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Americas Tax Awards 2016 - Shortlists announced
The nominees for the 11th annual Americas Tax Awards have been announced.
Firms from 15 countries in North, South and Central America
will compete for the awards, which will be presented during a dinner at the
Pierre Hotel in New York on September 15.
We have done everything to verify the participant firms in the deals nominated. If your firm has been left out of any, however, please contact Ralph Cunningham as soon as possible.
If you would like to attend the awards dinner, please contact Oliver Watkins.
COUNTRY AWARDS
Argentina Tax
Firm of the Year
Baker & McKenzie
Bruchou Fernandez Madero & Lombardi, Taxand
Argentina
Deloitte
Grupo GNP
Luna Requena & Fernández Borzese
Marval, O'Farrell & Mairal
Rosso Alba, Francia & Asociados
Teijeiro y Ballone Abogados
Argentina
Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
BaseFirma
Deloitte
Grupo GNP
Litvak, Daneri, Laspina, Sanchez
Luna Requena & Fernández Borzese (WTS Argentina)
Rosso Alba, Francia y Asociados
Teijeiro y Ballone Abogados
Brazil Tax Firm
of the Year
Barbosa, Müssnich, Aragão, Taxand Brazil
Deloitte
Demarest Advogados
KPMG
Lefosse Advogados
Machado Associados
Machado Meyer
Mattos Filho, Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr e Quiroga
Advogados
PwC
Trench Rossi e Watanabe Advogados
Brazil Transfer
Pricing Firm of the Year
Barbosa, Müssnich, Aragão, Taxand Brazil
Bratax
Deloitte
KPMG
Lefosse Advogados
Machado Associados
Mattos Filho, Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr. e Quiroga
Advogados
Pinheiro Neto Advogados
Siqueira Castro Advogados
Trench, Rossi e Watanabe Advogados
Canada Tax Firm
of the Year
Baker & McKenzie
Blake Cassels & Graydon
Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg
Deloitte
Goodmans
McMillan
Osler Hoskin & Harcourt
Stikeman Elliott
Canada Transfer
Pricing Firm of the Year
Baker & McKenzie
Collins Barrow
Deloitte
Gowling WLG
Grant Thornton
McCarthy Tétrault
McMillan
Osler Hoskin & Harcourt
Central America Tax Firm of the Year
Arias & Muñoz
GIIN Tax
Chile Tax Firm
of the Year
Baker & McKenzie
Carey
Claro & Cia
Deloitte
KPMG
Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uría
PwC
Chile Transfer
Pricing Firm of the Year
BaseFirma
Deloitte
KPMG
PwC
Colombia Tax
Firm of the Year
Baker & McKenzie
Brigard & Urrutia
Deloitte
EY
Garrigues
Godoy & Hoyos Abogados
Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uría
Colombia
Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Baker & McKenzie
BaseFirma
Brigard & Urrutia
Deloitte
Godoy y Hoyos Abogados
Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uría
Mexico Tax Firm of the Year
Baker & McKenzie
Basham Ringe y Correa
Creel, García-Cuéllar, Aiza y Enriquez
Deloitte
SKATT
SMPS Legal
Von Wobeser y Sierra
Mexico Transfer
Pricing Firm of the Year
Baker & McKenzie
BaseFirma
Basham Ringe y Correa
Deloitte
Grant Thornton
Skatt
Peru Tax Firm
of the Year
Deloitte
Estudio Echecopar
EY
Garrigues
Grant Thornton
Muñiz, Ramírez, Pérez - Taiman & Olaya
Osterling
Payet, Rey, Cauvi, Pérez Abogados
Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uría
Rodrigo Elías & Medrano
Peru Transfer
Pricing Firm of the Year
BaseFirma
Deloitte
Estudio Echecopar
Estudio Olaechea
EY
Grant Thornton
Uruguay Tax
Firm of the Year
Bergstein
Deloitte
Ferrere
Fischer & Schickendantz
Guyer & Regules
KPMG
Uruguay
Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Bergstein
Deloitte
Ferrere
Grant Thornton
Guyer & Regules
KPMG
US: Chicago Tax
Firm of the Year
Baker & McKenzie
Deloitte
DLA Piper
Kirkland & Ellis
Mayer Brown
McDermott Will & Emery
US: Dallas/Houston
Tax Firm of the Year
Baker & McKenzie
Baker Botts
Mayer Brown
McDermott Will & Emery
Norton Rose Fulbright
Thompson & Knight
Vinson & Elkins
Weil Gotshal & Manges
US: Los Angeles
Tax Firm of the Year
Deloitte
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman
White & Case
US: New York
Tax Firm of the Year
Alston & Bird
Baker & McKenzie
Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft
Debevoise & Plimpton
Deloitte
DLA Piper
Kirkland & Ellis
Mayer Brown
McDermott Will & Emery
Norton Rose Fulbright
Shearman & Sterling
Weil Gotshal & Manges
US: San
Francisco and Silicon Valley Tax Firm of the Year
Baker & McKenzie
Deloitte
DLA Piper
Fenwick & West
Morgan Lewis
US: Washington
DC Tax Firm of the Year
Baker & McKenzie
Deloitte
McDermott Will & Emery
Miller & Chevalier
Morgan Lewis
US East Coast
Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
BaseFirma
Clayton & McKervey
Deloitte
DLA Piper
Mayer Brown
McDermott Will & Emery
Miller & Chevalier
US West Coast Transfer
Pricing Firm of the Year
DLA Piper
Fenwick & West
McDermott Will & Emery
Morgan Lewis
Vinson & Elkins
Venezuela Tax
Firm of the Year
Deloitte
D'Empaire Reyna Abogados
Norton Rose Fulbright
Venezuela
Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
BaseFirma
D'Empaire Reyna Abogados
Norton Rose Fulbright
Brazil Tax
Court Firm of the Year
Bichara Advogados
Bratax
Demarest Advogados
Dias Carneiro 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
Blake Cassels & Graydon
Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg
Gowling WLG
McCarthy Tétrault
Osler Hoskin & Harcourt
US Tax Court
Firm of the Year
Baker & McKenzie
Fenwick & West
Mayer Brown
Morgan Lewis
Vinson & Elkins
REGIONAL, INDIVIDUAL AND DEAL AWARDS
Best Newcomer in the Americas
Arias & Muñoz Guatemala
Ayres Ribeiro Advogados
Creel, García-Cuéllar, Aiza y Enríquez
Garrigues Colombia
Garrigues Mexico
Inglez, Werneck, Ramos, Cury e Françolin Advogados
Nader, Hayaux & Goebel
Americas Tax
Pro Bono Firm of the Year
Bichara Advogados
DLA Piper
Garrigues Colombia
Mattos Filho, Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr. e Quiroga
Advogados
McDermott Will & Emery
Americas Tax
Innovator of the Year
Deloitte
Inglez, Werneck, Ramos, Cury e Françolin Advogados
Wolters Kluwer
Americas Tax
Technology Firm of the Year
Bloomberg BNA
Deloitte
Wolters Kluwer
Americas Tax
Compliance & Reporting Firm of the Year
Baker & McKenzie
Deloitte
GIIN-Tax
International Firm in the Americas
A&L Goodbody
Arthur Cox
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Matheson
Taxback International
Americas Tax
Policy Firm of the Year
Baker & McKenzie
Deloitte
Garrigues Colombia
Miller & Chevalier
Americas Tax Litigation
& Disputes Practice Leader of the Year
Thomas Linguanti, Baker & McKenzie
Ed Kroft, Blake, Cassels & Graydon
Marcelo Salles Annunziata, Demarest Advogados
Daniel Bellan, Lacaz Martins Pereira Neto Gurevich
& Schoueri
Paulo Rogério Garcia Ribeiro, Machado Associados
Glaucia Lauletta Frascino, Mattos Filho, Veiga Filho,
Marrey Jr. e Quiroga Advogados
Todd Welty, McDermott Will & Emery
Sanford Stark, Morgan Lewis
Al Meghji, Osler Hoskin & Harcourt
Americas Indirect
Tax Practice Leader of the Year
Douglas Mota, Demarest Advogados
Ricardo Marletti Debatin da Silveira, Machados
Associados
Renata Correia Cubas, Mattos Filho, Veiga Filho,
Marrey Jr. e Quiroga Advogados
Jane May, McDermott Will & Emery
Americas TP
Practice Leader of the Year
Blake Murray, Osler Hoskin & Harcourt
Dale Hill, Gowling WLG
John Magee, Morgan Lewis
Luís Rogério Farinelli, Machados Associados
Luiz Felipe Centeno Ferraz, Mattos Filho, Veiga Filho,
Marrey Jr. e Quiroga Advogados
Richard Tremblay, Osler Hoskin & Harcourt
Salim Rahim, Baker & McKenzie
Americas Tax
Practice Leader of the Year
Jeffrey Trossman, Blake, Cassels & Graydon
Cristiano Ruschmann, Bratax
Camilo Zarama, Garrigues Colombia
Robert Phillpott, Norton Rose Fulbright
Monica Biringer, Osler Hoskin & Harcourt
Americas Banking
Tax Deal of the Year
Sale of Banco
CIT to Banco Daycoval - Machado Meyer Sendacz e
Ópice; Mattos Filho, Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr. e Quiroga Advogados
Reorganisation
of Paraná Banco and Travelers's insurance and reinsurance JV - Barbosa, Müssnich & Aragão, Taxand Brazil; Mattos Filho,
Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr. e Quiroga Advogados; Skadden Arps Slate Meagher &
Flom
CNP - Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton; Mattos Filho, Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr. e
Quiroga Advogados; Pinheiro Neto Advogados
Banco Bradesco
acquisition of HSBC Brazil - Lefosse Advogados
Investment in
Cloud9 Technologies from JP Morgan, Barclays and ICAP - Fenwick & West
Americas Capital
Markets Tax Deal of the Year
Liberty Media -
recapitalisation into three groups of tracking stocks - Baker Botts; Shearman & Sterling
CDPQ's
convertible share investment in Bombardier Transportation (Investment) UK - McCarthy Tétrault
$1.25 billion
fixed and floating rate notes backed by non-prime auto loans - Mayer Brown
Convertible
Debt/Note Hedge Transaction for Dycom Industries - Shearman
& Sterling
Mexico Credit
Opportunities Trust II - Creel, García-Cuéllar,
Aiza y Enriquez
Americas Consumer
Products Tax Deal of the Year
General Motors's
acquisition of Cruise Control - Fenwick & West;
Orrick
Snyder's-Lance acquisition
of Diamond Foods - Fenwick & West; Troutman
Sanders
Merger of
Johnson Controls and Tyco - A&L Goodbody; Arthur Cox; Fenwick
& West; McDermott Will & Emery
Acquisition of
Sequel Naturals Ltd by Whitewave Foods - Haynes
& Boone; McMillan; Stikeman Elliott; Winston & Strawn
Americas Energy
Tax Deal of the Year
Gaspetro - Mattos Filho, Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr e Quiroga Advogados;
Pinheiro Neto
Renova Energia - Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld; Mattos Filho, Veiga Filho,
Marrey Jr e Quiroga Advogados; Milbank,
Tweed, Hadley & McCloy; Veirano Advogados
Projeto Paraná - Mattos Filho, Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr e Quiroga Advogados; Soares
Bumachar Chagas Barros
Merger of
PowerStream, Enersource and Horizon and subsequent purchase of Hydro One
Brampton Networks - Gowling WLG
Schlumberger
acquisition of Cameron International - Baker Botts;
Cravath Swaine & Moore
8point3 Energy
Partners - YieldCo IPO - Baker Botts; Skadden Arps
Slate Meagher & Flom; Vinson & Elkins
Kraton
acquisition of Arizona Chemical - Baker Botts;
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton; Weil Gotshal & Manges
TransCanada
acquisition of Columbia Pipeline Group - Bennett Jones; Blake,
Cassels & Graydon; Mayer Brown; Osler Hoskin &
Harcourt
Americas Financial
Services Tax Deal of the Year
Sale of Simmons
& Company International to Piper Jaffray - Burness Paull; Faegre Baker Daniels;Norton Rose Fulbright
Prudential
Financial's joint venture with Inversiones La Construcción to acquire Chile's
second largest pension fund - Claro & Cia
BM&FBOVESPA
and CETIP merger - Barbosa Mussnich Aragao, Taxand
Brazil
Americas Joint
Venture Tax Deal of the Year
Sale of stake in
Alpargatas - Mattos Filho, Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr e Quiroga Advogados
Nova Parceria
Delta - Mattos Filho, Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr e
Quiroga Advogados; Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy; Souza, Cescon, Barrieu
& Flesch
MBR - Mattos Filho, Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr e Quiroga Advogados;
Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy; Souza, Cescon, Barrieu & Flesch
Almacenes Éxito - Gomez-Pinzón Zuleta, Taxand Colombia; Lefosse; Lloreda Camacho;
Uribe Henao; White & Case
Commercialisation
of the Canadian Wheat Board - Aikins, MacAulay and
Thorvaldson; Baker & McKenzie; McMillan
Strategic alliance between CSN, ITOCHU Corporation, JFE Steel Corporation, POSCO, Kobe Steel, Nisshin Steel and China Steel - Barbosa, Müssnich, Aragão, Taxand Brazil; Machado Meyer
Americas M&A
Tax Deal of the Year
Dow / DuPont
merger - Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom;
Weil Gotshal & Manges
BR-7 - Duarte Garcia, Caselli Guimarães e Terra; Mattos Filho, Veiga
Filho, Marrey Jr. e Quiroga Advogados; PMKA; Ulhôa Canto, Rezende e Guerra
Goldcorp's sale
of 26% stake in Tahoe Resources - McMillan
Restructuring of
international group affiliates of MKS Instruments after acquisition of Newport
Corporation - DLA Piper
Pozen
acquisition of Tribute Pharmaceuticals and redomiciliation - A&L Goodbody; DLA Piper
Acquisition of a
stake in Corporacion Quiport by Grupo Odinsa - Brigard
& Urrutia; Garrigues Colombia; Holland & Knight; Hughes & Hughes;
Mayer Brown; Perez Bustamante & Ponce; Skadden Arps Slate Meagher &
Flom
Sale of
Cardioxyl Pharmaceuticals to Bristol Myers Squibb -
Fenwick & West
Kraton
acquisition of Arizona Chemical - Baker Botts;
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton; Weil Gotshal & Manges
Fortis
acquisition of ITC - Davies Ward Phillips &
Vineberg; Jones Day; Simpson Thacher & Bartlett; White & Case
Sale of Avon's
North American operations to a Cereberus affiliate and an investment of $435
million in Avon's remaining international business
- Kirkland & Ellis
Americas Media
& Entertainment Tax Deal of the Year
Casa Cor
expansion into US - Campos Mello; DLA Piper
Liberty Media -
Distribution of Stock Rights to Acquire Series C Liberty Braves Common Stock - Baker Botts
Merger of
Activision Blizzard and King Digital Entertainment
- Debevoise & Plimpton; Fenwick & West
Nexstar's
acquisition of Media General – Fried, Frank,
Harris, Shriver & Jacobson; Kirkland & Ellis
Americas Private
Equity Tax Deal of the Year
Acquisition of Leader Magazine - Castro, Barros, Sobral, Gomes
Carlyle Group and Vinci Partners's
acquisition of the Uniasselvi Group
- Lobo & De Rizzo; Mattos Filho, Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr e Quiroga Advogados
Carlyle Group's
acquisition of a further stake in Rede D’Or São Luiz - Barbosa, Müssnich & Aragão Advogados, Taxand Brazil; Mattos
Filho, Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr e Quiroga Advogados
Oncoclínicas - Campos, Fialho, Canabrava, Borja, Andrade, Salles; Mattos Filho,
Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr e Quiroga Advogados; Pinheiro Guimarães
Formation of
Leste Capital Management's Cayman Islands Credit Fund - Campos Mello; DLA Piper
Sale of stake in
Stingray Digital Group - Davies Ward Phillips &
Vineberg; Fasken Martineau DuMoulin; McMillan
KKR's
sale-leaseback agreement with Pemex - Creel,
García-Cuéllar, Aiza y Enriquez
Formation,
fund-raising and closing of EnCap Fund X - Thompson & Knight
Catalyst Fund
Limited Partnership V - Fasken Martineau DuMoulin
Formation of
Berkshire Fund IX - Weil Gotshal & Manges
CKDRiverstone - Creel,
García-Cuéllar, Aizay Enriquez
Americas Real
Estate Tax Deal of the Year
Sale of JP
Morgan's Participation in Gávea Investimentos and acquisition by JP Morgan of
equity funds and real estate equity funds managed by Gávea - Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton; Mattos Filho, Veiga Filho,
Marrey Jr e Quiroga Advogados; Souza, Cescon, Barrieu & Flesch
Blackstone's
acquisition of the GE Real Estate Mexico lending platform and commercial real
estate mortgage loan portfolio - Creel,
García-Cuéllar, Aizay Enriquez; Gibson Dunn & Crutcher; Nader, Hayaux &
Goebel; Paul Hastings
Telecity's
merger with Interxion Holding and subsequent acquisition by Equinix - Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer; Latham & Watkins; Loyens
& Loeff; Slaughter and May; Sullivan & Worcester
Americas Tax
Restructuring Deal of the Year
Debt
restructuring of Ruette Group in the context of the acquisition by Black River - Mattos Filho, Veiga Filho,
Marrey Jr e Quiroga Advogados; Pinheiro Neto
MMX judicial
reorganisation plan
- Mattos Filho, Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr. e Quiroga Advogados; Pinheiro
Neto
Venda PGN - Barbosa, Müssnich & Aragão Advogados, Taxand Brazil; Mattos
Filho, Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr. e Quiroga Advogados; Souza, Cescon, Barrieu
& Flesch
Danaher spin-off
- DLA Piper
Liberty
Interactive Spin-off of CommerceHub - Baker Botts
New Gulf
Resources bankruptcy restructuring - Baker Botts
Chesapeake
Energy Corporation Debt Exchange - Baker Botts
Pacific Exploration's
Recapitalization and Restructuring - Goodmans
Caesar's
Entertainment Operating Company restructuring - Kirkland
& Ellis
Americas
Technology & Telecommunications Tax Deal of the Year
Totvs
acquisition of Bematech - Barbosa, Müssnich &
Aragão Advogados, Taxand Brazil
Symantec's sale
of Veritas to Carlyle Group and GIC - Allen
& Overy; Alston & Bird; Baker & McKenzie; Fenwick & West;
Latham & Watkins; Matheson; Ropes & Gray
Sale of
Plentyoffish Media - McMillan; Goodmans; Wachtell
Lipton Rosen & Katz
Altice
acquisition of Cablevision - Mayer Brown
Avago
Technologies’s acquisition of Broadcom - Morrison
& Foerster; Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
Americas
In-house Team of the Year
Cargill Argentina
SABMiller
North Americas
Tax Litigation & Disputes Firm of the Year
Baker & McKenzie
DLA Piper
Fenwick & West
Kirkland & Ellis
Mayer Brown
McDermott Will & Emery
Miller & Chevalier
Morgan Lewis
Norton Rose Fulbright
Vinson & Elkins
Latin America
Tax Litigation & Disputes Firm of the Year
Baker & McKenzie
Bichara Advogados
Deloitte
Godoy y Hoyos
KPMG
Machado Associados
Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uría
Taxand
North America
Indirect Tax Firm of the Year
Deloitte
DLA Piper
Gowling WLG
McDermott Will & Emery
Latin America
Indirect Tax Firm of the Year
Baker & McKenzie
Basham Ringe y Correa
Carey
Deloitte
Garrigues
Godoy y Hoyos
KPMG Brazil
Luna Requena & Fernandez Borzese
Machado Meyer
Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uría
Taxand
North America
Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Deloitte
Fenwick & West
Deloitte - Galaz, Yamazaki, Ruiz Urquiza
Osler Hoskin & Harcourt
Latin America
Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Baker & McKenzie
BaseFirma
Deloitte
Grant Thornton
KPMG
North America
Tax Firm of the Year
Baker & McKenzie
Deloitte
DLA Piper
Fenwick & West
Mayer Brown
McDermott Will & Emery
Morgan Lewis
Norton Rose Fulbright
Latin America
Tax Firm of the Year
Baker & McKenzie
Deloitte
Garrigues
KPMG
Norton Rose Fulbright
Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uría
Americas Tax
Firm of the Year
Baker & McKenzie
Deloitte
DLA Piper
Mayer Brown
McDermott Will & Emery
Norton Rose Fulbright