EUROPEAN TAX AWARDS 2012 – WINNERS

Firms made submissions for work done between January 1 2011 and December 31 2011.

The awards will be judged according to:

•Size (Not conclusive, though it does indicate what a tax team is capable of taking on)

•Innovation (Did the advice the firm gave show something more than the straightforward answer that is commonly used?)

•Complexity (Did the matter address tax issues that were out of the ordinary and what ingenuity did the firm show to solve them?)

NATIONAL TAX AND TRANSFER PRICING

Winners in bold

AustriaTax Firm of the Year

Deloitte

TJP

Wolf Theiss

AustriaTransfer Pricing Firm of the Year

Deloitte

Ernst & Young

KPMG

LeitnerLeitner

PwC

Baltic States Tax Firm of the Year

Deloitte

Ernst & Young

LAWIN

PwC

Sorainen

Baltic States Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year

Deloitte

Ernst & Young

PwC

Sorainen

Varul

Belgium Tax Firm of the Year

Allen & Overy

Baker & McKenzie

Deloitte

DLA Piper

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

KPMG

Liedekerke

Linklaters

Loyens & Loeff

Mayer Brown

PwC

BelgiumTransfer Pricing Firm of the Year

Deloitte

Mayer Brown

PwC

Central European Tax Firm of the Year

Deloitte

Ernst & Young

PwC

Central European Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year

Deloitte

Ernst & Young

PwC

Transfer Pricing Services

Viboal Consulting

Cyprus Tax Firm of the Year

Consulco

Deloitte

Eurofast Taxand

DenmarkTax Firm of the Year

Deloitte

Hannes Snellman

Plesner

DenmarkTransfer Pricing Firm of the Year

Deloitte

Ernst & Young

Kromann Reumert

Plesner

FinlandTax Firm of the Year

Alder & Sound

Borenius– Taxand Finland

Deloitte

Ernst & Young

KPMG

Finland – Transfer Pricing

Alder & Sound

Borenius– Taxand Finland

Deloitte

Ernst & Young

PwC

FranceTax Firm of the Year

Arsene Taxand

Baker & McKenzie

Bredin Prat

DLA Piper

Ernst & Young

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Herbert Smith

Hogan Lovells

Latham & Watkins

Linklaters

Sullivan & Cromwell

Taj

France Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year

Arsene Taxand

Ernst & Young

Mayer Brown

Taj

GermanyTax Firm of the Year

Allen & Overy

Baker & McKenzie

DLA Piper

Ernst & Young

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Hogan Lovells

Latham & Watkins

Linklaters

Luther Taxand

GermanyTransfer Pricing Firm of the Year

Baker & McKenzie

Ernst & Young

Oppenhoff & Partner

PwC

Greece Tax Firm of the Year

Deloitte

Ernst & Young

Koutalidis

Zepos & Yannopoulos– Taxand Greece

GreeceTransfer Pricing Firm of the Year

Deloitte

Ernst & Young

PwC

Zepos & Yannopoulos – Taxand Greece

HungaryTax Firm of the Year

Deloitte

DLA Piper

Ernst & Young

Kinstellar

PwC

HungaryTransfer Pricing Firm of the Year

Deloitte

Ernst & Young

Ireland Tax Firm of the Year

A&L Goodbody

Arthur Cox

Deloitte

William Fry Tax Advisors – TaxandIreland

Ireland Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year

Deloitte

PwC

ItalyTax Firm of the Year

Allen & Overy

Baker & McKenzie

Bonelli Erede & Pappalardo

Deloitte

DLA Piper

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Hogan Lovells

Maisto e Associati

Valente Associati GEB Partners

ItalyTransfer Pricing Firm of the Year

Baker & McKenzie

Bonelli Erede & Pappalardo

Deloitte

DLA Piper

Ernst & Young

Valente Associati GEB Partners

LuxembourgTax Firm of the Year

Allen & Overy

Atoz-Taxand Luxembourg

Baker & McKenzie

Deloitte

Luxembourg Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year

Altus

Deloitte

KPMG

PwC

MaltaTax Firm of the Year

Avanzia Taxand

Deloitte

Ernst & Young

KPMG

Netherlands Tax Firm of the Year

Baker & McKenzie

Deloitte

DLA Piper

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Simmons & Simmons

Stibbe

VMW Taxand

NetherlandsTransfer Pricing Firm of the Year

Baker & McKenzie

Deloitte

DLA Piper

NorwayTax Firm of the Year

Deloitte

Ernst & Young

KPMG

NorwayTransfer Pricing Firm of the Year

Deloitte

Ernst & Young

PolandTax Firm of the Year

Baker & McKenzie

Deloitte

DLA Piper

Ernst & Young

MDDP

PwC

Accreo Taxand

PolandTransfer Pricing Firm of the Year

Deloitte

Ernst & Young

MDDP

PwC

PortugalTax Firm of the Year

Baker Tilly Portugal

Ernst & Young

Garrigues – Taxand Portugal

KPMG

PLMJ

PwC

Vieira de Almeida & Associados

Portugal Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year

Ernst & Young

KPMG

PwC

RussiaTax Firm of the Year

Deloitte

Ernst & Young

KPMG

Pepeliaev Group – Taxand Russia

RussiaTransfer Pricing Firm of the Year

Ernst & Young

KPMG

Pepeliaev Group – Taxand Russia

PwC

South Africa Tax Firm of the Year

Deloitte

ENS – Taxand South Africa

South Africa Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year

Deloitte

Ernst & Young

PwC

ENS – Taxand South Africa

Spain Tax Firm of the Year

Baker & McKenzie

Deloitte

DLA Piper

Ernst & Young

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Garrigues – Taxand

Hogan Lovells

Latham & Watkins

Linklaters

Uría Menéndez

SpainTransfer Pricing Firm of the Year

Baker & McKenzie

Deloitte

Ernst & Young

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

KPMG

SwedenTax Firm of the Year

Deloitte

Ernst & Young

Grant Thornton

KPMG

SwedenTransfer Pricing Firm of the Year

Deloitte

Ernst & Young

Grant Thornton

KPMG

SwitzerlandTax Firm of the Year

Deloitte

Ernst & Young

PwC

Tax Partner - Taxand Switzerland

SwitzerlandTransfer Pricing Firm of the Year

Deloitte

Ernst & Young

KPMG

PwC

Turkey Tax Firm of the Year

Deloitte

Erdikler – Taxand Turkey

Ernst & Young

Mazars Denge

TurkeyTransfer Pricing Firm of the Year

Deloitte

Ernst & Young

Mazars/Denge

UkraineTax Firm of the Year

Deloitte

DLA Piper

Ernst & Young

Sayenko Kharenko

Ulysses

UkraineTransfer Pricing Firm of the Year

Ernst & Young

Ulysses

UKTax Firm of the Year

Baker & McKenzie

Deloitte

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Herbert Smith

Hogan Lovells

Latham & Watkins

Linklaters

Simmons & Simmons

Slaughter and May

Sullivan & Cromwell

Taylor Wessing

UK Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year

Deloitte

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Grant Thornton

PwC

EUROPEAN FIRMS OF THE YEAR 2012

European Tax Firm of the Year

Baker & McKenzie

Deloitte

DLA Piper

Ernst & Young

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Hogan Lovells

Koutalidis

KPMG

Latham & Watkins

Linklaters

PwC

Taxand

European Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year

Baker & McKenzie

Deloitte

Ernst & Young

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

PwC

Taxand

European Tax Disputes Firm of the Year

Baker & McKenzie

Berwin Leighton Paisner

Deloitte

DLA Piper

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Herbert Smith

Hogan Lovells

Linklaters

Uría Menéndez

European Indirect Tax Firm of the Year

Baker & McKenzie

DLA Piper

Herbert Smith

KPMG

Küffner Maunz Langer Zugmaier

PwC

Taxand

In-House Team of the Year - Direct Tax

SABMiller

Sony

RBS

Rio Tinto

EMI

Aegis Group

AstraZeneca

Rolls-Royce

Mubadala

In-House Team of the Year - Indirect Tax

E.ON Energy Trading

Michelin

De Agostini

Scheuten Solar Technology

Rank

Procter & Gamble Global Business Systems Group

European Capital Markets Tax Team of the Year

Arthur Cox

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Koutalidis

Linklaters

Slaughter and May

Sullivan & Cromwell

Uría Menéndez

European M&A Tax Team of the Year

A&L Goodbody

Arthur Cox

Bredin Prat

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Herbert Smith

Latham & Watkins

Linklaters

Slaughter and May

Weil Gotshal & Manges

European Financial Services Tax Team of the Year

A&L Goodbody

Arthur Cox

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Koutalidis

Latham & Watkins

Linklaters

Simmons & Simmons

Uría Menéndez

European Energy Tax Team of the Year

DLA Piper

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Herbert Smith

KPMG

Taylor Wessing

European Media & Entertainment Tax Team of the Year

Baker & McKenzie

Deloitte

Hogan Lovells

Latham & Watkins

Sullivan & Cromwell

Taylor Wessing

Weil Gotshal & Manges

European Private Equity Tax Team of the Year

Baker & McKenzie

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

KPMG

Linklaters

Simmons & Simmons

Taxand

CJEU Firm of the Year – Direct Tax

Baker & McKenzie - Waypoint Aviation

De Brauw Blackstone – National Grid Indus

De Pardieu Brocas Maffei–Accor

Garrigues – Taxand Portugal − FOGGIA

LeitnerLeitner – Haribo/Salinen

Meilicke Hoffman & Partner – Meilicke

CJEU Firm of the Year – Indirect Tax

Crowell & Moring; Yordanova, Rizova & Partners- Enel Maritsa

Deloitte - Rank

Ernst & Young Finland – Nordea Pankii

Ernst & Young Germany – Scheuten Solar Technology

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer - GFKL

Janson Baugniet – Vandoorne

Łukasz Szmit Legal Office - Inter-Mark Group

TPA Horwath – Auto Nikolovi

US Law Firm in Europe

Baker & McKenzie

Latham & Watkins

Mayer Brown

Sullivan & Cromwell

Weil Gotshal & Manges

Best Newcomer

Alder & Sound

Altus Alliance

Baker Tilly Portugal

Hannes Snellman’s Danish tax practice

TJP

Viboal Consulting

European Tax Policy Firm of the Year

Arthur Cox

Baker & McKenzie

Deloitte

Ernst & Young

Koutalidis

PwC

Taxand

European Tax Innovator of the Year

Alder & Sound

Alvarez and Marsal Tax Technology & Procter & Gamble Global Business Systems Group

Deloitte

Transfer Pricing Technologies

PLMJ

Taxand

Thomson Reuters

Vertex

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