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European Tax Awards 2020: Shortlist announced

The shortlist for the ITR European Tax Awards 2020 has been announced.

By Prin Shasiharan

April 23 2020

The winners of the ITR European Tax Awards 2020 will be revealed on our website on May 21 at 2pm BST.

The ITR European Tax Awards have taken place annually since 2005 and recognise remarkable achievements and developments by international tax professionals from the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region over a 12-month period.

Aside from the national awards in more than 30 jurisdictions, there are also awards in regional, individual and in-house categories for the best performers.

Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, this year’s winners of the European Tax Awards will be announced and published online on May 21 at 2pm BST.

ITR’s head of business development Jamil Ahad will contact firms and individuals in due course.

If you have any questions about the shortlist or research, please contact our team at editorial@internationaltaxreview.com. For the deals and cases awards, we strive to mention all the firms that took part in each deal. If your firm has been omitted, please contact ITR's editorial team.

Our thoughts are with our readers and others affected by the pandemic.

National Awards

Africa Tax Firm of the Year

Baker McKenzie

Deloitte

ENSafrica

Olaniwun Ajayi

PwC

Webber Wentzel

Africa Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year

Baker McKenzie

BDO

Deloitte

DLA Piper

ENSafrica

PwC

Austria Tax Firm of the Year

bpv Hügel

CERHA HEMPEL

Deloitte

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

ICON

Austria Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year

bpv Hügel

Deloitte

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

ICON

TPA Group

Baltic States Tax Firm of the Year

Cobalt

Deloitte

Sorainen, WTS Global

TGS Baltic

Walless

Baltic States Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year

BDO

Deloitte

Sorainen, WTS Global

TGS Baltic

Belgium Tax Firm of the Year

Baker McKenzie

Deloitte

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Liedekerke Wolters Waelbroeck Kirkpatrick

Loyens & Loeff

Belgium Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year

Baker McKenzie

Deloitte

Liedekerke Wolters Waelbroeck Kirkpatrick

Loyens & Loeff

Stibbe

CEE Tax Firm of the Year

CMS

Deloitte

EY, EY Bulgaria

White & Case

WTS Alfery, WTS Global

CEE Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year

BMB Partners, Taxand Slovakia

CMS

Deloitte

EY, EY Bulgaria / EY Romania

Taxhouse, Taxand Romania

CIS States Tax Firm of the Year

Arzinger & Partners

Caspian Legal Center

Legaltax

Stepanovski, Papakul and Partners

Cyprus Tax Firm of the Year

Deloitte

Elias Neocleous & Co

Harris Kyriakides

Taxatelier

Cyprus Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year

Deloitte

Elias Neocleous & Co

Taxatelier

Denmark Tax Firm of the Year

Bruun & Hjejle

CORIT Advisory

Deloitte

KPMG

Plesner

Denmark Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year

Bjørnholm Law

Bruun & Hjejle

Deloitte

Plesner

Finland Tax Firm of the Year

Alder & Sound

Borenius

Deloitte

Hannes Snellman

Roschier

Finland Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year

Alder & Sound

Borenius

Deloitte

Roschier

France Tax Firm of the Year

Arsene Taxand

Baker McKenzie

Bredin Prat

Clifford Chance

Deloitte | Taj

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Mayer Brown

France Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year

Arsene Taxand

Baker McKenzie

Deloitte | Taj

Dentons

LPA - CGR Avocats

Mayer Brown

Germany Tax Firm of the Year

Baker McKenzie

DLA Piper

Flick Gocke Schaumburg

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Mayer Brown

Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom

WTS Germany

Germany Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year

Baker McKenzie

Dentons

Flick Gocke Schaumburg

Mayer Brown

NERA Economic Consulting

Oppenhoff & Partner

WTS Germany

Greece Tax Firm of the Year

Deloitte

Dryllerakis & Associates

Koutalidis Law Firm

Zepos & Yannopoulos

Greece Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year

Deloitte

Dryllerakis & Associates

Zepos & Yannopoulos

Hungary Tax Firm of the Year

Baker McKenzie

Deloitte

Jalsovszky Law Firm

WTS Klient

Hungary Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year

Baker McKenzie

Deloitte

OrienTax Consulting

WTS Klient

Ireland Tax Firm of the Year

A&L Goodbody

Arthur Cox

Deloitte

Matheson

William Fry

Ireland Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year

Deloitte

Maples Group

Matheson

William Fry

Israel Tax Firm of the Year

Fischer Behar Chen Well Orion & Co

Gornitzky & Co

Herzog Fox & Neeman

Yaron-Eldar Paller Schwartz & Co

Yigal Arnon & Co

Italy Tax Firm of the Year

Allen & Overy

BonelliErede

Chiomenti

Clifford Chance

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Ludovici Piccone & Partners

Maisto e Associati

Italy Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year

Baker McKenzie

BonelliErede

Deloitte

Hager & Partners

KPMG

Maisto e Associati

Valente Associati GEB Partners/Crowe Valente

Luxembourg Tax Firm of the Year

Allen & Overy

Arendt & Medernach

Deloitte

KPMG

Loyens & Loeff

Luxembourg Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year

Arendt & Medernach

Baker McKenzie

Deloitte

KPMG

Loyens & Loeff

Malta Tax Firm of the Year

Avanzia Taxand

Camilleri Preziosi

Deloitte

Fenech & Fenech Advocates

WH Partners

Middle East Tax Firm of the Year

Al Tamimi & Co

Baker McKenzie

Deloitte

DLA Piper

KPMG

PwC

WTS Dhruva Consultants

Middle East Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year

Al Tamimi & Co

Baker McKenzie

Deloitte

DLA Piper

KPMG

PwC

WTS Dhruva Consultants

Netherlands Tax Firm of the Year

Baker McKenzie

Clifford Chance

Deloitte

DLA Piper

Houthoff

Loyens & Loeff

Stibbe

Netherlands Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year

Atlas Tax Lawyers, WTS Global

Baker McKenzie

Deloitte

Grant Thornton

Houthoff

Loyens & Loeff

Norway Tax Firm of the Year

BAHR

Deloitte

KPMG

PwC

Thommessen

Norway Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year

BAHR

Deloitte

PwC

Thommessen

Poland Tax Firm of the Year

Baker McKenzie

Crido Taxand

Deloitte

Dentons

Sołtysiński Kawecki & Szlęzak

Poland Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year

Baker McKenzie

CMS

Crido Taxand

Deloitte

Michalik Dłuska Dziedzic & Partnerzy

Portugal Tax Firm of the Year

Abreu Advogados

Deloitte

KPMG

Morais Leitão

PLMJ

PwC

Vieira de Almeida

Portugal Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year

Baker Tilly

Deloitte

Garrigues

KPMG

PwC

Uría Menéndez - Proença de Carvalho

Russia Tax Firm of the Year

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Deloitte

FBK Legal

KPMG

Pepeliaev Group

PwC

Russia Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year

Baker McKenzie

Deloitte

Dentons

FBK Legal

KPMG

PwC

Spain Tax Firm of the Year

Baker McKenzie

Cuatrecasas

Deloitte

Garrigues

KPMG

Uría Menéndez

Spain Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year

Baker McKenzie

Deloitte

Garrigues

KPMG

Roca Junyent

Uría Menéndez

Sweden Tax Firm of the Year

KPMG

Linklaters

Mannheimer Swartling

Svalner

Sweden Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year

Deloitte

KPMG

PwC

Skeppsbron Skatt

Switzerland Tax Firm of the Year

Deloitte

Lenz & Staehelin

Niederer Kraft Frey

Schellenberg Wittmer

Tax Partner, Taxand

Switzerland Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year

Baker McKenzie

Deloitte

Loyens & Loeff

Schellenberg Wittmer

Tax Partner, Taxand

Turkey Tax Firm of the Year

Bezen & Partners

Centrum Auditing & Consulting

Deloitte

Esin Attorney Partnership

Nazali Attorney Partnership

Turkey Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year

Centrum Auditing & Consulting

Deloitte

Esin Attorney Partnership

PwC

UK Tax Firm of the Year

Baker McKenzie

Clifford Chance

DLA Piper

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom

Slaughter & May

White & Case

UK Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year

Baker McKenzie

DLA Piper

FTI Consulting, WTS Global

Simmons & Simmons

Ukraine Tax Firm of the Year

Avellum

Baker McKenzie

Deloitte

PwC

WTS Tax Legal Consulting / KM Partners

Ukraine Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year

Deloitte

DLA Piper

EUCON Legal Group

WTS Tax Legal Consulting / KM Partners

Individual Awards

Tax Litigation and Disputes Practice Leader of the Year

Tassos Anastassiadis, Platis Anastassiadis & Associates - EY

Hans Severin Hansen, Plesner

Vadim Medvedev, Avellum

Eric Meier, Baker McKenzie

Serena Cabrita Neto, PLMJ

Transfer Pricing Practice Leader of the Year

Magdalena Marciniak, Michalik Dłuska Dziedzic & Partnerzy

Antonio Russo, Baker McKenzie

Mohamed Serokh, PwC

Stefano Simontacchi, BonelliErede

Ronald van den Brekel, EY

Tax Practice Leader of the Year

Jackie Hess, Deloitte

Tiago Marreiros Moreira, Vieira de Almeida

Milen Raikov, EY

James Smith, Baker McKenzie

Tina Zetterlund, KPMG

In-house Awards

In-house Tax Team of the Year

Mastercard

Orsted

ProSiebenSat.1 Media SE

Technicolor

Zalando

In-house Transfer Pricing Team of the Year

AB Volvo

Aramex

DHL

Hitachi Automotive Systems Group

Syngenta

Zalando

In-house Indirect Tax Team of the Year

ABN Amro Bank

BASF

Spotify

In-house Tax Director of the Year

Mathias Hildebrandt, ProSiebenSat.1 Media SE

Jesper Anker Howes, Maersk Tankers

Marc Mokrab, Technicolor

In-house Transfer Pricing Director of the Year

Anders Allvin, AB Volvo

Patrycja Brzostowska, Zalando

Avni Dika, Syngenta

In-house Indirect Tax Director of the Year

Howard Hull, Al-Futtaim Group

Huub Stringer, ABN Amro Bank

Carolin Symmons, Spotify

Deals and Cases

Impact deals

Alawwal Bank/Saudi British Bank merger: Abuhimed Alsheikh & Alhagbani Law Firm; Allen & Overy; Baker McKenzie; Clifford Chance; Dr Sultan Almasoud & Partners; Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer; Khoshaim & Associates; Abdulaziz Al-Alajlan & Partners; Linklaters; PwC; Shearman & Sterling; Slaughter & May
Dassault Systèmes acquisition of Medidata: Clifford Chance; Bredin Prat; Norton Rose Fulbright, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
E.ON acquisition of stake in Innogy: Allen & Overy; Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer; Gibson Dunn; Hengeler Mueller; Ihrig & Anderson; Linklaters; SZA Schilling Zutt & Anschütz
KKR acquisition of a stake in Axel Springer: Arnold; Allen & Overy; Deloitte; Flick Gocke Schaumburg; Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer; Hengeler Mueller; Linklaters; Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy; Sullivan & Cromwell; White & Case
LVMH acquisition of Belmond: Baker McKenzie; Weil Gotshal & Manges
Naspers spin-off of MultiChoice Group: Webber Wentzel
Nexi IPO: BonelliErede; Bonn Steichen & Partners; Kirkland & Ellis; Latham & Watkins; Legance; Linklaters; Pirola Pennuto Zei & Associati; Weil Gotshal & Manges
Saudi Aramco IPO: Latham & Watkins; PwC; The Law Office of Megren M Al-Shaalan; The Law Office of Salman M Al-Sudairi; White & Case
Takeda acquisition of Shire: Arthur Cox; Davis Polk & Wardwell; Linklaters; Mourant Ozannes; Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu; Nishimura & Asahi; PwC; Slaughter & May
Thales acquisition of Gemalto: Allen & Overy; Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton; Darrois Villey Maillot Brochier; NautaDutilh; Norton Rose Fulbright; Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Impact cases

France vs. Google: Baker McKenzie
Denmark vs Microsoft Denmark: Kromann Reumert
Italy vs Agusta Holding: Di Tanno e Associati; Macchi Di Cellere Gangemi Offices
N Luxembourg 1, X Denmark, C Danmark I and Z Denmark vs the Danish Ministry of Taxation: Arendt & Medernach; Kammeradvokaten/Poul Schmith; Kromann Reumert; Nielsen Nørager; Plesner
Netherlands v Commission/Starbucks Corp and Starbucks Manufacturing EMEA v Commission: Osborne Clarke
News UK v HMRC: Deloitte
Sasol Oil v CSARS: Webber Wentzel
Spain v Ikea: Vialegis Dutilh Abogados
Sweden v Absolut: EY
T Denmark and Y Denmark vs the Danish Ministry of Taxation: Arendt & Medernach; Kammeradvokaten/Poul Schmith; Kromann Reumert; Nielsen Nørager; Plesner

Regional Awards

Diversity & Inclusion Firm of the Year

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, UK

Deloitte Finland

Esin Attorney Partnership, a member firm of Baker & McKenzie International

Hansuke Consulting

KPMG in Sweden

US Tax Firm of the Year

Baker McKenzie

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Mayer Brown

Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom

White & Case

Best Newcomer

Savov & Partners

Taxatelier

TransFair Pricing Solutions

Walless

WTS Dhruva Consultants

CJEU Firm of the Year

Baker McKenzie

Cobalt

Plesner

White & Case

Tax Innovator of the Year

Avellum

Deloitte

Thomson Reuters

Vieira de Almeida

Tax Technology Firm of the Year

Avalara

Deloitte

Taxamo

Thomson Reuters

Tax Compliance and Reporting Firm of the Year

CMS

Deloitte

KPMG

WTS Global

Tax Policy Firm of the Year

PwC

The Best Friends network

Valente Associati GEB Partners/Crowe Valente

Vieira de Almeida

Indirect Tax Firm of the Year

Baker McKenzie

Deloitte

DLA Piper

KPMG

PwC

WTS Global

Tax Litigation and Disputes Firm of the Year

Baker McKenzie

CMS

Deloitte

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

The Best Friends network

WTS Global

Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year

Baker McKenzie
Deloitte
EY
KPMG
Loyens & Loeff
PwC
WTS Global

Tax Firm of the Year

Baker McKenzie

Clifford Chance

Deloitte

KPMG

Stibbe

The Best Friends network

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