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
> 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
> Baker McKenzie
> BaseFirma
> Grupo GNP
> Rosso Alba Francia & Asociados
Bolivia Tax Firm of the Year
Tufiño y Villegas
> Criales & Urcullo
> Ferrere
Bolivia Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Tufiño y Villegas
> Benítez Rivas Pérez & Asociados
Brazil Tax Firm of the Year
Trench Rossi Watanabe
> 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
> BaseFirma
> Deloitte
> Machado Associados
> Pinheiro Neto Advogados
> Trench Rossi Watanabe
Canada Tax Firm of the Year
Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg
> Blake Cassels & Graydon
> Deloitte
> Goodmans
> McCarthy Tetrault
> McMillan
> Osler Hoskin & Harcourt
> Torys
Canada Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie
> Baker Tilly
> Deloitte
> EY
> KPMG
> Osler Hoskin & Harcourt
> PwC
Central America Tax Firm of the Year
Consortium Legal
> Arias
> BLP Legal
> EY
Central America Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Deloitte
> Consortium Legal
> TPC Group
Chile Tax Firm of the Year
Baraona Fischer & Cia
> Baker McKenzie
> Carey
> KPMG
> PwC
> Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uría
Chile Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
PwC
> BaseFirma
> Deloitte
> EY
> KPMG
Colombia Tax Firm of the Year
Brigard Urrutia
> Baker McKenzie
> Deloitte
> EY
> Godoy & Hoyos
> Gómez-Pinzón Abogados
> Posse Herrera Ruiz
> PwC
Colombia Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
BaseFirma
> Baker McKenzie
> Deloitte
> EY
> Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uría
> PwC
Ecuador Tax Firm of the Year
Perez Bustamante & Ponce (PBP)
> Ferrere
Mexico Tax Firm of the Year
Chevez Ruiz Zamarripa y Cia
> 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
> 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
> 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
> BaseFirma
> Estudio Echecopar (Baker McKenzie)
> Estudio Olaechea
Uruguay Tax Firm of the Year
Guyer & Regules
> Bergstein Abogados
> Ferrere
> Grant Thorton
> KPMG
Uruguay Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
Grant Thornton
> Deloitte
> Ferrere
> Guyer & Regules
US: Illinois Tax Firm of the Year
Kirkland & Ellis
> 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
> Mayer Brown
> McDermott Will & Emery
US: San Francisco and the Bay Area Tax Firm of the Year
Fenwick & West
> 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
> Baker McKenzie
> Mayer Brown
> Morgan Lewis
> Weil Gotshal & Manges
> White & Case
US: Houston/Dallas Tax Firm of the Year
Vinson & Elkins
> Baker Botts
> Latham & Watkins
> Kirkland & Ellis
> Mayer Brown
> Thompson & Knight
> Weil Gotshal & Manges
US: New York Tax Firm of the Year
Cravath Swaine & Moore
> 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
> 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
> 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
> Baker McKenzie
> Deloitte
Venezuela Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
BaseFirma
> Deloitte
Tax Court Firms of the Year
Brazil Tax Court Firm of the Year
Trench Rossi Watanabe
> 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
> Bennett Jones
> Stikeman Elliott
US Tax Court Firm of the Year
Mayer Brown
> Fenwick & West
> McDermott Will & Emery
> Morgan Lewis & Bockius
Regional and Individual Awards
Americas Best Newcomer
+Value
> Araújo Ibarra
Americas Tax Pro Bono Firm of the Year
VCG Partners
> Bichara Advogados
> Mattos Filho Veiga Filho Marrey Jr e Quiroga Advogados
Americas Tax Innovation Firm of the Year
Osler Hoskin & Harcourt
> Deloitte
> EY
> Grupo GNP
> HCVT
Americas Tax Technology Firm of the Year
Deloitte
> Bloomberg
> EY
> HCVT
Americas Tax Compliance & Reporting Firm of the Year
Grupo GNP
> Brigard Urrutia
> Deloitte
> GIINTAX
Americas Tax Policy Firm of the Year
Creel García-Cuéllar, Aiza y Enríquez
> 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
Americas In-house Tax Team of the Year
IBM (Brazil Team)
> Johnson & Johnson
> Uber
> VTR Chile
> Walmart
Leaders Awards
Americas Tax Disputes Practice Leader of the Year
Al Meghji, Osler Hoskin & Harcourt
> 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
> 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
> 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
> 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
> 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
> 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
> BLP Legal
> 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
> Baker McKenzie
> Deloitte
> Fenwick & West
> Mayer Brown
> Morgan Lewis & Bockius
> Osler Hoskin & Harcourt
Americas Indirect Tax Firm of the Year
Machado Associados
> 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
> 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
> Blake Cassels & Graydon
> Deloitte
> DLA Piper
> Fenwick & West
> Grant Thornton
> Morgan Lewis
> Osler Hoskin & Harcourt
Latin America Tax Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie
> 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
> 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
> Baker McKenzie
> BaseFirma
> Deloitte
> Grant Thornton
> KPMG
> Osler Hoskin & Harcourt
> PwC
Americas Tax Firm of the Year
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
> Baker McKenzie
> Blake Cassels & Graydon
> Deloitte
> EY
> KPMG
> Mattos Filho Veiga Filho Marrey Jr e Quiroga
> PwC
> Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
