Scroll down to read the results. If your tax practice worked on any of the deals listed and you do not see its name here, please let us know as soon as possible.
The shortlists cover those national tax and transfer pricing firm of the year in 10 jurisdictions in North and South America:
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Peru, Mexico, Uruguay, US and Venezuela.
As usual, the US has been split into six cities or metro regions: Chicago, Dallas/Houston, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco and Silicon Valley, and Washington, DC.
The shortlists for the other awards, covering deals of the year in 11 categories and the regional prizes, are also included here.
The awards dinner takes place at the Grand Hyatt Park Avenue at Grand Central in New York on Thursday September 18. If you would like to attend, please contact Megan Poundall.
We have done our utmost to verify the participating firms in each of the nominated deals. If your firm should be included but is not, please let us know and we will to correct this as soon as possible.
LATIN AMERICA
Argentina Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
BaseFirma
Bruchou Fernandez Madero & Lombardi, Taxand Argentina
Deloitte
GNP
M&M Bomchil
PwC
Rosso Alba, Francia & Asociados
Teijeiro y Ballone
Argentina Tax Firm of the Year
Bruchou Fernandez Madero & Lombardi, Taxand Argentina
Deloitte
GNP
Marval, O'Farrell & Mairal
PwC
Rosso Alba, Francia & Asociados
Teijeiro y Ballone
Brazil Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
BRATAX
Castro, Barros, Sobral, Gomes
Deloitte
Dias Carneiro
Lilla, Huck, Otranto, Camargo
Machado Associados
Machado Meyer Sendacz e Opice
Mattos Filho
Rolim, Viotti & Leite Campos
Siqueira Castro
Trench Rossi Watanabe/Baker & McKenzie
Brazil Tax Firm of the Year
Bichara
BRATAX
Castro, Barros, Sobral, Gomes
EY
Lefosse
Lilla, Huck, Otranto, Camargo
Machado Associados
Machado Meyer Sendacz e Opice
Mattos Filho
Rothmann Sperling Padovan
Siqueira Castro
Trench Rossi Watanabe/Baker & McKenzie
Chile Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
BaseFirma
Carey
Deloitte
KPMG
PwC
Chile Tax Firm Firm of the Year
Barros & Errázuriz, Taxand Chile
Carey
Claro y Cia
Deloitte
EY
KPMG
Philippi, Yrarrazaval, Pulido & Brunner
PwC
Colombia Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Baker & McKenzie
BaseFirma
Brigard & Urrutia
Deloitte
PrietoCarrizosa
Colombia Tax Firm of the Year
Baker & McKenzie
Brigard & Urrutia
Cárdenas & Cárdenas
Deloitte
Godoy y Hoyos
Gómez-Pinzón Zuleta Abogados, Taxand Colombia
PrietoCarrizosa
Mexico Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Baker & McKenzie
BaseFirma
Deloitte
PwC
SKATT
Mexico Tax Firm of the Year
Baker & McKenzie
Deloitte
Mijares Angoitia, Cortes y Fuentes, Taxand Mexico
Munoz Manzo y Ocampo
PwC
SKATT
Von Wobeser y Sierra
Peru Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
BaseFirma
PKF Peru Vila Naranjo
Rodrigo ElÃas & Medrano
TP Consulting
Peru Tax Firm of the Year
Estudio Echecopar/Baker & McKenzie
EY
Ferrero Abogados
Hernandez & Cia
Miranda & Amado, Taxand Peru
Estudio Olaechea
Payet, Rey, Cauvi, Pérez, Mur
Rodrigo Elias & Medrano
SANTIVÃÂÑEZ Abogados
Uruguay Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Ferrere
Grant Thornton
Guyer & Regules
Uruguay Tax Firm of the Year
Deloitte
Ferrere
Fischer & Schickendantz
Guyer & Regules
KPMG
Rueda Abadi Pereira
Venezuela Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
BaseFirma
Baker & McKenzie
Deloitte
D'Empaire Reyna Abogados
Hoet, Pelaez, Castillo & Duque
Venezuela Tax Firm of the Year
Baker & McKenzie
Deloitte
D'Empaire Reyna
Hoet Pelaez Castillo & Duque
Norton Rose Fulbright
Taxand Venezuela
NORTH AMERICA
Canada Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Blake Cassels & Graydon
Deloitte
Grant Thornton
Gowlings, Taxand Canada
KPMG
McCarthy Tétrault
Canada Tax Firm of the Year
Aird & Berlis
Blake Cassels & Graydon
Davies Ward Philips & Vineberg
Deloitte
Dentons
Fasken Martineau
Gowlings, Taxand Canada
KPMG
McCarthy Tétrault
Chicago Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Deloitte
Mayer Brown
McDermott Will & Emery
Chicago Tax Firm of the Year
Baker & McKenzie
Deloitte
Mayer Brown
McDermott Will & Emery
Dallas/Houston Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Alvarez & Marsal Taxand USA
Baker & McKenzie
Deloitte
McDermott Will & Emery
Vinson & Elkins
Dallas/Houston Tax Firm of the Year
Baker Botts
Baker & McKenzie
Deloitte
Mayer Brown
Vinson & Elkins
Los Angeles Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Deloitte
DLA Piper
McDermott Will & Emery
Los Angeles Tax Firm of the Year
Deloitte
DLA Piper
Paul Hastings
New York Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Alvarez & Marsal Taxand USA
BaseFirma
Deloitte
McDermott Will & Emery
New York Tax Firm of the Year
Alston & Bird
Alvarez & Marsal Taxand USA
Baker & McKenzie
Debevoise & Plimpton
Deloitte
Dentons
Mayer Brown
McDermott Will & Emery
Shearman & Sterling
Sullivan & Cromwell
Weil Gotshal & Manges
San Francisco and Silicon Valley Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Baker & McKenzie
Deloitte
DLA Piper
Fenwick & West
Mayer Brown
McDermott Will & Emery
San Francisco and Silicon Valley Tax Firm of Year
Baker & McKenzie
Deloitte
DLA Piper
Fenwick & West
McDermott Will & Emery
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
Washington DC Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Alston & Bird
Baker & McKenzie
Deloitte
Mayer Brown
Miller & Chevalier
McDermott Will & Emery
Sullivan & Cromwell
Washington, DC Tax Firm of the Year
Baker & McKenzie
Deloitte
Dentons
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Mayer Brown
McDermott Will & Emery
Miller & Chevalier
Shearman & Sterling
Sullivan & Cromwell
White & Case
US Tax Court Firm of the Year
Fenwick & West
Mayer Brown
McDermott Will & Emery
Best Newcomer in the Americas Dias Carneiro Munoz Manzo y Ocampo SKATT
Americas Tax Innovator of the Year Deloitte D'Empaire Reyna
International Law Firm in the Americas DLA Piper Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Garrigues Linklaters
Americas Tax Policy Firm of the Year Baker & McKenzie Deloitte EY McDermott Will & Emery Miller & Chevalier
Americas Banking Tax Deal of the Year Strategic separation of Sallie Mae's loan management, servicing and asset recovery business, now called Navient, from its consumer banking business. Baker Botts; Davis Polk & Wardwell Bank of Montreal's medium-term notes offerings Shearman & Sterling Strategic partnership agreement between Canadian Tire Corporation and Scotiabank that will see Scotiabank acquire a 20% equity interest in Canadian Tire's financial services business. Blake, Cassels & Graydon Americas Capital Markets Tax Deal of the Year Nexen's offering of $4-billion aggregate principal amount of guaranteed notes Blake, Cassels & Graydon; Davis Polk & Wardwell Elan's $200 million spin-off of Prothena Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft
Financing of Fortis's US$2.5-billion acquisition of UNS Energy Corporation Davies Ward Philips & Vineberg; Paul Weiss Rifkind & Garrison; Stikeman Elliott
IPO of WPT Industrial REIT Davies Ward Philips & Vineberg; Goodmans; Briggs and Morgan; Shearman & Sterling
Financing of the Muskrat Falls Project Fasken Martineau
$200 million catastrophe bond offering for MetroCat Re Mayer Brown
Exchange Trade Fund ETF MILA 40 PrietoCarrizosa
Americas Consumer Products Tax Deal of the Year Maestro's $200 million inaugural international notes offering. Cleary Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton; Estudio Echecopar
Facebook's acquisition of Oculus Bingham; Fenwick & West; Goodwin Procter
Men's Wearhouse acquisition of Jos A Bank Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom; Willkie Farr & Gallagher
Americas Energy Tax Deal of the Year Sempra Energy - IENOVA deconsolidation SKATT
Rainy River First Nations Solar Project Acquisition and Financing Gowlings, Taxand Canada
Sale of equity interest in Jirau by GDF Suez to Mitsui Mattos Filho;
Chaglla Hydroelectric Power Generation Plant project Rodrigo Elias & Medrano
Design, financing, construction, establishment, operation and maintenance of a LNG regasification and storage floating plant in Montevideo. Guyer & Regules; Ferrere
Southern Cross's sale of its participation in GasAtacama to Endesa Barros & Errázuriz Abogados, Taxand Chile
Sale of all shares issued by Lima Gas to Lipigas in Chile. Payet, Rey, Cauvi, Pérez, Mur
Americas Financial Services Tax Deal of the Year Sale by State Farm and related affiliates of Canadian insurance and other financial services operations to Desjardins Group Gowlings, Taxand Canada; Mayer Brown; McCarthy Tetrault; Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom;
CIBC's renewal of its credit card affinity arrangement with Aimia’s Aeroplan rewards programme and the subsequent sale of about half of CIBC’s Aeroplan rewards portfolio to TD Bank McCarthy Tetrault Americas Joint Venture Deal of the Year Cameron / Schlumberger JV to form OneSubsea Baker & Botts; Mayer Brown Tauil & Chequer; Cravath Swaine & Moore
Hancock Natural Resource Group's acquisition of 80% of the shares in a joint venture vehicle with Masisa Philippi, Yrarrazaval, Pulido & Brunner
American Express JV deal for global business division Willkie Farr & Gallagher
Americas M&A Tax Deal of the Year Terranum's acquisition of Decameron Hotels Baker & McKenzie Colombia; EY; Gómez-Pinzón Zuleta Abogados, Taxand Colombia; McDermott Will & Emery
Endo International's acquisition of Paladin Davies, Ward Philips & Vineberg; EY; KPMG; Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom; Torys
CSAV / Hapag Lloyd merger KPMG
WH Group's acquisition of Smithfield Foods Paul Hastings; Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Las Bambas Sale Purchase Agreement Rodrigo Elias & Medrano
Zimmer Holdings's acquisition of Biomet White & Case
Sterigenics's acquisition of Nordion Gowlings, Taxand Canada; Deloitte; PwC
Merger between Anhanguera and Kroton Mattos Filho; Barbosa Müssnich & Aragao, Taxand Brazil
Americas Media & Entertainment Tax Deal of the Year Advice on VAT treatment & implications related to the sale of digital content through iTunes, App Store and iBook store. Baker & McKenzie Mexico
Liberty Global's completion of the acquisition of the 20% stake in VTR entities held by Saieh Group Carey
Liberty Global's acquisition of Virgin Media Shearman & Sterling Americas Private Equity Tax Deal of the Year Acquisition of Noranco by MidOcean Partners and Public Sector Pension Investment Board Gowlings, Taxand Canada; Blake Cassels & Graydon; Kirkland & Ellis; Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg
The Carlyle Group's acquisition of Ortho Clinical Diagnostics Latham & Watkins
Intermedica acquisition by Bain Capital Barbosa, Müssnich & Aragão Advogados; Kirkland & Ellis; Mattos Filho Veiga Filho Marrey jr e Quiroga
Split-off of SunGard Data Systems's availability services business Ropes & Gray; Shearman & Sterling Americas Tax Restructuring Deal of the Year Sale of Companhia de Bebidas Ipiranga to Embotelaladora Andin Lilla, Huck, Otranto, Camargo;
Restructuring of OGX Group Mattos Filho
Braskem's international restructuring Trench Rossi Watanabe and Baker & McKenzie
Restructuring of a R$600m debt renegotiation of OGX Maranhao Petroleo e Gas Lefosse
Americas Technology & Telecommunications Tax Deal of the Year Merger of Portugal Telecom and Oi Barbosa, Müssnich & Aragao, Taxand Brazil
Acquisition of Public Mobile by Telus Communications McMillan; Stikeman Elliott; Thorsteinssons; Torys
SAP acquisition of hybris Gowlings, Taxand Canada; Jones Day
Sale of Dell to investors including Michael Dell and Silver Lake Debevoise & Plimpton; Weil Gotshal & Manges; Simpson Thacher
Facebook take-over of WhatsApp Fenwick & West; Weil Gotshal & Manges
Merger of UNE EPM Telecomunciaciones and Millicom Spain Cable Gomez-Pinzon Zuleta, Taxand Colombia; Davis Polk & Wardwell
Eutelsat acquisition of Satmex Debevoise & Plimpton; Mijares Angoitia Cortes y Fuentes: Taxand Mexico Microsoft's acquisition of Nokia's devices and services business Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom; Simpson Thacher
Latin America In-House Team of the Year Braskem Cameron Maestro OGX Group Terranum North America In-House Team of the Year American Express Endo International Facebook Liberty Global MetroCat Re Sallie Mae
North America Indirect Tax Firm of the Year Blake, Cassels & Graydon Deloitte Gowlings, Taxand Canada KPMG Canada
Latin America Indirect Tax Team of the Year Bichara Deloitte GNP North America Tax Disputes Firm of the Year Alston & Bird Baker & McKenzie Blake Cassels & Graydon Deloitte Dentons Fenwick & West Gowlings, Taxand Canada Mayer Brown McDermott Will & Emery Miller Chevalier Paul Hastings Shearman & Sterling
Latin America Tax Disputes Firm of the Year Bichara Deloitte Lefosse Godoy y Hoyos Machado Associados Marval O’Farrell & Mairal Mattos Filho Taxand
North America Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year Baker & McKenzie Deloitte Grant Thornton McDermott Will & Emery
Latin America Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year BaseFirma Deloitte Grant Thornton KPMG PwC
North America Tax Firm of the Year Baker & McKenzie Blake, Cassels & Graydon Deloitte Dentons DLA Piper Fenwick & West Mayer Brown McDermott Will & Emery Shearman & Sterling Sullivan & Cromwell
Latin America Tax Firm of the Year Baker & McKenzie Deloitte EY KPMG PwC Taxand
