The shortlist for the sixth annual Euromoney Legal Media Group Europe 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 women rising stars and editor's choice awards.
The awards ceremony will take place on Thursday, June 16 at Jumeirah Carlton Tower, London. 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 aviation
Sue Barham, Holman Fenwick Willan
Catherine Deane, McCann FitzGerald
Catherine Duffy, A&L Goodbody
Catherine Erkelens, Bird & Bird
Vonnick Le Guillou, DLA Piper
Laura Pierallini, Studio Legale Pierallini
Best in banking & finance
Penny Angell, Hogan Lovells
Cathy Bell-Walker, Allen & Overy
Libby Garvey, Matheson
Ana López, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Jay Sadanandan, Latham & Watkins
Anda Todor, Dentons
Catia Tomasetti, Bonelli Erede Pappalardo
Best in capital markets: Debt
Vanessa Blackmore, Sullivan & Cromwell
Véronique Delaittre, Linklaters
Kathryn Campbell, Sullivan & Cromwell
Jennifer Engelhardt, Latham & Watkins
Elaine Keats, Linklaters
Lene Malthasen, Latham & Watkins
Petra Zijp, NautaDutilh
Best in capital markets: Equity
Vanessa Blackmore, Sullivan & Cromwell
Delphine Currie, King & Wood Mallesons
Lena Hodge, Brown Rudnick
Claudia Parzani, Linklaters
Annelies van der Pauw, Allen & Overy
Anda Todor, Dentons
Natalie Walter, Covington & Burling
Best in commercial arbitration
Emmanuelle Cabrol, Herbert Smith Freehills
Gabrielle Kaufmann-Kohler, Lévy Kaufmann-Kohler
Tanya Landon, Sidley Austin
Wendy Miles QC, Boies Schiller & Flexner
Karyl Nairn QC, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
Sylvia Noury, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Anne Véronique Schlaepfer, White & Case
Nathalie Voser, Schellenberg Wittmer
Best in competition & antitrust
Fiona Carlin, Baker & McKenzie
Miranda Cole, Covington & Burling
Cani Fernández, Cuatrecasas Gonçalves Pereira
Jacquelyn MacLennan, White & Case
Kristina Nordlander, Sidley Austin
Daniela Seeliger, Linklaters
Agnieszka Stefanowicz-Baranska, Dentons
Anne Wachsmann, Linklaters
Best in copyright
Marie-Aimée de Dampierre, Hogan Lovells
Isabelle Leroux, Dentons
Dulce María Miranda, Deloitte
Lisa Peets, Covington & Burling
Virginie Ulmann, Baker & McKenzie
Constanze Ulmer-Eilfort, Baker & McKenzie
Best in corporate governance
Amélie Champsaur, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Marta Frąckowiak, DLA Piper
Myra Garrett, William Fry
Farah Ispahani, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Maura McLaughlin, Arthur Cox
Annelies van der Pauw, Allen & Overy
Marieke Wyckaert, Eubelius
Best in energy, natural resources & mining
Danielle Beggs, Dentons
Nina Bowyer, Herbert Smith Freehills
Jennifer Josefson, King & Spalding
Aigoul Kenjebayeva, Dentons
Anne Lapierre, Norton Rose Fulbright
Tessa Lee, Linklaters
Rebecca Major, Herbert Smith Freehills
Best in environment
Anna Gergely, Steptoe & Johnson
Vanessa Havard-Williams, Linklaters
Françoise Labrousse, Jones Day
Caroline May, Norton Rose Fulbright
Louise Moore, Hogan Lovells
Ursula Schliessner, Jones Day
Annelies Verlinden, DLA Piper
Best in financial regulation
Gloria Hernández Aler, Deloitte
Charlotte Hill, Covington & Burling
Rebecca Jarvis, Linklaters
Orla O'Connor, Arthur Cox
Helen Marshall, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
Anita Schläpfer, Schellenberg Wittmer
Nadia Swann, Linklaters
Rachpal Thind, Sidley Austin
Best in insolvency & restructuring
Alexandra Bigot, Willkie Farr & Gallagher
Katrina Buckley, Allen & Overy
Cécile Dupoux, Hogan Lovells
Rebecca Jarvis, Linklaters
Jennifer Marshall, Allen & Overy
Yen Sum, Linklaters
Louise Verrill, Brown Rudnick
Best in insurance & reinsurance
Elizabeth Bothwell, Arthur Cox
Dorothy Cory-Wright, Sidley Austin
Sharon Daly, Matheson
Victoria Sander, Linklaters
Małgorzata Surdek, CMS Cameron McKenna
Best in international trade
Lourdes Catrain, Hogan Lovells
Jacquelyn MacLennan, White & Case
Ursula O'Dwyer, Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek
Paulette Vander Schueren, Mayer Brown
Katharina Spenner, Baker McKenzie
Best in investment funds
Sarah Cunniff, Arthur Cox
Tara Doyle, Matheson
Joëlle Hauser, Clifford Chance
Tara O'Reilly, William Fry
Catherine Sear, Proskauer Rose
Cindy Valentine, King & Wood Mallesons
Best in labour & employment
Mirjam de Blécourt, Baker & McKenzie
Catherine Drinnan, Latham & Watkins
Aleksandra Minkowicz-Flanek, Dentons
Emanuela Nespoli, Toffoletto De Luca Tamajo
Paola Pucci, Toffoletto De Luca Tamajo
Nicola Rabson, Linklaters
Karen Seward, Allen & Overy
Anu Waaralinna, Castrén & Snellman
Best in life sciences
Cécile Derycke, Hogan Lovells
Marjan Noor, Simmons & Simmons
Laura Orlando, Simmons & Simmons
Lucinda Osborne, Covington & Burling
Marianne Schaffner, Dechert
Laura Scott, William Fry
Constanze Ulmer-Eilfort, Baker & McKenzie
Best in litigation
Yvette Borrius, Höcker Advocaten
Christine Gateau, Hogan Lovells
Natasha Harrison, Boies Schiller & Flexner
Marieke van Hooijdonk, Allen & Overy
Laura Orlando, Simmons & Simmons
Carol Plunkett, William Fry
Sue Thackeray, Howard Kennedy
Nathalie Voser, Schellenberg Wittmer
Best in mergers & acquisitions
Oxana Balayan, Hogan Lovells
Aedamar Comiskey, Linklaters
Anne-Sophie Coustel, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Sharon Izaguirre, Deloitte
Maura McLaughlin, Arthur Cox
Louise Nash, Covington & Burling
Annelies van der Pauw, Allen & Overy
Anda Todor, Dentons
Best in offshore
Sally Edwards, Ogier
Emily Haithwaite, Bedell
Zillah Howard, Bedell
Shan Warnock Smith QC, 5SB Law
Elspeth Talbot-Rice QC, XXIV
Best in patent
Sabine Agé, Véron & Associés
Zoë Butler, Powell Gilbert
Eva Geschke, Wildanger
Penny Gilbert, Powell Gilbert
Morag MacDonald, Bird & Bird
Morag Peberdy, Covington & Burling
Carol Plunkett, William Fry
Best in private equity
Alexandrine Armstrong-Cerfontaine, King & Wood Mallesons
Margaret Chamberlain, Travers Smith
Emma Danks, Taylor Wessing
Wendy Harrison, DLA Piper
Lena Hodge, Brown Rudnick
Annelies van der Pauw, Allen & Overy
Best in product liability
Ina Brock, Hogan Lovells
Alison Brown, Arnold & Porter
Cécile Derycke, Hogan Lovells
Isabel Foley, Arthur Cox
Vonnick Le Guillou, DLA Piper
Francesca Rolla, Hogan Lovells
Best in real estate
Teresa Edmund, Bristows
Natalia Kochergina, DLA Piper
Françoise Maigrot, Linklaters
Imogen Moss, Allen & Overy
Jackie Newstead, Hogan Lovells
Malgorzata Pietrzak-Paciorek, Baker & McKenzie Krzyzowski i Wspólnicy Spólka
Hilary Prescott, Covington & Burling
Mairead Sherlock, A&L Goodbody
Best in shipping & maritime
Elizabeth Blackburn QC, Stone Chambers
Ann Fenech, Fenech & Fenech
Siobán Healy QC, 7KBW
Lindsey Keeble, Watson Farley & Williams
Vivienne Pitroff, Holman Fenwick Willan
Alison Vassallo, Fenech & Fenech
Best in structured finance (incl securitisation & derivatives)
Parya Badie, Allen & Overy
Tamara Box, Reed Smith
Angela Clist, Allen & Overy
Lucy Oddy, Allen & Overy
Anita Schläpfer, Schellenberg Wittmer
Best in tax
Juliana Dantas, Baker & McKenzie
Irina Dmitrieva, White & Case
Sandra Hazan, Dentons
Sari Laaksonen, Castrén & Snellman
Nicole Looks, Baker & McKenzie
Sonya Manzor, William Fry
Svitlana Musienko, DLA Piper
Silvia Paternain, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Sonia Velasco, Cuatrecasas Gonçalves Pereira
Best in tax dispute resolution
Helen Buchanan, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Liesl Fichardt, Clifford Chance
Heather Gething, Herbert Smith Freehills
Sandra Hazan, Dentons
Sonia Velasco, Cuatrecasas Gonçalves Pereira
Best in technology, media & telecommunications
Zoë Butler, Powell Gilbert
Blanca Escribano, Olswang
Eva Fredrikson, Vinge
Marjolein Geus, Bird & Bird
Laura Liguori, Portolano Cavallo Studio Legale
Roelien van Neck, Bird & Bird
Lisbeth Savill, Latham & Watkins
Best in trade mark
Verena von Bomhard, Bombard IP
Marie-Aimée de Dampierre, Hogan Lovells
Janne Glæsel, Gorrissen Federspiel
Natalia Gulyaeva, Hogan Lovells
Isabelle Leroux, Dentons
Carrollanne Lindley, Kilburn & Strode
Carol Plunkett, William Fry
Best in transfer pricing
Iwona Georgijew, Deloitte
Margreet Nijhof, Baker & McKenzie
Sabine Sardou, Bird & Bird
Caroline Silberztein, Baker & McKenzie
Ágata Uceda, KPMG Meijburg & Co
Best in trusts & estates
Zillah Howard, Bedell
Sue Laing, Boodle Hatfield
Nora Lillis, William Fry
Sara Maccallum, Boodle Hatfield
Susan O'Connell, O'Connell Brennen
Tina Wüstemann, Bär & Karrer
Best in white collar crime
Louise Delahunty, Cooley
Kathleen Harris, Arnold & Porter
Louise Hodges, Kingsley Napley
Clare Montgomery QC, Matrix Chambers
Alison Pople QC, Cloth Fair Chambers
Raffaella Quintana, DLA Piper
Judith Seddon, Clifford Chance
Natasha Wong, 187 Fleet Street
Rising star: Corporate
Annabelle Croker, Allen & Overy
Rebecca Emory, White & Case
Caroline-Lucy Moran, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
Yulia Solomakhina, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Yoko Takagi, White & Case
Rising star: Finance
Jennie Dorsaint, Paul Hastings
Alexandra Hagelüken, Latham & Watkins
Alexandra Maia de Loureiro, SRS Advogados
Linda Taylor, Linklaters
Rising star: IP
Gail Crawford, Latham & Watkins
Pauline Debré, Linklaters
Miriam Gundt, Hogan Lovells
Bethan Hopewell, Powell Gilbert
Marta Koremba, Bird & Bird
Rising star: Litigation
Gemma Anderson, Morrison & Foerster
Natalia Gómez, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Hannah Keever, Paul Hastings
Nathalie Allen Prince, Boies Schiller & Flexner
Jumana Rahman, Latham & Watkins
Rising star: Tax
Mounia Benabdallah, Baker & McKenzie
Sophie Donnithorne-Tait, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
Kirstin Hoenderken, Loyens & Loeff
Maria Mera, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Susanne Schreiber, Bär & Karrer
In-house (over 50)
AXA
Deutsche Bank
eBay
Goldman Sachs
Natixis
In-house (under 50)
Colgate
Daimler
Mars
Country/Regional Nominees
Austria
DLA Piper Weiss-Tessbach
Schönherr
Wolf Theiss
Baltics
Cobalt
Sorainen
Tark Grunte Sutkiene
Belgium
Allen & Overy
Bird & Bird
Dentons
DLA Piper
Latham & Watkins
Linklaters
NautaDutilh
Sidley Austin
White & Case
Bulgaria
Boyanov & Co
Dinova Rusev & Partners
Djingov Gouginski Kyutchukov & Velichkov
Croatia
Wolf Theiss
Žurić i Partneri
Cyprus
Andreas Neocleous & Co
Antis Triantafyllides
Chrysses Demetriades & Co
Czech Republic
Allen & Overy
Bird & Bird
Dentons
DLA Piper
Glatzová & Co
White & Case
Wolf Theiss
Denmark
Bech-Bruun
Bird & Bird
Gorrissen Federspiel
Plesner
Kromann Reumert
Finland
Borenius Attorneys
Bird & Bird
Castrén & Snellman
White & Case
France
Allen & Overy
Baker & McKenzie
Bird & Bird
Dentons
DLA Piper
Herbert Smith Freehills
Latham & Watkins
White & Case
Taj
Germany
Allen & Overy
Baker & McKenzie
Bird & Bird
Dentons
Hengeler Mueller
King & Wood Mallesons
Latham & Watkins
Linklaters
White & Case
Greece
A & K Metaxopoulous
Karatzas & Partners Law Firm
KGDI
M & P Bernitsas Law Offices
Hungary
Bird & Bird
bpv Jádi Németh Attorneys at Law
CMS Cameron McKenna
Dentons
DLA Piper
Kinstellar
Ireland
A&L Goodbody
Allen & Overy
Arthur Cox
Matheson
McCann FitzGerald
William Fry
Israel
Agmon & Co Rosenberg Hacohen & Co
Herzog Fox & Neeman
S Friedman & Co
Shibolet & Co
Yigal Arnon & Co
Italy
Allen & Overy
Baker & McKenzie
Bird & Bird
DLA Piper
Linklaters
Portolano Cavallo Studio Legale
Simmons & Simmons
Toffoletto De Luca Tamajo e Soci
White & Case
Kazakhstan
Dentons
Linkage & Mind
White & Case
Luxembourg
Allen & Overy
Arendt & Medernach
Bonn & Schmitt
Hogan Lovells
Linklaters
King & Wood Mallesons
Simmons & Simmons
Malta
Camilleri Preziosi
Fenech & Fenech Advocates
Netherlands
Allen & Overy
Baker & McKenzie
Bird & Bird
De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
Hogan Lovells
Houthoff Buruma
NautaDutilh
Simmons & Simmons
Norway
Thommessen
Wiersholm
Wikborg Rein
Poland
Allen & Overy
Baker & McKenzie Krzyzowski | Wspólnicy
Bird & Bird
Clifford Chance
Dentons
DLA Piper
Hogan Lovells
White & Case
Portugal
Abecasis Azoia Moura Marques & Associados
Cuatrecasas Gonçalves Pereira
Morais Leitão Galvão Teles Soares da Silva & Associados
PLMJ
Viera de Almeida & Associados
Romania
DLA Piper
Muşat & Asociaţii
Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen
Wolf Theiss
Russia
Allen & Overy
Baker & McKenzie
Clifford Chance
Dentons
Latham & Watkins
Linklaters
White & Case
Slovak Republic
Bird & Bird
Čechová & Partners
CMS Ružička Csekes
DLA Piper
White & Case
Spain
Allen & Overy
Bird & Bird
Cuatrecasas Gonçalves Pereira
DLA Piper
Herrero & Asociados
King & Wood Mallesons
Simmons & Simmons
Uría Menéndez
White & Case
Sweden
Advokatfirman Lindahl
Baker & McKenzie
Bird & Bird
Mannheimer Swartling
Vinge
White & Case
Switzerland
Bär & Karrer
Lenz & Staehelin
Pestalozzi Attorneys at Law
Schellenberg Wittmer
White & Case
Turkey
Baker & McKenzie
Dentons
Hergüner Bilgen Özeke
Pekin & Pekin
White & Case
YükselKarkinKücük – DLA Piper
Ukraine
Asters
Dentons
DLA Piper
Lavrynovych & Partners Law Firm
UK (national firm)
Boodle Hatfield
Irwin Mitchell
Kennedys
Powell Gilbert
Shoosmiths
UK (international firm)
Allen & Overy
Baker & McKenzie
Bird & Bird
Clifford Chance
CMS Cameron McKenna
Dentons
DLA Piper
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Hogan Lovells
King & Wood Mallesons
Latham & Watkins
Linklaters
Slaughter and May
Simmons & Simmons
White & Case
Middle East
Allen & Overy
Bird & Bird
Clifford Chance
DLA Piper
Herbert Smith Freehills
Latham & Watkins
White & Case
Firm of the Year Nominees
Best gender diversity initiative by national firm
Arthur Cox
Bär & Karrer
Cuatrecasas Gonҫalves Pereira
Gleiss Lutz
Pestalozzi Attorneys at Law
Portolano Cavallo Studio Legale
Vinge
Wolf Theiss
Best gender diversity initiative by international firm
Baker & McKenzie
Bird & Bird
Dentons
DLA Piper
Hogan Lovells
Latham & Watkins
King & Wood Mallesons
Slaughter and May
Sidley Austin
White & Case
Best national firm for minority women lawyers
Advokatfirman Lindahl
Boodle Hatfield
Borenius Attorneys
Castrén & Snellman
Best international firm for minority women lawyers
Allen & Overy
Baker & McKenzie
Clifford Chance
DLA Piper
Hogan Lovells
Latham & Watkins
Simmons & Simmons
Most innovative international firm
Allen & Overy
Baker & McKenzie
Dentons
DLA Piper
Hogan Lovells
Latham & Watkins
Linklaters
Sidley Austin
White & Case
Best national firm mentoring programme
Arthur Cox
Borenius Attorneys
Hengeler Mueller
Matheson
Toffoletto de Luca Tamajo e Soci
Best international mentoring programme
Baker & McKenzie
Dentons
DLA Piper
Hogan Lovells
Reed Smith
Sidley Austin
Slaughter and May
White & Case
Best national firm for work-life balance
Arthur Cox
Boodle Hatfield
Borenius Attorneys
Cuatrecasas Gonҫalves Pereira
Portolano Cavallo Studio Legale
Toffoletto de Luca Tamajo e Soci
Vieira de Almeida
Wolf Theiss
Best international firm for work-life balance
Allen & Overy
Baker & McKenzie
Bird & Bird
DLA Piper
Hogan Lovells
Reed Smith
Sidley Austin
White & Case
Best national firm for pro bono work
Abecasis Azoia Moura Marques & Associados
Arthur Cox
Bär & Karrer
Cuatrecasas Gonҫalves Pereira
Wolf Theiss
Best international firm for pro bono work
Baker & McKenzie
Bird & Bird
Dentons
DLA Piper
Hogan Lovells
Linklaters
Simmons & Simmons
White & Case
Best national firm for talent management
Advokatfirman Lindahl
Boodle Hatfield
Castrén & Snellman
Cuatrecasas Gonҫalves Pereira
Portolano Cavallo Studio Legale
Schellenberg Wittmer
Best international firm for talent management
Baker & McKenzie
Dentons
DLA Piper
Latham & Watkins
Linklaters
Sidley Austin
Simmons & Simmons
White & Case
Best national firm for women in business law
Arthur Cox
Boodle Hatfield
Borenius Attorneys
Cuatrecasas Gonҫalves Pereira
Portolano Cavallo Studio Legale
Toffoletto de Luca Tamajo e Soci
Wolf Theiss
Best international firm for women in business law
Allen & Overy
Baker & McKenzie
Bird & Bird
Dentons
DLA Piper
Hogan Lovells
Latham & Watkins
Linklaters
Sidley Austin
Simmons & Simmons
Slaughter and May
White & Case