Euromoney Legal Media Group has announced the shortlist for its inaugural Europe Rising Stars Awards.
The Awards celebrate rising star lawyers across 20 practice areas, which are listed below. There will also be awards for the best rising stars from 19 European countries and attendees from the best in-house rising stars from across the continent to collect trophies.
For the purposes of these awards, “rising stars” are defined as lawyers under the age of 40 on November 1 2019. Please email Nick Pettifer on npettifer@legalmediagroup.com if you require any changes.
The Europe ceremony follows the success of the second annual Euromoney LMG Americas Rising Stars Awards on September 19 this year. Please click here to see photos from that event.
Euromoney Legal Media Group, a division of Euromoney Institutional Investor, comprises a wide range of legal publications including: Managing Intellectual Property; International Financial Law Review; IFLR1000; International Tax Review; Expert Guides; and Benchmark Litigation. It has also managed the successful Women in Business Law Awards in London, Hong Kong and New York since 2011.
The Europe Awards will be presented at a ceremony at The Bulgari Hotel in London on Thursday, November 7 2019. If you would like to attend the awards dinner, please email Melanie Petch on mpetch@euromoneyplc.com or call +44 207 779 8836.
Practice area awards
Aviation
Luke Elliott, Allen & Overy
Nicholas Harding, Clyde & Co
Caroline Joyce, Herbert Smith Freehills
Stuart Kennedy, Matheson
Chris Knight, Pillsbury
Laetitia Kunst, Stek Advocaten
Ashleigh Standen, Reed Smith
Thomas van der Wijngaart, Clyde & Co
Mark Waters, HFW
Banking and finance
Blanca Arlabán, Uría Menéndez
Mariella Både-Landell, Castrén & Snellman
Lyn Brennan, William Fry
Eugenio Fernández-Rico, Clifford Chance
Tarek Houdrouge, Schellenberg Wittmer
Amy Kennedy, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
Alexander Klein, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
Halvor Klingenberg, Simonsen Vogt Wiig
Maria Lehtimäki, Waselius & Wist
Benjamin Leisinger, Homburger
Petra Myšáková, Allen & Overy
Albert Wållgren, Vinge
Capital markets inc. structured finance
Menno Baks, Linklaters
Ülkü Cibik, Meyerlustenberger Lachenal
Peter Crossan, Allen & Overy
Mark Dickinson, Herbert Smith Freehills
Jacqueline Heng, Norton Rose Fulbright
Richard Kelly, Matheson
Andrew McCann, Clifford Chance
Leona McManus, Shearman & Sterling
Commercial arbitration
Rute Alves, PLMJ
Alba Briones, Hogan Lovells
Fabio Cozzi, Paul Hastings
Emily Fox, Herbert Smith Freehills
Amy Roebuck Frey, King & Spalding
Sarah Ganz, WilmerHale
Thomas Granier, McDermott Will & Emery
Paul Hauser, Clifford Chance
Olivier Mosimann, Kellerhals Carrard
Flavio Ponzano, Arblit
Samantha Rowe, Debevoise & Plimpton
Anna-Maria Tamminen, Hannes Snellman
Simon Vorburger, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
Competition and antitrust
Frank Bremer, Schellenberg Wittmer
Marjolein De Backer, Dechert
Clémence Macé de Gastines, Eversheds Sutherland
Bart de Rijke, De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
Athanasia Gavala, Arnold & Porter
David Little, Latham & Watkins
Christoff Henrik Soltau, CMS Hasche Sigle
Ermelinda Spinelli, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Jennifer Storey, Clifford Chance
Lena Vanmali, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Elena Wiese, Hogan Lovells
Thomas Wilson, Kirkland & Ellis
Energy and natural resources
David Antón, Hogan Lovells
Nicholas Antonas, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
Emily Barlass, Vinson & Elkins
Rob Butler, Baker Botts
Valentina Canalini, Gianni Origoni Grippo Cappelli & Partners
Catarina Brito Ferreira, Morais Leitão Galvão Teles Soares da Silva & Associados
Jörg Meinzenbach, Hengeler Mueller
Alexandra Rotar, Morgan Lewis & Bockius
Ceren Su, Balcioglu Selçuk Akman Keki
Daniel Zimmer, Hengeler Mueller
Insurance and reinsurance
Nicolas Bouckaert, Kennedys
Kathrin Feldmann, Clyde & Co
Ciara Jackson, HFW
Sinéad Lynch, A&L Goodbody
Virginia Martínez, Hogan Lovells
Alaina Wadsworth, CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang
Intellectual property
Paul Abbott, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Joel Coles, Powell Gilbert
Anneka Dalton, Hogan Lovells
Tjibbe Douma, Dentons Boekel
Jelle Drok, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Ruben Laddé, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Stephan Neuhaus, Hogan Lovells
Carlos van Staveren, De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
Annsley Merelle Ward, Bristows
International trade
Yongqing Bao, Steptoe & Johnson
Katja Göcke, GvW Graf von Westphalen
Maria Krestiyanova, Dentons
Eva Monard, Jones Day
Jennifer Paterson, Herbert Smith Freehills
Nicoleta Tuominen, Dentons
Florian Wolf, Blomstein
Labour and employment
Zuzana Ferianc, Baker McKenzie
Louise Harrison, William Fry
Dino Kalamujic, DLA Piper
Agathe Løwenborg, Arntzen de Besche
Danielle Pinedo, Baker McKenzie
Daniel Read, Walkers
Anne Roux-Fouillet, Schellenberg Wittmer
Johan Zetterström, Baker McKenzie
Life sciences
Rafi Allos, Allen & Overy
Christel Brion, NautaDutilh
Charles-Henri Caron, Hogan Lovells
Mette Hygum Clausen, Plesner
Emma Fulton, Hogan Lovells
Daniel Lim, Kirkland & Ellis
Sergei Lomakin, Baker McKenzie
Tom Oliver, Powell Gilbert
Josefine Sommer, Sidley Austin
Koen T'Syen, Van Bael & Bellis
Litigation
Roman Baechler, Homburger
Alexandre Bisch, Debevoise & Plimpton
Louis Burrus, Schellenberg Wittmer
Delphine Dendievel, Allen & Overy
Nicolas Nohlen, Ashurst
Shail Patel, 4 New Square
Diogo Castaheira Pereira, CMS Rui Pena & Arnaut
M&A/private equity
Tom Bartram, Kirkland & Ellis
Martin Allan Christensen, Bech-Bruun
Slawomir Czerwinski, Clifford Chance
Espen Furuholt, Sands
Andrea Giger, Niederer Kraft Frey
Andreas Hinsen, Loyens & Loeff
Dominik Moser, Morrison & Foerster
Daniel Raun, Bär & Karrer
Adam Runcorn, Sidley Austin
Alexander Stefanov, Penkov Markov & Partners
Ciprian Timofte, Tuca Zbârcea & Asociatii
Christopher Winn, Dentons
Privacy and data protection
Joke Bodewits, Hogan Lovells
Hannah Crowther, Bristows
Andrea Jarolímková, Bird & Bird
Marcin Lewoszewski, Kobylanska Lewoszewski Mednis
Lore Lieve Leitner, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Jan Spittka, DLA Piper
Nikolaos Theodorakis, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Chantal van Dam, Hogan Lovells
Real estate
Janusz Dzianachowski, Linklaters
Déborah Gelblat, Mayer Brown
Sabrina Handke, Hogan Lovells
Jacek Jezierski, Dentons
Olle Källström, Mannheimer Swartling
Leif Laitinen, HPP Attorneys
Milan Rákosník, Clifford Chance
Tim Regis, Ashurst
Anna Wisniewska, Greenberg Traurig Grzesiak
Payam Yoseflavi, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
Restructuring and insolvency
John Chetwood, Herbert Smith Freehills
Ben Davies, White & Case
Valle-Veikko Eronen, Krogerus
Robert Peldán, Borenius
Elina Pesonen, Castrén & Snellman
Ruairi Rynn, William Fry
Tax
Mehmet Onur Çeliker, Pekin & Pekin
Fabrizio Alimandi, CMS Adonnino Ascoli & Cavasola Scamoni
Ruth Bloch-Riemer, Bär & Karrer
Miguel Cortez Pimentel, Morais Leitão Galvão Teles Soares da Silva & Associados
Lynn Cramer, Maples Group
Sophie Donnithorne-Tait, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
Laura Hoyland, White & Case
Serena Lee, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
David López, Uría Menéndez
Yannick Schuerman, Norton Rose Fulbright
TMT
John Brunning, Fieldfisher
Lukas Feiler, Diwok Hermann Petsche Rechtsanwälte (Baker McKenzie)
Jan Kleiner, Bär & Karrer
Marta Lahuerta Escolano, Jones Day
Florian Tannen, Baker McKenzie
Transfer pricing
Tom Braukmann, NERA Economic Consulting
Antoine Faure, CMS Francis Lefebvre Avocats
Valentin Lescroart, Fidal
Olga Shambaleva, EY
Benjamin Tempelaere, Arendt & Medernach
Sampo Viding, Borenius
White collar crime
Louise Byrne, A&L Goodbody
Ophélia Claude, Antonin Lévy & Associés
Delphine Dendievel, Allen & Overy
Elizabeth Head, Herbert Smith Freehills
Nicolas Herren, Pestalozzi Attorneys at Law
Dirce Rente, PLMJ
Roland Ryser, Schellenberg Wittmer
Tine Schauenburg, White & Case
Neyah van der Aa, Allen & Overy