Lawdragon 500 Leading Global Tax Lawyers

The Lawdragon selection process has been created over 35 years of researching and reporting on the legal profession and creating guides to the most effective legal professionals. Our team brings more than 100 years in the lawyer reporting and information business.

The foundation of our selection is in journalism. We research each guide extensively, studying which lawyers and law practices have had significant impact, including an emphasis on recent matters handled. We accept submissions and review them alongside thousands of candidates we identify and consider for each guide. We also work with editorial advisors in each substantive area to develop the focus of the guide and identify talent.

Lawyers featured in this guide will, at heart, be experts in the art and navigation of tax laws – providing the legal infrastructure that allow companies to be combined, executives to be incentivized, assets to be protected and liabilities addressed. It’s the M&A lawyers who get the headlines, but every great Dealmaker has an amazing Tax lawyer at her side. This guide is global and will include outstanding tax lawyers who range from local legends to worldly whizzes. This guide will also include those gurus who help the ultra-wealthy – call them high-net worth, private client, family office, what have you – deal with the problem of so much money, so little time. We are also including lawyers adept at tax controversy, going up against tax collection bodies such as the U.S. Internal Revenue Service after an audit or other inquiry.

Selection for The Lawdragon 500 Leading Global Tax Lawyers guide typically requires a lawyer to have shown outstanding skills for at least 15 years in practice, with extremely rare exceptions. Similarly, virtually all will be partners in their law practice or hold a designation that indicates the regard of those with whom they practice. Leadership within their practice in a firm and or in relevant bar organizations is considered.

You can submit nominations at our online portal, which takes 2 minutes and allows anyone to share information on great tax lawyers.

Lawdragon is proudly inclusive and searches for qualified women, minority, LGBTQ+, military veterans and other attorneys who lend an additional perspective to the heights of taxing matters.