
Latham & Watkins
Mayer Brown
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
Weil Gotshal & Manges
Best Newcomer
Arteo
CCR Legal
CCSL Advogados
MMJS Consulting
Walless
CJEU Firm of the Year
Ashurst
Baker McKenzie
EY
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Morais Leitão
Pinsent Masons
Simmons & Simmons
Tax Innovator of the Year
Deloitte
EY
LifeCapital
PwC
Taxually
Tax Technology Provider of the Year
Crido
Deloitte
Innovate Tax
KPMG
PwC
WTS Germany, WTS Global
Tax Compliance and Reporting Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie
Deloitte
EY
Mazars
WTS Global
Tax Policy Firm of the Year
Cobalt
Crido
EY
KPMG
Valente Associati GEB Partners Crowe Valente
Indirect Tax Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie
Deloitte
DLA Piper
EY
KPMG
PwC
WTS Global
Tax Litigation and Disputes Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie
Deloitte
Dentons
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Houthoff
Loyens & Loeff
The Best Friends network
Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie
Deloitte
EY
KPMG
Loyens & Loeff
PwC
WTS Global
Tax Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie
Deloitte
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
EY
KPMG
PwC
The Best Friends network
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