Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom and Deloitte both retained their crowns as Americas tax firm of the year and Americas transfer pricing firm of the year, respectively. These two firms also won a string of awards across North, South and Central America in a number of awards categories.
IBM Brazil claimed the title as the Americas In-house tax team of the year. In Latin America, Baker McKenzie was awarded as the Latin America tax firm of the year, while Basefirma clinched the title for Latin Americas transfer pricing firm of the year.
Mayer Brown, Pinheiro Neto Advogados, and Machado Associados also won regional awards for their excellence.
For a full list of winners, read on.
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National Awards
Argentina Tax Firm of the Year
Marval O’ Farrell & Mairal
Argentina Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Deloitte
Bolivia Tax Firm of the Year
Tufiño y Villegas
Bolivia Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Tufiño y Villegas
Brazil Tax Firm of the Year
Trench Rossi Watanabe
Brazil Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Mattos Filho Veiga Filho Marrey Junior e Quiroga Advogados
Canada Tax Firm of the Year
Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg
Canada Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie
Central America Tax Firm of the Year
Consortium Legal
Central America Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Deloitte
Chile Tax Firm of the Year
Baraona Fischer & Cia
Chile Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
PwC
Colombia Tax Firm of the Year
Brigard Urrutia
Colombia Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
BaseFirma
Ecuador Tax Firm of the Year
Perez Bustamante & Ponce (PBP)
Mexico Tax Firm of the Year
Chevez Ruiz Zamarripa y Cia
Mexico Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Deloitte
Peru Tax Firm of the Year
Rodrigo Elías & Medrano
Peru Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Deloitte
Uruguay Tax Firm of the Year
Guyer & Regules
Uruguay Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Grant Thornton
US: Houston/Dallas Tax Firm of the Year
Vinson & Elkins
US: Illinois Tax Firm of the Year
Kirkland & Ellis
US: Los Angeles Tax Firm of the Year
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
US: New York Tax Firm of the Year
Cravath Swaine & Moore
US: San Francisco and the Bay Area Tax Firm of the Year
Fenwick & West
US: Washington DC Tax Firm of the Year
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
US Tax Firm of the Year
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
US Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Mayer Brown
Venezuela Tax Firm of the Year
D’Empaire
Venezuela Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
BaseFirma
Tax Court Firms of the Year
Brazil Tax Court Firm of the Year
Trench Rossi Watanabe
Canada Tax Court Firm of the Year
Osler Hoskin & Harcourt
US Tax Court Firm of the Year
Mayer Brown
Regional and Individual Awards
Americas Best Newcomer
+Value
Americas Tax Pro Bono Firm of the Year
VCG Partners
Americas Tax Innovation Firm of the Year
Osler Hoskin & Harcourt
Americas Tax Technology Firm of the Year
Deloitte
Americas Tax Compliance & Reporting Firm of the Year
Grupo GNP
Americas Tax Policy Firm of the Year
Creel García-Cuéllar, Aiza y Enríquez
In-house Awards
In-house Tax Director of the Year
Victor Diaz Infante
Uber LatAm
Americas In-House Tax Team of the Year
IBM
Leaders Awards
Americas Tax Disputes Practice Leader of the Year
Al Meghji
Osler Hoskin & Harcourt
Americas Indirect Tax Practice Leader of the Year
Douglas Lopes
Deloitte Brazil
Americas Transfer Pricing Leader of the Year
Clarissa Machado
Trench Rossi Watanabe
Americas Tax Practice Leader of the Year
Júlio de Oliveira
Machado Associados
Impact Deals and Impact Cases of the Year
Cases
Altera Corp v Commissioner (9th Circuit decision)
Banco Alvorada SA vs. National Treasury Attorney´s Office (PGFN)
Mattos Filho Veiga Filho Marrey Jr e Quiroga Advogados
Cameco Corp v The Queen
Fenwick & West, Osler Hoskin & Harcourt
Illinois Tool Works Inc. & Subsidiaries v Commissioner of Internal Revenue
McDermott Will & Emery
Medtronic Inc v. Commissioner (8th Circuit decision)
South Dakota v Wayfair Inc
Telefônica’s PIS/COFINS case
Pinheiro Neto Advogados
Deals
Algoma’s Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act proceedings
Osler Hoskin & Harcourt
Aurora Cannabis Inc. acquisition of MedReleaf Corp
McMillan, Stikeman Elliott, Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg, Dorsey & Whitney
Barrick Gold Corporation's share-for-share merger with Randgold Resources
Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg
Blackstone-Led Consortium’s partnership agreement with Thomson Reuters
Blackstone: Osler Hoskin & Harcourt, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Gilbert + Tobin, GIC Private Limited, Dechert, CPPIB, Weil Gotshal & Manges, Allen & Overy, Clifford Chance, Norton Rose Fulbright, Torys, Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz
Boeing’s acquisition of Embraer
Baker McKenzie, BMA, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, Pinheiro Neto Advogados; Trench Rossi Watanabe, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
Chaglla Holdings Limited consortium’s acquisition of Empresa de Generacion Huallaga Sa (Peru)
Sullivan & Cromwell, Muniz Olaya Melendez Castro Ono & Herrera Abogados, EY Peru, White & Case, Miranda & Amado Adbogados, Allen & Overy, Hernandez & Cia, Rodrio Elías & Medrano Abogados
Danaher’s acquisition of the Biopharma Business from General Electric Life Sciences
Kirkland & Ellis, Paul Weiss
Discovery Communications acquisition of Scripps Networks Interactive
Weil Gotshal & Manges, Debevoise & Plimpton
Disney’s acquisition of 21st Century Fox
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
Oi’s debt restructuring
Pinheiro Neto Advogados, BMA, Rosman Penalva Souza Leao Franco Avogados, Basilio Advogados, White & Case
Suzano’s acquisition of Fibria Celulose
Cescon Barrieu, Mattos Filho Veiga Filho Marrey Jr e Quiroga Advogados, TozziniFreire Advogados, Clifford Chance, Machado Meyer Sendacz e Opice, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Walmart’s acquisition of Flipkart
Baker McKenzie; Allen & Gledhill; Dentons Rodyk & Davidson; Gibson Dunn & Crutcher; Gunderson Dettmer; Hogan Lovells; Khaitan & Co; Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co
Regional Awards (continued)
Latin America Tax Disputes Firm of the Year
Pinheiro Neto Advogados
North America Tax Disputes Firm of the Year
Mayer Brown
Americas Indirect Tax Firm of the Year
Machado Associados
Latin America Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
BaseFirma
North America Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Deloitte
Latin America Tax Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie
North America Tax Firm of the Year
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
Americas Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Deloitte
Americas Tax Firm of the Year
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
