Women in Business Law Awards - Europe
Women in Business Law Awards - Europe

SHORTLIST 2021

We are proud to announce the 2021 finalists for the Europe awards. Lawyers from across a spectrum of practice areas, jurisdictions and sectors are represented on the shortlist. The mix of international firms and national practices provide a snapshot of the most advanced teams working in the legal profession today.

 

Winners will be announced on  24 June 2021.

SHORTLIST 2021

Firm awards

Practice area awards

Rising star awards

Jurisdiction awards

Firm awards

Gender Diversity - National Firm

Agmon & Co., Rosenberg Hacohen & Co.

Bär & Karrer

Lipa Meir & Co

Matheson

Niederer Kraft Frey

PwC Legal Żelaźnicki

Schellenberg Wittmer

Wolf Theiss

Mentorship Programme - National Firm

Arthur Cox

Castrén & Snellman

Cuatrecasas

Herzog Fox & Neeman

Matheson

Morais Leitão

Niederer Kraft Frey

PwC Legal Żelaźnicki

Wolf Theiss

Minority Women Lawyer – National Firm

Agmon & Co., Rosenberg Hacohen & Co.

Arthur Cox

Cuatrecasas

Herzog Fox & Neeman

Matheson

Moalem Weitemeyer Advokatpartnerselskab

Popov, Arnaudov & Partners

PwC Legal Żelaźnicki

Schellenberg Wittmer

Pro Bono -

National Firm

Bär & Karrer

Cobalt

Gómez-Acebo & Pombo

Herzog Fox & Neeman

Lipa Meir & Co

Popov, Arnaudov & Partners

Tadmor Levy & Co

VdA

William Fry

Talent Management - National Firm

Agmon & Co., Rosenberg Hacohen & Co.

Arthur Cox

Dorda

Herzog Fox & Neeman

Matheson

Morais Leitão

Niederer Kraft Frey

PLMJ

Wolf Theiss

Work-Life Balance – National Firm

Agmon & Co., Rosenberg Hacohen & Co.

Castrén & Snellman

Dorda

Matheson

Niederer Kraft Frey

PLMJ

PwC Legal Żelaźnicki

Schellenberg Wittmer

Wolf Theiss

Women in Business Law - National Firm

Agmon & Co., Rosenberg Hacohen & Co.

Arthur Cox

Castrén & Snellman

Cobalt

Herzog Fox & Neeman

Popov, Arnaudov & Partners

Portolano Cavallo Studio Legale

SPS Advogados

VdA

Gender diversity -

International Firm

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld

Baker McKenzie

Bird & Bird

Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft

Dentons

Greenberg Traurig

Sidley Austin

White & Case

Winston & Strawn

Mentorship Programme - International Firm

Baker McKenzie

Bird & Bird

Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft

Greenberg Traurig

White & Case

Winston & Strawn

Minority Women Lawyer – International Firm

Baker McKenzie

Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft

Dentons

Greenberg Traurig

White & Case

Winston & Strawn

Pro Bono -

International Firm

Baker McKenzie

Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton

Dentons

Greenberg Traurig

White & Case

Winston & Strawn

Talent Management - International Firm

Baker McKenzie

Bird & Bird

Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft

Dentons

White & Case

Winston & Strawn

Work-Life Balance – International Firm

Baker McKenzie

Bird & Bird

Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft

Dentons

Greenberg Traurig

White & Case

Winston & Strawn

Women in Business Law - International Firm

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld

Baker McKenzie

Bird & Bird

Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft

Dentons

Greenberg Traurig

White & Case

Winston & Strawn

Gender Diversity - North American Firm

Campbell Conroy & O'Neil

Davis Polk & Wardwell

Fenwick & West

Labaton Sucharow

Smart & Biggar

Practice area awards

Rising star awards

Jurisdiction awards

Firm awards

Practice area awards

Aviation Lawyer of the Year

Ana Marta Castro, VdA

Catherine Deane, McCann Fitzgerald

Donna Ager, Maples Group

Georgina O'Riordan, McCann Fitzgerald

Gülistan Baltacı Hatay, Dentons

Hilary Marren, McCann Fitzgerald

Mary Ward, William Fry

Yvonne McWeeney, Matheson

Banking and Finance Lawyer of the Year

Aleksandra Bańkowska, PwC Legal Żelaźnicki

Alexandra Valente, SRS Advogados

Anita Schläpfer, Schellenberg Wittmer

Denise Gibson, Allen & Overy

Mei Lian, Paul Hastings

Siobhan Carlin, William Fry

Tamsyn Mileham, Dentons

Vita Liberte, BDO

Debt Capital Markets Lawyer of the Year

Caroline Clemetson, Schellenberg Wittmer

Elaine Hanly, William Fry

Ilanit Landesman Yogev, Herzog Fox & Neeman

Maria Soares do Lago, Morais Leitão

Megan Schellinger, Baker McKenzie

Raquel Azevedo, PLMJ

Yulia Solomakhina, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton

Equity Capital Markets Lawyer of the Year

Anita Schläpfer, Schellenberg Wittmer

Caroline Clemetson, Schellenberg Wittmer

Gerli Kivisoo, Ellex

Gill Lohan, McCann Fitzgerald

Ilanit Landesman Yogev, Herzog Fox & Neeman

Maria Cortes Martins, Morais Leitão

Merja Kivelä, Castrén & Snellman

Raquel Azevedo, PLMJ

Sharon Werker-Sagy, Gornitzky & Co

Commercial Arbitration Lawyer of the Year

Anne Véronique Schlaepfer, White & Case

Carla Gonçalves Borges, VdA

Joana Granadeiro, Morais Leitão

Liz Tout, Dentons

Mariana França Gouveia, PLMJ

Martina Lucenti, Portolano Cavallo Studio Legale

Nadja Jaisli Kull, Bär & Karrer

Vilija Vaitkutė Pavan,  Ellex

Competition and Antitrust Lawyer of the Year

Frances Murphy, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius

Laura Treacy, McCann Fitzgerald

Mélanie Thill-Tayara, Dechert

Miranda Cole, Covington & Burling

Oksana Simonova, Baker McKenzie

Pernille Nørkær, Moalem Weitemeyer Advokatpartnerselskab

Rasa Zaščiurinskaitė, Cobalt

Strati Sakellariou-Witt, White & Case

Veronica Pinotti, White & Case

Copyright Lawyer of the Year

 

Fabienne Brison, Hoyng Rokh Monegier

Lydia Mendola, Portolano Cavallo Studio Legale

Manon Rieger-Jansen, Bird & Bird

Rachel Alexander, Wiggin

Ruth Hoy, DLA Piper

Vanessa Marsland, Clifford Chance

Corporate Governance Lawyer of the Year

Beatriz Araujo, Baker McKenzie

Duygu Gültekin, Baker McKenzie

Emma Doherty, Matheson

Magda Viçoso, Morais Leitão

Nieves Briz, Dentons

Pernille Nørkær, Moalem Weitemeyer Advokatpartnerselskab

Energy, Natural Resources, and Mining Lawyer of the Year

Ana Cremades Leguina, Pérez-Llorca

Ana Luís de Sousa, VdA

Anita Horváth, Dentons

Catarina Brito Ferreira, Morais Leitão

Inês Pinto da Costa, PLMJ

Katarzyna Kuźma, Domanski Zakrzewski Palinka

Triin Frosch, Ellex

Environment Lawyer of the Year

Diana Ettner, Morais Leitão

Ewa Rutkowska-Subocz, Dentons

Isabelle Larmuseau, LDR

Sinéad Oryszczuk, Covington & Burling

Tzipi Iser-Itsiq, Lipa Meir & Co

Ursula Schliessner, Jones Day

Vanessa Harvard-Williams, Linklaters

Financial Regulation Lawyer of the Year

Aleksandra Bańkowska, PwC Legal Żelaźnicki

Andrea Gritsch, Wolf Theiss

Annette Printz Nielsen, Bird & Bird

Deborah Hutton, Eversheds Sutherland

Ezra Zahabi, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld

Ilanit Landesman Yogev, Herzog Fox & Neeman

Imelda Higgins, McCann Fitzgerald

Katharine Harle, Dentons

Lisa Carty, William Fry

Insurance and Reinsurance Lawyer of the Year

April McClements, Matheson

Carla Azevedo Gomes, SPS Advogados

Evelyn Tjon-En-Fa, Bird & Bird

Margarida Torres Gama, Morais Leitão

Severine Hotellier, Dentons

International Trade Lawyer of the Year

Anzhela Makhinova, Sayenko Kharenko

Bärbel Sachs, Noerr

Clotilde du Parc, Van Bael & Bellis

Jennifer Revis, Baker McKenzie

Lourdes Catrain, Hogan Lovells

Meredith Rathbone, Steptoe & Johnson

Paulette Vander Schuer, Mayer Brown

Investment Funds Lawyer of the Year

Caroline Clemetson, Schellenberg Wittmer

Claire Armstrong, Dentons

Deborah Hutton, Eversheds Sutherland

Deirdre McIlvenna, Maples Group

Diala Minott, Paul Hastings

Lorena Dunne, William Fry

Mary Lavelle, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld

Michelle Ridge, Matheson

Mikhaelle Schiappacasse, Dechert

Labour and Employment Lawyer of the Year

Agnes Charpenet, Baker McKenzie

Dora Gaži Kovačević, Wolf Theiss

Joanne Hyde, Eversheds Sutherland

Katell Deniel-Allioux, Dentons

Lina Nemchenko, Baker McKenzie

Mary Brassil, McCann Fitzgerald

Ruth Bloch Riemer, Bär & Karrer

Suzanne Horne, Paul Hastings

Valerie Meyer Bahar, Niederer Kraft Frey

Life Sciences Lawyer of the Year

Bethan Hopewell, Powell Gilbert

Emmanuelle Porte, Bird & Bird

Fernanda Matoso, Morais Leitão

Francine Brogyányi, Dorda

Julie Yeni, Baker McKenzie

Laëtitia Bénard, Allen & Overy

Lucinda Osborne, Covington & Burling

Olivia Guéguen, Dentons

Penny Gilbert, Powell Gilbert

Litigation Lawyer of the Year

Aurélie Conrad Hari, Bär & Karrer

Beatriz Garcia, Pérez-Llorca

Carla Gonçalves Borges, VdA

Catherine Derrig, McCann Fitzgerald

Eve Mulconry, Arthur Cox

Evelyn Tjon-En-Fa, Bird & Bird

Joanelle O'Cleirigh, Arthur Cox

Katia Boneva Desmicht, Baker McKenzie

Rita Samoreno Gomes, PLMJ

M&A Lawyer of the Year

Amy Mahon, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett

Andrea Gritsch, Wolf Theiss

Ani Kusheva, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom

Anita Horváth, Dentons

Clara-Ann Gordon, Niederer Kraft Frey

Duygu Turgut, Baker McKenzie

Lyndsey Laverack, Sidley Austin

Patent Lawyer of the Year

Fiona O'Beirne, McCann Fitzgerald

Katrin Winkelmann, Eisenführ Speiser Patentanwälte

Laëtitia Bénard, Allen & Overy

Laura Scott, William Fry

Mari Must, Ellex

Penny Gilbert, Powell Gilbert

Privacy and Data Protection Lawyer of the Year

Adi Gillat, H-F & Co Law Offices

Clara Hainsdorf, White & Case

Ilay Yilmaz, Baker McKenzie

Laura Liguori, Portolano Cavallo Studio Legale

Lisa Peets, Covington & Burling

Marie McGinley, Eversheds Sutherland

Sara Henriques, SPS Advogados

Private Equity Lawyer of the Year

Amy Mahon, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett

Anu Balasubramanian, Paul Hastings

Bárbara Godinho Correia, PLMJ

Diana Ribeiro Duarte, Morais Leitão

Fatema Orjela, Sidley Austin

Lucy Bullock, White & Case

Manuela Cavallo, Portolano Cavallo Studio Legale

Product Liability Lawyer of the Year

Francesca Rolla, Hogan Lovells

Ina Brock, Hogan Lovells

Louisa Caswell, Addleshaw Goddard

Mariana Soares David, Morais Leitão

Nicole Boehler, Squire Patton Boggs

Samantha Silver, Kennedys

Valérie Ravit, Squire Patton Boggs

Wendy Hopkins, DAC Beachcroft

Project Finance Lawyer of the Year

Agnieszka Klich, Covington & Burling

Filipa Morais Alçada, Morais Leitão

Inês Pinto da Costa, PLMJ

Sibina Eftenova, Popov, Arnaudov & Partners

Teresa Empis Falcão, VdA

Vita Liberte, BDO

Real Estate Lawyer of the Year

Barbara Corsetti, Portolano Cavallo Studio Legale

Deepa Deb, Dentons

Jennifer Halpin, McCann Fitzgerald

Lina Nemchenko, Baker McKenzie

Lyndsey Laverack, Sidley Austin

Magdalena Brandstetter, Dorda

Patricia Pérez Lago, Bird & Bird

Sally Anne Stone, Matheson

Restructuring & Insolvency Lawyer of the Year

Aleksandra Bańkowska, PwC Legal Żelaźnicki

Andrea Gritsch, Wolf Theiss

Emma Simmonds, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld

Filipa Cotta, VdA

Jennifer Marshall, Allen & Overy

Magdalena Nitsche, Dorda

Shirley Ifrach-Azor, Lipa Meir & Co

Tessa Blank, Dentons

Shipping and Maritime Lawyer of the Year

Ana Cristina Pimentel, Ana Cristina Pimentel & Associados

Ann Fenech, Fenech & Fenech Advocates

Christine Ezcutari, Norton Rose Fulbright

Claudia Santos Cruz, Morais Leitão

Elinor Dautlich, HFW

Helen Noble, Noble Shipping Law

Lindsey Keeble, Watson Farley Williams

Structured Finance and Securitisation Lawyer of the Year

Assia Damianova, Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft

Benedita Aires, VdA

Claire Puddicombe, Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft

Diala Minott, Paul Hastings

Maria Soares do Lago, Morais Leitão

Mei Lian, Paul Hastings

Tax Lawyer of the Year

Elvira Tulvik, Magnusson

Laura Hoyland, White & Case

Sabina Comis, Dechert

Serena Cabrita Neto, PLMJ

Sonya Manzor, William Fry

Susanne Schreiber, Bär & Karrer

Véronique Millischer, Baker McKenzie

Tax Dispute Resolution Lawyer of the Year

Ariana Calloud, Baker McKenzie

Giuliana Polacco, Bird & Bird

Isabel Santos Fidalgo, Morais Leitão

Jessica Eden, Baker McKenzie

Sandija Novicka, Cobalt

Sandra Hazan, Dentons

Serena Cabrita Neto, PLMJ

Tech, Media, and Telecommunications Lawyer of the Year

Ilay Yilmaz, Baker McKenzie

Jane Pinho, Covington & Burling

Katarzyna (Kasia) Czapracka, White & Case

Marie McGinley, Eversheds Sutherland

Sylvia Lorenz, White & Case

Zoe Butler, Powell Gilbert

Trademark Lawyer of the Year

Aurélia Marie, Cabinet Beau de Loménie

Carina Gommers, Wiggin

Evelyne Roux, Regimbeau

Florence Verhoestraete, NautaDutilh

Jessica Le Gros, Baker McKenzie

Manon Rieger-Jansen, Bird & Bird

Marie McGinley, Eversheds Sutherland

Maureen Daly, Beauchamps

Transfer Pricing Lawyer of the Year

Annie Devoy, PwC

Caroline Silberztein, Baker McKenzie

Catherine Galvin, Matheson

Evgenia Veter, EY

Iwona Georgijew, Deloitte Poland

Natalie Reypens, Loyens & Leoff

Sabine Bernegger, KPMG

Trusts and Estates Lawyer of the Year

Agnes Charpenet, Baker McKenzie

Andrea Dorjee-Good, Schellenberg Wittmer

Ceris Gardner, Maurice Turnor Gardner

Inês Pinto Leite, Morais Leitão

Shân Warnock-Smith QC, 5 Stone Buildings

Susan O'Connell, O’Connell Brennan

Tina Wüstemann, Bär & Karrer

Tracey Angus QC, 5 Stone Buildings

White Collar Crime Lawyer of the Year

Audrey Byrne, McCann Fitzgerald

Elizabeth Robertson, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom

Hila Shimon, Gornitzky & Co

Ilaria Curti, Portolano Cavallo Studio Legale

Joanna Ludlam, Baker McKenzie

Judith Aron, Dentons

Karyn Harty, McCann Fitzgerald

Rising star awards

Jurisdiction awards

Firm awards

Practice area awards

Rising star awards

Corporate Rising Star

Diana Ribeiro Duarte, Morais Leitão

Janine Reudt-Demont, Niederer Kraft Frey

Jasdeep Rai, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld

Máire O'Neill, William Fry

Nina Moffatt, Paul Hastings

Sofia Bobone, VdA

Vera Naegeli, Bär & Karrer

Zuzana Hodoňová, Wolf Theiss

Finance Rising Star

Inderveer Hothi, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld

Juanita Derex-Briggs, White & Case

Kate Sinclair, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett

Laura Houlihan, William Fry

MaameYaa Kwafo-Akoto, Allen & Overy

Paulina Kimla-Kaczorowska, Greenberg Traurig

Priyanka Usmani, Baker McKenzie

Smridhi Gulati, Dechert

Vanessa Lawlor, Maples Group

Victoria Wyer, Dentons

IP Rising Star

Alexandra Ciarnau, Dorda

Karla Hughes, Allen & Overy

Mine Güner Sunay, Baker McKenzie

Nina Dorenbosch, Bird & Bird

Rachel Wilkinson-Duffy, Baker McKenzie

Tess Waldron, Powell Gilbert

Tímea Bana, Dentons

Zuzana Hodoňová, Wolf Theiss

Litigation Rising Star

Judith Mulholland, Baker McKenzie

Laurie Achtouk-Spivak, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton

Clare Carroll, McCann Fitzgerald

Ciara FitzGerald, McCann Fitzgerald

Clara Poglia, Schellenberg Wittmer

Anne Robert, Sidley Austin

Mariana Pinto Ramos, VdA

Anneka Randhawa, White & Case

Tax Rising Star

Caroline Austin, Matheson

Dagmara Cisowska, Dentons

Emily Au, Bird & Bird

Inês Moreira dos Santos, VdA

Inês Pinto Leite, Morais Leitão

Natalie Dunne, Baker McKenzie

Teresa Teixeira Mota, VdA

Jurisdiction awards

Firm awards

Practice area awards

Rising star awards

Jurisdiction awards

Austria

Barnert Egermann Illigasch

Dorda

Wolf Theiss

Baltics

BDO

Cobalt

Ellex

Magnusson

Benelux

Arendt & Medernach

Bird & Bird

De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek

Dentons

NautaDutilh

Sidley Austin

White & Case

Central Europe

Allen & Overy

Bird & Bird

Dentons

White & Case

Wolf Theiss

Eastern Europe

Baker McKenzie

Caspian Legal Center

Dentons

Popv Arnaudov & Partners

France

Allen & Overy

Baker McKenzie

Bird & Bird

Dechert

Dentons

Paul Hastings

White & Case

Germany

Dentons

Eisenführ Speiser Patentanwälte

White & Case

Ireland

Allen & Overy

Arthur Cox

Eversheds Sutherland

Maples Group

Matheson

McCann FitzGerald

Pinsent Masons

William Fry

Israel

Agmon & Co Rosenberg Hacohen & Co

Gornitzky & Co

Herzog Fox & Neeman

H-F & Co

Lipa Meir

Pearl Cohen

Tadmor Levy

Italy

Bird & Bird

Chiomenti

Dentons

Portolano Cavallo

White & Case

Poland

Dentons

Domanski Zakrzewski Palinka

Greenberg Traurig

PwC Legal

White & Case

Portugal

CCSL Advogados

Enes | Cabral

Gómez-Acebo & Pombo

Morais Leitão

PLMJ

SPS Advogados

SRS Advogados

VdA

Russia

Baker McKenzie

BLS

Dentons

Vakhnina and Partners

White & Case

Scandinavia

Bird & Bird

Borenius

Castrén & Snellman

Moalem Weitemeyer Advokatpartnerselskab

White & Case

Spain

Bird & Bird

Cuatrecasas

Dentons

Gómez-Acebo & Pombo

Perez – Llorca

Switzerland

Bär & Karrer

Niederer Kraft Frey

Shellenberg Wittmer

White & Case

UK 

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld

Baker McKenzie

Bird & Bird

Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft

Dentons

Powell Gilbert

Stetfords Solicitors

White & Case

Winston & Strawn