ITR is delighted to announce the winners of the 17th annual ITR Americas Tax Awards.
Kirkland & Ellis has been awarded as the region wide winner for Tax Firm of the Year, achieving widespread success in 2021. Deloitte has been crowned as the region wide Transfer Pricing and Indirect Tax Firm of the Year.
Lego, Meta, Pfizer, Uber, and Unilever took home awards for our in-house categories.
We are keen to fulfil any promotions that firms would like to undertake on the back of their success and request that you contact ITR’s Producer, Tanya Gujral, with any queries.
We aim to mention all firms that took part in each of our Impact Cases and Impact Deals. If your firm has been omitted or you have questions about the research, please contact ITR’s Awards editor, John Harrison.
A full list of shortlisted firms for the ITR Americas Tax Awards 2022 was released on August 4, 2022.
Jurisdiction Awards
Argentina Indirect Tax Firm of the Year
Winner: Deloitte
Argentina Tax Disputes Firm of the Year
Winner: Rosso Alba & Rougès
Argentina Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Winner: Deloitte
Argentina Tax Firm of the Year
Winner: Marval O’Farrell & Mairal
Bolivia Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Winner: TPC Group
Bolivia Tax Firm of the Year
Winner: Ferrere
Brazil Indirect Tax Firm of the Year
Winner: Machado Associados
Brazil Tax Disputes Firm of the Year
Winner: Mattos Filho Veiga Filho Marrey Jr & Quiroga Advogados
Brazil Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Winner: Deloitte
Brazil Tax Firm of the Year
Winner: Pinheiro Neto Advogados
Canada Indirect Tax Firm of the Year
Winner: Bennett Jones
Canada Tax Disputes Firm of the Year
Winner: Osler Hoskin & Harcourt
Canada Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Winner: Deloitte
Canada Tax Firm of the Year
Winner: Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg
Caribbean Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Winner: Deloitte
Caribbean Tax Firm of the Year
Winner: Pellerano Nadal
Central America Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Winner: Deloitte
Central America Tax Firm of the Year
Winner: Consortium Legal
Chile Indirect Tax Firm of the Year
Winner: KPMG
Chile Tax Disputes Firm of the Year
Winner: Fischer y Cía
Chile Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Winner: Deloitte
Chile Tax Firm of the Year
Winner: EY
Colombia Indirect Tax Firm of the Year
Winner: KPMG
Colombia Tax Disputes Firm of the Year
Winner: Posse Herrera Ruiz
Colombia Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Winner: Dentons Cárdenas & Cárdenas
Colombia Tax Firm of the Year
Winner: Brigard Urrutia
Ecuador Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Winner: Robalino Abogados
Ecuador Tax Firm of the Year
Winner: Pérez Bustamante & Ponce
Mexico Tax Disputes Firm of the Year
Winner: Baker McKenzie
Mexico Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Winner: Chevez Ruiz Zamarripa
Mexico Tax Firm of the Year
Winner: Creel García-Cuéllar, Aiza y Enríquez
Paraguay Tax Firm of the Year
Winner: Ferrere, Lataxnet / WTS Global
Peru Indirect Tax Firm of the Year
Winner: EY
Peru Tax Disputes Firm of the Year
Winner: Rodrigo Elías & Medrano Abogados / +Value
Peru Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Winner: EY
Peru Tax Firm of the Year
Winner: Estudio Echecopar, member firm of Baker McKenzie International
Uruguay Indirect Tax Firm of the Year
Winner: Deloitte
Uruguay Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Winner: Deloitte
Uruguay Tax Firm of the Year
Winner: Guyer & Regules
US: Chicago Tax Firm of the Year
Winner: Kirkland & Ellis
US: Dallas & Houston Tax Firm of the Year
Winner: Kirkland & Ellis
US: Los Angeles Tax Firm of the Year
Winner: Kirkland & Ellis
US: New York Tax Firm of the Year
Winner: Kirkland & Ellis
US: San Francisco and the Bay Area Tax Firm of the Year
Winner: Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
US: Washington DC Tax Firm of the Year
Winner: Weil Gotshal & Manges
US Tax Disputes Firm of the Year
Winner: Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
US Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Winner: Deloitte
US Tax Firm of the Year
Winner: Kirkland & Ellis
Venezuela Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Winner: Deloitte
Venezuela Tax Firm of the Year
Winner: Baker McKenzie
Individual Awards
Latin America Indirect Tax Practice Leader of the Year
Winner: Marcelo Roncaglia – Pinheiro Neto Advogados
Latin America Tax Litigation & Disputes Practice Leader of the Year
Winner: Daniella Zagari Gonçalves – Machado Meyer Sendacz & Opice
Latin America Transfer Pricing Practice Leader of the Year
Winner: Gloria Estrella Guevara Gutierrez - Deloitte
Latin America - Tax Practice Leader of the Year
Winner: Luiz Roberto Peroba – Pinheiro Neto Advogados
North America Indirect Tax Practice Leader of the Year
Winner: Elizabeth Peon Valle – Deloitte
North America Tax Litigation & Disputes Practice Leader of the Year
Winner: Raj Madan – Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
North America Transfer Pricing Practice Leader of the Year
Winner: Firas Zebian – Deloitte
North America Tax Practice Leader of the Year
Winner: Patrick Marley – Osler Hoskin & Harcourt
Indirect Tax Rising Star
Winner: María Laura Caffera – Ferrere, Lataxnet / WTS Global
Tax Litigation & Disputes Rising Star
Winner: Ariel Love – Fenwick & West
Transfer Pricing Rising Star
Winner: Peter Kurjanowicz – Grant Thornton
Tax Rising Star
Winner: Gastón Lapaz – Guyer & Regules
In-house Awards
In-house Indirect Tax Team of the Year
Winner: Uber
In-house Transfer Pricing Team of the Year
Winner: Pfizer
In-house Tax Team of the Year
Winner: Unilever
In-house Indirect Tax Director of the Year
Winner: Victor Diaz-Infante Martinez – Uber
In-house Transfer Pricing Director of the Year
Winner: Bruna Futuro – Meta
In-house Tax Director of the Year
Winner: Carlos Oliveira – Lego
Deals and Cases
Impact Deals of the Year
AerCap acquisition of GE Capital Aviation Services: A&L Goodbody, Clifford Chance, Crqavath Swaine & Moore, McCann Fitzgerald, NautaDutilh, Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
Canadian Pacific Railway acquisition of Kansas City Southern: Baker & Miller, Bennett Jones, Creel García-Cuéllar, Aiza y Enríquez, Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg, Law office of David L Meyer, Sullivan & Cromwell, Wachtel Lipton Rosen & Katz, White & Case, WilmerHale
Discovery acquisition of Warner Media: Allen & Company, Debevoise & Plimpton, Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, LionTree, Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison, Perella Weinberg Partners, RBC Capital Markets, Sullivan & Cromwell, Wachtel Lipton Rosen & Katz
Grupo Televisa merger with Univision Communications: Galicia Abogados, Mijares Angoitia Cortés y Fuentes, Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison, Wachtel Lipton Rosen & Katz
London Stock Exchange acquisition of Refinitiv: Covington & Burling, Dechert, Freshfields, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, Weil Gotshal & Manges
Lucid Motors deSPAC: Bank of America Securities, Citi, Davis Polk & Wardwell, Guggenheim Securities, Weil Gotshal & Manges
Microsoft acquisition of Activision Blizzard: Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
Nestlé acquisition of The Bountiful Company: Evercore Consumer Advisory, JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Nubank IPO: Campbells, Davis Polk & Wardwell, Mattos Filho Veiga Filho Marrey Jr & Quiroga Advogados, Pinheiro Neto Advogados, White & Case
Roblox direct listing: Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, Wilson Sonsini
Impact Cases of the Year
Argentina v Molinos Río de la Plata SA: Bruchou & Funes de Rioja, PwC
Brazil Federal Supreme Court judgement on ADI 5,659 & 1,945: R Godoi Advogados
Canada v Loblaw Financial Holdings: Osler Hoskin & Harcourt, Thorsteinssons
Craig Jones v Steven Munchin et al. (case number 1:19-cv-00222): Craig Jones
Fairbairn et al. v Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund (case number 3:18-cv-04881): Stris & Maher, WIlmerHale
Jeffrey T Maehr v US Department of State (case number 20-1124): Polsinelli
Patients Mutual Assistance Corp. v Commissioner of Internal Revenue (case number 1973078): Law office of James B Mann
Pinkert v Schwab Charitable Fund et al. (case number 20-cv-07657): Dechert, Nichols Kaster, WilmerHale
Robert Rowen v Commissioner: StoneBridge Counsel
Walmart de Mexico settlement: Chevez Ruiz Zamarripa
Regional Awards
Diversity Equity & Inclusion Firm of the Year
Winner: Baker McKenzie
Pro bono Firm of the Year
Winner: Ferrere
Best Newcomer
Winner: Copper Wolf
International Tax Law Firm of the Year
Winner: Baker McKenzie
Tax Innovator of the Year
Winner: Deloitte
Tax Technology Firm of the Year
Winner: Deloitte
Tax Compliance & Reporting Firm of the Year
Winner: Deloitte
Tax Policy Firm of the Year
Winner: Galicia Abogados
Tax Court Firm of the Year
Winner: Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
Indirect Tax Firm of the Year
Winner: Deloitte
Latin America Litigation and Disputes Firm of the Year
Winner: Mattos Filho Veiga Filho Marrey Jr & Quiroga Advogados
North America Litigation and Disputes Firm of the Year
Winner: Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
Latin America Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Winner: Deloitte
North America Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Winner: Deloitte
Latin America Tax Firm of the Year
Winner: Pinheiro Neto Advogados
North America Tax Firm of the Year
Winner: Kirkland & Ellis
Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Winner: Deloitte
Tax Firm of the Year
Winner: Kirkland & Ellis
