Americas Tax Awards 2021: Reactions

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Americas Tax Awards 2021: Reactions

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Leading firms react to their nominations at the ITR Americas Tax Awards 2021.

The winners of the ITR Americas Tax Awards 2021 will be revealed on the ITR website on September 22.


Please click here to see the complete list of shortlisted firms

See below for reactions by ITR's shortlisted firms: 




Marval O'Farrell Mairal (Argentina) 


Pimentel & Rohenkohl Advogados Associados (Brazil)





 

The ITR Americas Tax Awards recognise remarkable achievements and developments by international tax professionals from the North, Central and South American region over a 12-month period.

Prior to the awards, ITR will be featuring reactions from our leading firms through this portal. To feature a firm's reaction on our ITR platforms, please contact ITR’s associate publisher Tanya Gujral in due course.

Aside from the national awards in more than 15 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 Americas Tax Awards will be announced and published online on September 22, accompanied by a virtual ceremony on the most notable winners and key trends.

If you have any questions about the shortlist or research, please contact our team at editorial@internationaltaxreview.com

 

Marval O'Farrell Mairal (Argentina)

Marval O'Farrell Mairal | LinkedIn

Nominations:

 


Argentina Tax Firm of the Year


Argentina Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year


 

Marval O’Farrell Mairal’s tax department has an unrivalled range of expertise. Our team is equally strong in all types of advisory work, tax planning and transactional matters, as well as litigation before all levels of the courts.

Our tax department is renowned for assisting clients with sophisticated tax structures, complex cross-border transactions and high-profile tax litigation. We also have unmatched experience advising clients on regional tax matters involving other Latin American jurisdictions.

Our team works closely with the firm’s market-leading corporate, finance and capital markets departments, particularly on M&A and other transactions.

Our tax practice covers a wide range of matters including comprehensive tax advisory service; advising in domestic and international transactions; tax aspects of M&A, corporate reorganisations, foreign investments, and international financial transactions; tax advisory and planning services for individuals; representation of clients before the Argentine tax authorities; tax litigation before all levels of the local courts, including the Argentine Supreme Court, among others.

Lawyers: María Inés Brandt (partner), Gabriel Gotlib (partner), Walter C Keiniger (partner) and Fernando M Vaquero (partner)

See website: https://www.marval.com/




 

 

Pimentel & Rohenkohl Advogados Associados (Brazil)

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Nominations:

Impact Case of the Year: Extraordinary Appeal (RE) No. 598677

A tax boutique that has almost 27 years of experience in tax litigation, with strategic performance in both judicial and administrative courts. The very qualified team also provides consultancy and legal opinions. Focused on the client's needs, the firm works alongside managers, providing full legal support for decision-making and for defining the actions to be taken in favor of an active management of tax demands. 

The firm has a constant presence in the industrial sector of beverages, in the agribusiness sector, and a current growth in the sector of the chemical industry. In the service sector, acts on behalf of large health insurance companies

Pimentel & Rohenkohl Advogados Associados acts in all parts of Brazil, having offices in São Paulo and Porto Alegre.

Partners: Cláudio Leite Pimentel, Marcelo Saldanha Rohenkohl, Deise Galvan Boessio, Antônio Augusto Della Côrte da Rosa, Eduardo Pretto Mosmann, Caroline Ten Caten, Gabriela Mancuso Firmbach e Daniel Cunha Canto Marques.

See website: http://www.pimenteladvogados.com.br/
 


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