The shortlist for the fifth annual Euromoney Legal Media Group Americas Women in Business Law Awards has been announced. For the 2016 nominees, please see below.
The individual practice area awards recognise the best lawyer in each practice area. The firm awards will celebrate the best initiatives for gender diversity, innovation, minority women, mentoring, work-life balance, pro bono work and talent management, as well as best in country/region.
Euromoney Legal Media Group will reward the best in-house teams as well as individual in-house women lawyers. Other awards that will be announced at the dinner include Outstanding Practitioner and Lifetime Achievement Awards as well as awards for women rising stars and editor's choice awards for the best women lawyers in Latin America. Victoria Espinel, President and CEO of BSA The Software Alliance, will be giving the keynote speech this year.
The awards ceremony will take place on Thursday, June 9 at Essex House in New York. To reserve your place, please email Alissa Rozen at arozen@euromoneyny.com, or call +1-212-224-3673.
The individuals and firms nominated are based on preliminary research and submissions. If you would like to discuss the nominations with one of the Euromoney Legal Media Group team, please email LMGAwards@euromoneyplc.com.
PRACTICE AREA NOMINEES
Best in antitrust/competition
Katherine Kay, Stikeman Elliott
Yvonne Quinn, Sullivan & Cromwell
Amanda Reeves, Latham & Watkins
Hollis Salzman, Robins Kaplan
Fiona Schaeffer, Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy
Christine Varney, Cravath Swaine & Moore
Cristianne Saccab Zarzur, Pinheiro Neto Advogados
Best in aviation
Elizabeth Evans, Dentons
Eileen Gleimer, Crowell & Moring
Erin Van Laanen, McAfee & Taft
Anita Mosner, Holland & Knight
Alina Nassar, Nassar Abogados
Jennifer Trock, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman
Best in banking & finance (inc. project finance)
Jean Anderson, Goodmans
Angela Fontana, Sidley Austin
Cynthia Urda Kassis, Shearman & Sterling
Courtney Marcus, Weil Gotshal & Manges
Inosi Nyatta, Sullivan & Cromwell
Melissa Raciti-Knapp, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Stephanie Teicher, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
Sarah Ward, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
Best in capital markets
Isabel Costa Carvalho, Hogan Lovells
LizabethAnn Eisen, Cravath Swaine & Moore
Stacy Kanter, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
Deanna Kirkpatrick, Davis Polk & Wardwell
Francesca Odell, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Anna Pinedo, Morrison & Foerster
Roxane Reardon, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Antonia Stolper, Shearman & Sterling
Best in commercial arbitration
Julie Bédard, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
Lisa Henneberry, Squire Patton Boggs
Caline Mouawad, King & Spalding
Ann Ryan Robertson, Locke Lord
Claudia Salomon, Latham & Watkins
Ank Santens, White & Case
Jennifer Smith, Hogan Lovells
Best in copyright
Jennifer Barry, Latham & Watkins
Dale Cendali, Kirkland & Ellis
Sandra Crawshaw-Sparks, Proskauer Rose
Susan Kohlmann, Jenner & Block
Michelle Mancino Marsh, Arent Fox
Susan Natland, Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear
Lynda Zadra-Symes, Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear
Best in corporate governance
Claudia Allen, Katten Muchin Rosenman
Holly Gregory, Sidley Austin
Doreen Lilienfeld, Shearman & Sterling
Ellen Odoner, Weil Gotshal & Manges
Lizanne Thomas, Jones Day
Best in energy, natural resources & mining
Maria del Carmen, Estudio Echecopar (member firm of Baker & McKenzie)
Lisanne Crowley, Troutman Sanders
Gabriela Rachadell de Delgado, DLA InterJuris
Kirstin Gibbs, Morgan Lewis & Bockius
Patricia Hammes, Shearman & Sterling
Peggy Heeg, Norton Rose Fulbright
Cynthia Urda Kassis, Shearman & Sterling
Lisa Tonery, Norton Rose Fulbright
Best in environment
Adriana Mathias Baptista, TozziniFreire Advogados
Kerri Barsh, Greenberg Traurig
Lynn Grayson, Jenner & Block
Jennifer Hernandez, Holland & Knight
Betty Moy Huber, Davis Polk & Wardwell
Mary Mendoza, Haynes and Boone
Alexandria Pike, Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg
Lucinda Starrett, Latham & Watkins
Best in financial regulation
Katherine Mooney Carroll, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Barbara Mendelson, Morrison & Foerster
Sharon Nelles, Sullivan & Cromwell
Camille Orme, Sullivan & Cromwell
Patricia Robinson, Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz
Reena Agrawal Sahni, Shearman & Sterling
Margaret Tahyar, Davis Polk & Wardwell
Best in insolvency & restructuring
Dianne Coffino, Covington & Burling
Pamela Huff, Blake Cassels & Graydon
Natasha Labovitz, Debevoise & Plimpton
Jacqueline Marcus, Weil Gotshal & Manges
Nancy Mitchell, Greenberg Traurig
Madlyn Gleich Primoff, Kaye Scholer
Lisa Schweitzer, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Best in insurance & reinsurance
Kara Baysinger, Dentons
Robin Cohen, McKool Smith
Laura Foggan, Wiley Rein
Mary Beth Forshaw, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Paula Litt, Honigman Business Law Firm
Susan Stone, Sidley Austin
Donna Vobornik, Dentons
Best in investment Funds
Erica Berthou, Debevoise & Plimpton
Sarah Davidoff, Ropes & Gray
Olga Gutman, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Nora Jordan, Davis Polk & Wardwell
Elizabeth Lenas, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Andrea Schwartzman, Latham & Watkins
Rebecca Silberstein, Debevoise & Plimpton
Best in labor & employment
Elise Bloom, Proskauer Rose
Catherine Conway, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
Liz Gordillo, Arias & Muñoz
Lynne Hermle, Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe
Camille Olson, Seyfarth Shaw
Andrea Rattner, Proskauer Rose
Mihoko Sirley Kimura, TozziniFreire Advogados
Best in life sciences
Lori Cohen, Greenberg Traurig
Peg Donahue Hall, Dentons
Daryn Grossman, Proskauer Rose
Nina Gussack, Pepper Hamilton
Judith Hasko, Latham & Watkins
Brenda Herschbach Jarrell, Choate Hall & Stewart
Pamela Yates, Kaye Scholer
Best in litigation
Hilarie Bass, Greenberg Traurig
Angela Burgess, Davis Polk & Wardwell
Sandra Goldstein, Cravath Swaine & Moore
Melanie Gray, Winston & Strawn
Sharon Nelles, Sullivan & Cromwell
Kathy Patrick, Gibbs & Bruns
Cheryl Scarboro, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Karen Patton Seymour, Sullivan & Cromwell
Beth Wilkinson, Wilkinson Walsh + Eskovitz
Best in media & entertainment
Nancy Bruington, Latham & Watkins
Sandra Crawshaw-Sparks, Proskauer Rose
Ruth Fisher, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
Sheri Jeffrey, Hogan Lovells
Tara Parker, Goodmans
Randi Singer, Weil Gotshal & Manges
Natalie Spears, Dentons
Best in mergers and acquisitions
Barbara Becker, Gibson Dunn
Patricia Menéndez Cambó, Greenberg Traurig
Audra Cohen, Sullivan & Cromwell
Sharon Flanagan, Sidley Austin
Clare O'Brien, Shearman & Sterling
Jennifer Perkins, Latham & Watkins
Alison Ressler, Sullivan & Cromwell
Faiza Saeed, Cravath Swaine & Moore
Best in patent
Meredith Martin Addy, Katten Muchin Rosenman
Sarah Chapin Columbia, McDermott Will & Emery
Laura Collada, Dumont Bergman Bider & Co
Mary-Olga Lovett, Greenberg Traurig
Christine Pallotta, Borden Ladner Gervais
Mika Mayer, Morrison & Foerster
Andrea Reister, Covington & Burling
Marcia Sundeen, Goodwin Procter
Best in private equity
Margaret Andrews Davenport, Debevoise & Plimpton
Samantha Horn, Stikeman Elliott
Yukako Kawata, Davis Polk & Wardwell
Marni Lerner, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Eileen Nugent, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
Marilyn French Shaw, Weil Gotshal & Manges
Taurie Zeitzer, Paul Weiss
Best in real estate
Lisa Brill, Shearman & Sterling
Pamela Duffy, Coblentz Patch Duffy & Bass
Amy Forbes, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
Sabrina Gherbaz, Torys
Nancy Lash, Greenberg Traurig
Mary Murphy, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
Deborah Ryan, Squire Patton Boggs
Jane Snoddy Smith, Norton Rose Fulbright
Best in structured finance (incl securitization & derivatives)
Janet Barbiere, Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe
Katharine Crost, Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe
Deborah Festa, Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy
Elizabeth Hardin, Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy
Laura Palma, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Donna Parisi, Shearman & Sterling
Anna Pinedo, Morrison & Foerster
Laura Swihart, Dechert
Best in tax
Lauren Angelilli, Cravath Swaine & Moore
Monica Biringer, Osler Hoskin & Harcourt
Julie Divola, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman
Kathleen Ferrell, Davis Polk & Wardwell
Jennifer Fuller, Fenwick & West
Michelle Jewett, Morrison & Foerster
Erika Nijenhuis, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Ana Cláudia Utumi, TozziniFreire Advogados
Mary Voce, Greenberg Traurig
Best in tax dispute resolution
Kim Marie Boylan, White & Case
Michelle Ferreira, Greenberg Traurig
Miriam Fisher, Latham & Watkins
Jennifer Fuller, Fenwick & West
Barbara Kaplan, Greenberg Traurig
Jean Pawlow, McDermott Will & Emery
Patricia Anne Rexford, Baker & McKenzie
Best in technology
Karen Ballack, Weil Gotshal & Manges
Suzanne Bell, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Daryn Grossman, Proskauer Rose
Cynthia Hess, Fenwick & West
Charan Sandhu, Weil Gotshal & Manges
Best in trademark
Jennifer Barry, Latham & Watkins
Jody Drake, Sughrue Mion
Susan Heller, Greenberg Traurig
Michelle Mancino Marsh, Arent Fox
Susan Natland, Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear
Monica Richman, Dentons
Karen Webb, Fenwick & West
Lynda Zadra-Symes, Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear
Best in transfer pricing
Kim Marie Boylan, White & Case
Cindy Hustad, Deloitte
Natalie Hoyer Keller, Kirkland & Ellis
Emma Purdy, PwC
Rema Serafi, KPMG
Jill Weise, Duff & Phelps
Best in wealth management
Linda Hirschson, Greenberg Traurig
Anne O’Brien, Caplin & Drysdale
Carlyn McCaffrey, McDermott Will & Emery
Donna Morgan, Mayer Brown
Georgiana Slade, Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy
Laura Twomey, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Diana Zeydel,Greenberg Traurig
Rising star: Corporate
Karessa Cain, Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz
Florencia Castagnola, Guyer & Regules
Ting Chen, Cravath Swaine & Moore
Candice Choh, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
Marilyn Lion, Debevoise & Plimpton
Rita-Anne O'Neill, Sullivan & Cromwell
Rising star: Finance
Joyce Bernasek, Osler Hoskin & Harcourt
Randi Bernstein, DLA Piper
Allison Fumai, Dechert
Manu Gayatrinath, Latham & Watkins
Sarah Payne, Sullivan & Cromwell
Jodi Schwimmer, Dechert
Cristina Tomiyama, Pinheiro Guimarães Advogados
Rising star: IP
Julie Bookbinder, Greenberg Traurig
Karla Islas, Dumont Bergman Bider & Co
Resa Schlossberg, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
Antonia Sequeira, Fenwick & West
Tara Reedy Sliva, Dentons
Anastasia Zhadina, Cowan Liebowitz & Latman
Rising star: Litigation
Amanda Davidoff, Sullivan & Cromwell
Lacy Lawrence, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
Stacy Nettleton, Weil Gotshal & Manges
Carrie Reilly, Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz
Cynthia Richman, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
Caroline Zalka, Weil Gotshal & Manges
Rising star: Tax
Amanda Heale, Osler Hoskin & Harcourt
Erika Litvak, Greenberg Traurig
Claribel Medina, Central Law Medina Rosenthal & Asociados
Sarah Ralph, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
Carolina Rozo, Philippi Prietocarrizosa & Uría
Camila Abrunhosa Tapias, TozziniFreire Advogados
In-house awards
In-house (over 50)
Amazon
Goldman Sachs
Nasdaq
Sony
The Gap
Yahoo
In-house (under 50)
Broadcom
FitBit
Lyft
Western Digital
Latin America
Argentina
Beretta Godoy
Bruchou Fernández Madero & Lombardi
Marval O’Farrell & Mairal
Mitrani Caballero Ojam & Ruiz Moreno Abogados
PAGBAM
Zang Bergel & Viñes Abogados
Brazil
Koury Lopes Advogados
Machado Meyer Sendacz & Opice Advogados
Mattos Filho Veiga Filho Marrey Jr e Quiroga Advogados
Pinheiro Neto Advogados
Siqueira Castro Advogados
TozziniFreire Advogados
Central Americas
Aczalaw
Alvarado y Asociados
Arias & Muñoz
Central Law
Nassar Attorneys At Law
Chile
Carey
Claro & Cía
CorreaGubbins
Covarrubias & Cía
Colombia
Cárdenas & Cárdenas Abogados
Gómez-Pinzón Zuleta Abogados
Posse Herrera Ruiz
Philippi Prietocarrizosa & Uría
Ecuador
Bustamante & Bustamante
Pérez Bustamante & Ponce Abogados
Romero Arteta Ponce Abogados
Mexico
Dumont Bergman Bider & Co
Galicia Abogados
Greenberg Traurig
Hogan Lovells
Mijares Angoitia Cortés y Fuentes
Von Wobeser & Sierra
Panama
Alemán Cordero Galindo & Lee
Arias Fábrega & Fábrega
Arias & Muñoz
Peru
Estudio Echecopar (member firm of Baker & McKenzie)
Delmar Ugarte Abogados
Miranda & Amado
Rodrigo Elías & Medrano
Uruguay
Cervieri Monsuárez & Asociados
Ferrere
Guyer & Regules
Hughes & Hughes
Venezuela
D’Empaire Reyna Abogados
DLA InterJuris Abogados
Estudio Antequera Parilli & Rodríguez
Mendoza Palacios Acedo Borjas Páez Pumar & Cía
North America
Canada
Cassels Brock & Blackwell
Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg
Gowling WLG
McCarthy Tétrault
Osler Hoskin & Harcourt
Smart & Biggar/Fetherstonhaugh
Stikeman Elliott
US Midwest
Dentons
DLA Piper
Greenberg Traurig
Holland & Knight
Latham & Watkins
McDermott Will & Emery
Sidley Austin
Squire Patton Boggs
Thompson Hine
US Northeast
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Debevoise & Plimpton
Duane Morris
Greenberg Traurig
Hogan Lovells
Holland & Knight
Latham & Watkins
Norton Rose Fulbright
Richards Kibbe & Orbe
Sidley Austin
Squire Patton Boggs
Weil Gotshal & Manges
US South
Duane Morris
Greenberg Traurig
Haynes and Boone
Holland & Knight
Norton Rose Fulbright
Squire Patton Boggs
Weil Gotshal & Manges
White & Case
US West
Covington & Burling
Davis Polk & Wardwell
Duane Morris
Greenberg Traurig
Fenwick & West
Holland & Knight
Latham & Watkins
Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy
Morrison & Foerster
O’Melveny & Myers
Sidley Austin
Squire Patton Boggs
FIRM OF THE YEAR NOMINEES
Best gender diversity initiative by national firm (Latin America)
Beretta Godoy
Galicia Abogados
Guyer & Regules
Machado Meyer Sendacz & Opice Advogados
Marval O’Farrell & Mairal
Philippi Prietocarrizosa & Uría
Siqueira Castro Advogados
TozziniFreire Advogados
Best gender diversity initiative by national firm (North America)
Fenwick & West
Haynes and Boone
Kenyon & Kenyon
McCarthy Tétrault
Schiff Hardin
Thompson Hine
Best gender diversity initiative by international firm
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Davis Polk & Wardwell
Latham & Watkins
Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCoy
Morrison & Foerster
O’Melveny & Myers
Shearman & Sterling
Weil Gotshal & Manges
Best international firm Latin America practice
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Covington & Burling
DLA Piper
Greenberg Traurig
Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCoy
Norton Rose Fulbright
Shearman & Sterling
Squire Patton Boggs
Most innovative international firm
Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Davis Polk & Wardwell
Latham & Watkins
Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCoy
O’Melveny & Myers
Weil Gotshal & Manges
White & Case
Best firm for diversity (Latin America)
Beretta Godoy
Central Law
Estudio Echecopar
Hughes & Hughes
TozziniFreire Advogados
Best firm for diversity (North America)
Cassels Brock & Blackwell
Fenwick & West
Haynes and Boone
McCarthy Tétrault
Richards Kibbe & Orbe
Schiff Hardin
Thompson Hine
Best international firm for diversity
Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft
Greenberg Traurig
Latham & Watkins
O’Melveny & Myers
Proskauer Rose
Shearman & Sterling
Weil Gotshal & Manges
White & Case
Best national mentoring program (Latin America)
Alvarado y Asociados
Beretta Godoy
Carey
Hughes & Hughes
Machado Meyer Sendacz & Opice Advogados
Philippi Prietocarrizosa & Uría
Siqueira Castro Advogados
TozziniFreire Advogados
Best national mentoring program (North America)
Cassels Brock & Blackwell
Fenwick & West
Haynes and Boone
McCarthy Tétrault
Schiff Hardin
Thompson Hine
Best international mentoring program
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Greenberg Traurig
Latham & Watkins
O’Melveny & Myers
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe
Sullivan & Cromwell
Weil Gotshal & Manges
White & Case
Best national firm for work-life balance (Latin America)
Alvarado y Asociados
Beretta Godoy
CorreaGubbins
Delmar Ugarte Abogados Estudio Echecopar (member firm of Baker & McKenzie)
Galicia Abogados
Gómez-Pinzón Zuleta
Marval O’Farrell & Mairal
Best national firm for work-life balance (North America)
Fenwick & West
Haynes and Boone
Hollingsworth
McCarthy Tétrault
Osler Hoskin & Harcourt
Thompson Hine
Best international firm for work-life balance
Debevoise & Plimpton
Latham & Watkins
Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCoy
Morrison & Foerster
Norton Rose Fulbright
O’Melveny & Myers
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
Best national firm for pro bono work (Latin America)
Arias & Muñoz
Beretta Godoy
Central Law
Delmar Ugarte Abogados
Hughes & Hughes
TozziniFreire Advogados
Best national firm for pro bono work (North America)
Fenwick & West
McCarthy Tétrault
Richards Kibbe & Orbe
Schiff Hardin
Best international firm for pro bono work
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Davis Polk & Wardwell
Debevoise & Plimpton
Dechert
Greenberg Traurig
Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCoy
O’Melveny & Myers
Weil Gotshal & Manges
Best national firm for talent management (Latin America)
Arias & Muñoz
Estudio Antequera Parilli & Rodríguez
Galicia Abogados
Hughes & Hughes
Machado Meyer Sendacz & Opice Advogados
Marval O’Farrell & Mairal
Siqueira Castro Advogados
Best national firm for talent management (North America)
Haynes and Boone
McCarthy Tétrault
Osler Hoskin & Harcourt
Thompson Hine
Best international firm for talent management
Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Davis Polk & Wardwell
Hogan Lovells
Holland & Knight
Latham & Watkins
Weil Gotshal & Manges
White & Case
Best national firm for women in business law (Latin America)
Arias & Muñoz
Beretta Godoy
Delmar Ugarte Abogados
Galicia Abogados
Hughes & Hughes
Machado Meyer Sendacz & Opice Advogados
Marval O’Farrell & Mairal
Philippi Prietocarrizosa & Uría
Siqueira Castro Advogados
TozziniFreire Advogados
Best national firm for women in business law (North America)
Cassels Brock & Blackwell
Fenwick & West
Haynes and Boone
McCarthy Tétrault
Osler Hoskin & Harcourt
Richards Kibbe & Orbe
Schiff Hardin
Thompson Hine
Best international firm for women in business law
Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Davis Polk & Wardwell
Debevoise & Plimpton
Greenberg Traurig
Latham & Watkins
Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCoy
Morrison & Foerster
O’Melveny & Myers
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe
Shearman & Sterling
Weil Gotshal & Manges
White & Case
