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Americas Tax Awards 2019: The winners

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The top tax and transfer pricing experts from across the Americas congregated at Essex House in New York, on September 19, to celebrate the very best firms and individuals across a host of categories.

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 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.


National Awards

Argentina Tax Firm of the Year

Marval O’ Farrell & Mairal

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> Baker McKenzie

> Bruchou Fernández Madero & Lombardi

> Deloitte

> Estudio O’Farrell

> Grupo GNP

> Pérez Alati Grondona Benites & Arntsen

> Rosso Alba Francia & Asociados


Argentina Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year

Deloitte

awards-2.jpg > Baker McKenzie
> BaseFirma
> Grupo GNP
> Rosso Alba Francia & Asociados

Bolivia Tax Firm of the Year

Tufiño y Villegas

awards-3.jpg > Criales & Urcullo
> Ferrere

Bolivia Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year

Tufiño y Villegas

awards-3.jpg > Benítez Rivas Pérez & Asociados

Brazil Tax Firm of the Year

Trench Rossi Watanabe

awards-4.jpg > Bichara Advogados
> Deloitte
> Lefosse Advogados
> Machado Associados
> Machado Meyer Sendacz e Opice Advogados
> Mattos Filho Veiga Filho Marrey Junior e Quiroga Advogados
> Pinheiro Neto Advogados

Brazil Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year

Mattos Filho Veiga Filho Marrey Junior e Quiroga Advogados

awards-5.jpg > BaseFirma
> Deloitte
> Machado Associados
> Pinheiro Neto Advogados
> Trench Rossi Watanabe

Canada Tax Firm of the Year

Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg

awards-6.jpg > Blake Cassels & Graydon
> Deloitte
> Goodmans
> McCarthy Tetrault
> McMillan
> Osler Hoskin & Harcourt
> Torys

Canada Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year

Baker McKenzie

awards-7.jpg > Baker Tilly
> Deloitte
> EY
> KPMG
> Osler Hoskin & Harcourt
> PwC

Central America Tax Firm of the Year

Consortium Legal

awards-8.jpg > Arias
> BLP Legal
> EY

Central America Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year

Deloitte

awards-9.jpg > Consortium Legal
> TPC Group

Chile Tax Firm of the Year

Baraona Fischer & Cia

awards-10.jpg > Baker McKenzie
> Carey
> KPMG
> PwC
> Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uría

Chile Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year

PwC

awards-11.jpg > BaseFirma
> Deloitte
> EY
> KPMG

Colombia Tax Firm of the Year

Brigard Urrutia

awards-12.jpg > Baker McKenzie
> Deloitte
> EY
> Godoy & Hoyos
> Gómez-Pinzón Abogados
> Posse Herrera Ruiz
> PwC

Colombia Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year

BaseFirma

awards-13.jpg > Baker McKenzie
> Deloitte
> EY
> Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uría
> PwC

Ecuador Tax Firm of the Year

Perez Bustamante & Ponce (PBP)

awards-14.jpg > Ferrere

Mexico Tax Firm of the Year

Chevez Ruiz Zamarripa y Cia

awards-15.jpg > Creel, García-Cuéllar, Aiza y Enríquez
> Deloitte
> EY
> Garrigues
> PwC
> Ritch Mueller Heather y Nicolau
> White & Case

Mexico Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year

Deloitte

awards-16.jpg > Baker McKenzie
> BaseFirma
> Basham Ringe y Correa
> Chevez Ruiz Zamarripa y Cia
> Élan Zaak
> PwC
> QCG Transfer Pricing Practice

Peru Tax Firm of the Year

Rodrigo Elías & Medrano

awards-17.jpg > Deloitte
> Estudio Echecopar
> EY
> Hernández & Cía Abogados
> Muñiz Ramirez Perez-Taiman & Olaya Abogados
> Payet Rey Cauvi Pérez Abogados
> Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero Du & Uría

Peru Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year

Deloitte

awards-18.jpg > BaseFirma
> Estudio Echecopar (Baker McKenzie)
> Estudio Olaechea

Uruguay Tax Firm of the Year

Guyer & Regules

awards-19-trophy.jpg > Bergstein Abogados
> Ferrere
> Grant Thorton
> KPMG

Uruguay Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year

Grant Thornton

awards-20.jpg > Deloitte
> Ferrere
> Guyer & Regules

US: Illinois Tax Firm of the Year

Kirkland & Ellis

awards-21.jpg > Baker McKenzie
> Mayer Brown
> McDermott Will & Emery
> Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom

US: Los Angeles Tax Firm of the Year

Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom

awards-22.jpg > Mayer Brown
> McDermott Will & Emery

US: San Francisco and the Bay Area Tax Firm of the Year

Fenwick & West

awards-23.jpg > Aptis Global
> Cooley
> Mayer Brown
> McDermott Will & Emery
> Morgan Lewis
> Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom

US: Washington DC Tax Firm of the Year

Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom

awards-24.jpg > Baker McKenzie
> Mayer Brown
> Morgan Lewis
> Weil Gotshal & Manges
> White & Case

US: Houston/Dallas Tax Firm of the Year

Vinson & Elkins

awards-19-trophy.jpg > Baker Botts
> Latham & Watkins
> Kirkland & Ellis
> Mayer Brown
> Thompson & Knight
> Weil Gotshal & Manges

US: New York Tax Firm of the Year

Cravath Swaine & Moore

awards-19-trophy.jpg > Clearly Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
> Davis Polk & Wardwell
> Debevoise & Plimpton
> Kirkland & Ellis
> Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
> Sullivan & Cromwell
> Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz

US Tax Firm of the Year

Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom

awards-25.jpg > Baker McKenzie
> Fenwick & West
> Kirkland & Ellis
> Mayer Brown
> Morgan Lewis & Bockius
> Weil Gotshal & Manges
> White & Case

US Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year

Mayer Brown

awards-26.jpg > BaseFirma
> Deloitte
> DLA Piper
> Fenwick & West
> Morgan Lewis & Bockius
> Norton Rose Fulbright
> Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom

Venezuela Tax Firm of the Year

D’Empaire

awards-27.jpg > Baker McKenzie
> Deloitte

Venezuela Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year

BaseFirma

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Tax Court Firms of the Year


Brazil Tax Court Firm of the Year

Trench Rossi Watanabe

awards-29.jpg > Bichara Advogados
> Lacaz Martins Pereira Neto Gurevich & Schoueri
> Lefosse Advogados
> Mattos Filho Veiga Filho Marrey Jr e Quiroga Advogados

Canada Tax Court Firm of the Year

Osler Hoskin & Harcourt

awards-30.jpg > Bennett Jones
> Stikeman Elliott

US Tax Court Firm of the Year

Mayer Brown

awards-31.jpg > Fenwick & West
> McDermott Will & Emery
> Morgan Lewis & Bockius


Regional and Individual Awards


Americas Best Newcomer

+Value

awards-32.jpg > Araújo Ibarra

Americas Tax Pro Bono Firm of the Year

VCG Partners

awards-33.jpg > Bichara Advogados
> Mattos Filho Veiga Filho Marrey Jr e Quiroga Advogados

Americas Tax Innovation Firm of the Year

Osler Hoskin & Harcourt

awards-34.jpg > Deloitte
> EY
> Grupo GNP
> HCVT

Americas Tax Technology Firm of the Year

Deloitte

awards-35.jpg > Bloomberg
> EY
> HCVT

Americas Tax Compliance & Reporting Firm of the Year

Grupo GNP

awards-36.jpg > Brigard Urrutia
> Deloitte
> GIINTAX

Americas Tax Policy Firm of the Year

Creel García-Cuéllar, Aiza y Enríquez

awards-37.jpg > Brigard Urrutia
> Deloitte
> GIINTAX
> Grupo GNP
> Mannrich e Vasconcelos Advogados
> MJ Alves e Burle


In-house Awards


In-house Tax Director of the Year

Victor Diaz Infante, Uber LatAm

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Americas In-house Tax Team of the Year

IBM (Brazil Team)

awards-39.jpg > Johnson & Johnson
> Uber
> VTR Chile
> Walmart


Leaders Awards


Americas Tax Disputes Practice Leader of the Year

Al Meghji, Osler Hoskin & Harcourt

awards-40.jpg > Tércio Chiavassa, Pinheiro Neto Advogados
> Gabriel Ortiz Gómez, Ortiz Abogados
> Catalina Jaramillo Hernández, Brigard Urrutia
> Marcos Vinicius Neder de Lima, Trench Rossi Watanabe
> Roberto Quiroga Mosquera, Mattos Filho Veiga Filho Marrey J. e Quiroga Advogados
> Sandro Machado dos Reis, Bichara Advogados
> Paulo Rogério Garcia Ribeiro, Machado Associados

Americas Indirect Tax Practice Leader of the Year

Douglas Lopes, Deloitte Brazil

awards-41.jpg > Luiz Gustavo Bichara, Bichara Advogados
> Alan Kenigsberg, Osler Hoskin & Harcourt
> Andrés Hernández De León, Brigard Urrutia
> Carolina Palma, EY
> Marcelo Marques Roncaglia, Pinheiro Neto Advogados
> Ricardo Marletti Debatin da Silveira, Machado Associados

Americas Transfer Pricing Leader of the Year

Clarissa Machado, Trench Rossi Watanabe

awards-42.jpg > Carlos Ayub, Deloitte
> Oscar Campero, Chevez Ruiz Zamarripa
> Komal Dhall, KPMG
> Sandra Díaz, BaseFirma
> Muris Dujsic, Deloitte
> Nicolás Juan, Grant Thornton Uruguay
> Thomas Kittle-Kamp, Mayer Brown
> Thomas Tsiopoulos, EY

Americas Tax Practice Leader of the Year

Júlio de Oliveira, Machado Associados

awards-43.jpg > Juan Manuel Albacete, Guyer & Regules
> Luiz Roberto Peroba Barbosa, Pinheiro Neto Advogados
> Monica Biringer, Osler Hoskin & Harcourt
> Christopher Bowers, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
> Kim Marie Boylan, White & Case
> James Fuller, Fenwick & West
> Héctor Reyes-Freaner, Baker McKenzie
> Carrie Smit, Goodmans
> Miguel Tesón, Estudio O’Farrell


Impact Deals and Impact Cases


Cases

awards-44.jpg > 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

awards-45.jpg > Algoma's Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act proceedings: Osler
> 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, 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, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, Pinheiro Neto Advogados, Trench Rossi Watanabe, BMA, 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, Elias & 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, Tozzini Freire, 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

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> Deloitte
> D’Empaire
> Ferrere
> Grant Thornton
> Lefosse Advogados
> Machado Meyer Sendacz e Opice Advogados
> Mattos Filho Veiga Filho Marrey Jr e Quiroga Advogados
> Pinheiro Neto Advogados
> Rodrigo Elías & Medrano

North America Tax Disputes Firm of the Year

Mayer Brown

awards-47.jpg > Baker McKenzie
> Deloitte
> Fenwick & West
> Mayer Brown
> Morgan Lewis & Bockius
> Osler Hoskin & Harcourt

Americas Indirect Tax Firm of the Year

Machado Associados

awards-48.jpg > Bichara Advogados
> Brigard Urrutia
> Consortium Legal
> Deloitte
> EY
> Machado Associados
> Mattos Filho Veiga Filho Marrey Junior e Quiroga Advogados
> Osler Hoskin & Harcourt
> Pinheiro Neto Advogados

Latin America Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year

BaseFirma

awards-49.jpg > Baker McKenzie
> BaseFirma
> Grant Thornton
> KPMG
> Pinheiro Neto Advogados
> PwC
> Rosso Alba Francia & Asociados
> Trench Rossi Watanabe

North America Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year

Deloitte

awards-50.jpg > Blake Cassels & Graydon
> Deloitte
> DLA Piper
> Fenwick & West
> Grant Thornton
> Morgan Lewis
> Osler Hoskin & Harcourt

Latin America Tax Firm of the Year

Baker McKenzie

awards-51.jpg > Baker McKenzie
> Chevez Ruiz Zamarripa y Cia
> Deloitte
> KPMG
> Lefosse Advogados
> Machado Associados
> Mattos Filho Veiga Filho Marrey Jr e Quiroga
> PwC

North America Tax Firm of the Year

Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom

awards-52.jpg > Baker McKenzie
> Blake Cassels & Graydon
> Deloitte
> EY
> KPMG
> Morgan Lewis & Bockius
> PwC
> Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom

Americas Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year

Deloitte

awards-53.jpg > Baker McKenzie
> BaseFirma
> Deloitte
> Grant Thornton
> KPMG
> Osler Hoskin & Harcourt
> PwC

Americas Tax Firm of the Year

Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom

awards-54.jpg > Baker McKenzie
> Blake Cassels & Graydon
> Deloitte
> EY
> KPMG
> Mattos Filho Veiga Filho Marrey Jr e Quiroga
> PwC
> Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom


























































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