Market applauds Americas Awards winners

Deloitte and Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom were the big winners at International Tax Review's second annual Americas Tax Awards. Deloitte was named the Latin America Tax Firm of the Year, while Skadden Arps took the trophy for the best tax firm in North America.

The other pan-American award winners were Ernst & Young for North America transfer pricing, Baker & McKenzie for Latin America transfer pricing, Mayer Brown for North America Tax Litigation and Ortiz, Sainz Erreguerena for Latin America Tax Litigation

The leading tax professionals in the Americas came to the Waldorf-Astoria hotel in New York on September 19 to celebrate the cutting-edge tax work done in the region in the past 12 months or so.

Thirty three firm of the year awards in eight countries, including six US cities were also presented. The three categories, covered were transfer pricing, tax litigation and overall tax practice. One special award, the Editors' Choice award, was given out, too.

TRANSFER PRICING FIRM OF THE YEAR WINNERS
Argentina - PricewaterhouseCoopers
Brazil – Deloitte
Canada - KPMG
Chile – PricewaterhouseCoopers
Colombia - Deloitte
Mexico – Baker & McKenzie
US: Chicago – Ernst & Young
US: Houston & Dallas – Gardere Wynne Sewell
US: Los Angeles – Deloitte
US: New York – Baker & McKenzie
US: San Francisco Area – Baker & McKenzie
US: Washington, DC – Ernst & Young
Venezuela – Deloitte

TAX LITIGATION FIRM OF THE YEAR WINNERS
Argentina – Cárdenas, Di Cio, Romero & Tarsitano
Brazil – Lacaz Martins, Halembeck, Pereira, Neto, Gurevich & Schoueri
Canada – Thorsteinssons
Chile – Urenda Baraona
Colombia – Quiñones Cruz
Mexico – Ortiz, Sainz Erreguerena
Venezuela – Tinoco Travieso Planchart & Núnez

TAX FIRM OF THE YEAR WINNERS
Argentina – Negri & Teijeiro
Brazil – PricewaterhouseCoopers
Canada – Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg
Chile – Ernst & Young
Colombia – Ernst & Young
Mexico – PricewaterhouseCoopers
US: Chicago – Mayer Brown
US: Houston & Dallas – Baker Botts
US: Los Angeles – Ernst & Young
US: New York – Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
US: San Francisco Area – Fenwick & West
US: Washington, DC – McKee Nelson
Venezuela – Torres Plaz & Araujo

PAN-AMERICAN AWARD WINNERS
North America Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year – Ernst & Young
Latin American Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year – Baker & McKenzie
North America Tax Litigation Firm of the Year – Mayer Brown
Latin America Tax Litigation Firm of the Year – Ortiz, Sainz Erreguerena
North American Tax Firm of the Year – Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
Latin American Tax Firm of the Year – Deloitte

Editors' Special Tax Contribution Award – Kimberley Clausing; Reuven-Avi Yonah

The editors' award, for the firm or individual that made a specific impact on the practice of tax, went to two academics who devised a system of formulary apportionment for the US corporate tax system. The Hamilton Project, sponsored by the Brookings Institution, published their idea in the summer of 2007.

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