Euromoney Legal Media Group Asia Women in Business Law Awards 2015: Winners announced

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Euromoney Legal Media Group Asia Women in Business Law Awards 2015: Winners announced

The best female lawyers from across the region gathered at the JW Marriott in Hong Kong on November 11 to celebrate the advancement of women in the legal profession at the fifth Euromoney Legal Media Group Asia Women in Business Law Awards

Ada Chung, Registrar of Companies of the Companies Registry of Hong Kong began the evening with a keynote speech to an audience of in-house and private practitioners. The attendees had gathered to celebrate the achievements of law firms setting the standard in female-friendly working practices, and women leading the field in practice areas across Asia.

Attending guests also heard speeches on behalf of the lifetime achievement winner Zia Mody and from the outstanding practitioner winner, Michelle Taylor of Jones Day.

In the firm categories, Hogan Lovells was named to have the best gender diversity initiative by international firm, and also received the prize for best international firm China practice. In other international categories, Bryan Cave collected the award for best firm for diversity. Deacons was the winner in the national firm for talent management, with Gilbert + Tobin taking home best national firm for women in business law.

A full list of winners is detailed below.

INDIVIDUAL AWARDS

Best in banking and finance

Anne-Marie Godfrey, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld

Best in capital markets

Kaya Proudian, White & Case

Best in competition and antitrust

Kala Anandarajah, Rajah & Tann

Best in corporate governance

Kristi Lynn Swartz, Bryan Cave

Best in dispute resolution

Jelita Pandjaitan, Linklaters

Best in energy and natural resources

Carolyn Dong, DLA Piper

Best in insolvency and restructuring

Helena Huang, King & Wood Mallesons

Best in IP litigation

Christine Yiu, Bird & Bird

Best in labour and employment

Laure de Panafieu, Linklaters

Best in M&A and private equity

Jeanette Chan, Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison

Best in offshore

Ann Ng, Maples & Calder

Best in patent and trade mark prosecution

Peggy Cheung, Jones Day

Best in real estate

Dorothy Marie Ng, WongPartnership

Best in shipping

Vivian Ang, Allen & Gledhill

Best in structured finance

Kate Allchurch, Ashurst

Best in tax

Yvonne Beh, Wong & Partners

Best in TMT

Gabriela Kennedy, Mayer Brown JSM

Best in transfer pricing

Tae-Yeon Nam, Kim & Chang


RISING STAR WINNERS

Rising star: Corporate

Charlotte Evans, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Rising star: Finance

Karen Lam, Linklaters

Rising star: IP

Clarice Yue, Bird & Bird

Rising star: Litigation

Natalie Yap, Watson Farley & Williams

Rising star: Tax

Tae Hee Kim, Lee & Ko



COUNTRY AWARDS

Australia

Bird & Bird

Brunei

Abrahams Davidson & Co

China – PRC firm

Dacheng Law Offices

China – international firm

Simmons & Simmons

Hong Kong – independent firm

Deacons

Hong Kong – international firm

Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison

India

Anand and Anand

Indonesia

Hadiputranto Hadinoto & Partners

Japan

Mori Hamada & Matsumoto

Malaysia

Azmi & Partners

New Zealand

Cavell Leitch

Pakistan

Akhund Forbes

Philippines

Quisumbing Torres

Singapore

WongPartnership

South Korea

Lee & Ko

Sri Lanka

FJ & G de Saram

Taiwan

LCS & Partners

Thailand

Siam City Law Offices

Vietnam

Vision & Associates



FIRM AWARDS

Best gender diversity initiative by national firm

Bell Gully

Best gender diversity initiative by international firm

Hogan Lovells

Best firm for diversity by national firm

Gilbert + Tobin

Best firm for diversity by international firm

Bryan Cave

Most innovative firm

Linklaters

Best international firm China practice

Hogan Lovells

Best national firm mentoring programme

TSMP Law Corporation

Best international firm mentoring programme

Ashurst

Best national firm for work-life balance

Siam City Law Offices

Best international firm for work-life balance

Lipman Karas

Best firm for pro bono work

King & Wood Mallesons

Best national firm for talent management

Deacons

Best international firm for talent management

White & Case

Best national firm for women in business law

Gilbert + Tobin

Best international firm for women in business law

Baker & McKenzie



IN-HOUSE CATEGORIES

Outstanding practitioner award

Michelle Taylor, Jones Day

Lifetime achievement

Zia Mody, AZB & Partners

In-house team of the year (under 50 lawyers)

Sime Darby

In-house team of the year (over 50 lawyers)

MTR

Asialaw in-house award

Gladys Chun, Lazada

International Financial Law Review in-house award

Christine Wong, Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing

Managing IP in-house award

Lauren Tan, Chow Tai Fook Jewellery

International Tax Review in-house award

Samantha Lim, British American Tobacco Australia

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