The nominations for the inaugural Euromoney Legal Media Group European Women in Business Law Awards have been announced. For the nominees in the individual practice areas and firm awards, please see below. Categories include Copyright, Product Liability, Patent and Trademark.
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 contact Lucy McNulty at LMGAwards@euromoneyplc.com .
The awards dinner will include keynote addresses by Cherie Booth QC, Barrister Constance Briscoe and Anne Fletcher, compliance director at the Royal Mail.
There will be a fundraising drive at the event for the Africa Justice Foundation. In addition to this, 5% of the event’s profits will be donated to the charity.
The awards ceremony will take place on Wednesday June 29 at Claridge’s, London. To reserve your place please email Claudia Tan at ctan@euromoneyplc.com or call +44 20 7779 8637. TABLES SOLD OUT
INDIVIDUAL AWARDS
Best in banking and finance
Kate Gibbons, Clifford Chance
Manuela Nestor, Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen
Catherine Duffy, A&L Goodbody
Amanda Jennings, Dewey & LeBoeuf
Gabriele Apfelbacher, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Farmida Bi, Norton Rose
Anne Baldock, Allen & Overy
Nathalie Hobbs, Linklaters
Best in commercial arbitration
Juliet Blanch, Weil Gotshal & Manges
Deborah Ruff, Dewey & LeBoeuf
Carole Malinvaud, Gide Loyrette Nouel
Anne Véronique Schlaepfer, Schellenberg Wittmer
Karyl Nairn, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
Wendy Miles, WilmerHale
Catherine Ottaway, Hoche
Judith Gill QC, Allen & Overy
Patricia Nacimiento, White & Case
Best in competition and antitrust
Pat Treacy, Bristows
Susan Bright, Hogan Lovells
Deirdre Trapp, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Sarah Beeston, Van Doorne
Romina Polley, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Marleen Van Kerckhove, Arnold Porter
Anne Federle, Bird & Bird
Silvia D’Alberti, Allen & Overy
Margaret Moore, Travers Smith
Siri Teigum, Thommessen
Cani Fernández Vicién, Cuatrecasas Gonçalves Pereira
Best in copyright
Lisa Peets, Covington & Burling
Sophie Micallef, Hoyng Monegier
Sally Field, Bristows
Best in corporate governance
Marry de Gaay Fortman, Houthoff Buruma
Pauliina Tenhunen, Castrén & Snellman
Eva Hägg, Mannheimer Swartling
Edith Hlawati, Cerha Hempel Spiegelfeld Hlawati
Daniela Weber-Ray, Clifford Chance
Ines Pöschel, Kellerhals
Best in energy and natural resources
Marina Kolia, Zepos & Yannapoulos
Susan Hope Farmer, Fulbright & Jaworski
Fiona Hobbs, Linklaters
Danielle Beggs, SNR Denton
Elisabetta Aarts, De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
Louise Eccleston, Ashurst
Best in environment
Antonella Capria, Gianni Origoni Grippo & Partners
Caroline May, Norton Rose
Vanessa Havard-Williams, Linklaters
Ursula Schliessner, McKenna Long & Aldridge
Gabrielle Williamson, Heuking Kuhn Luer Wojtek
Corinne Lepage, Huglo Lepage & Associés
Deborah Spence, Arthur Cox
Clare Deanesly, Nabarro
Best in insolvency and restructuring
Louise Verrill, Brown Rudnick
Sarah Paterson, Slaughter and May
Jane Marshall, McCann Fitzgerald
Katrina Buckley, Allen & Overy
Niamh Counihan, Matheson Ormsby Prentice
Patricia Godfrey, Nabarro
Annerose Tashiro, Schultze & Braun
Rebecca Jarvis, Linklaters
Best in insurance and reinsurance
Jennifer Donohue, Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft
Beata Balas-Noszczyk, Hogan Lovells
Helena Rempler, Mannheimer Swartling
Dorothy Cory-Wright, Sidley Austin
Rose-Marie Lundstrom, A1 Advokater
Belinda Schofield, CMS Cameron McKenna
Katherine Coates, Clifford Chance
Berry Jonk-van Wijk, Houthoff Buruma
Best in international trade
Anita Esslinger, Bryan Cave
Paulette Van der Schueren, Mayer Brown
Lourdes Catrain, Hogan Lovells
Ursula O’Dwyer, Philip Lee
Best in internet/IT
Elisabeth Thole, Van Doorne
Alexandra Neri, Herbert Smith
Laura Anderson, Bristows
Christiane Féral-Schuhl, Feral-Schuhl/ Sainte-Marie
Lokke Moerel, De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
Kaisa Fahllund, Hannes Snellman
Best in investment funds
Jacqueline Richomme, Mourant Ozannes
Isabelle Lebbe, Arendt & Medernach
Kirstene Baillie, Field Fisher Waterhouse
Bridget Barker, Macfarlanes
Pamela Thompson, Eversheds
Ellen Cramer-de Jong, Allen & Overy
Michèle Eisenhuth, Arendt & Medernach
Best in labour and employment
Elaine Aarons, Withers
Yasmine Tarasewicz, Proskauer Rose
Pascale Lagesse, Bredin Prat
Mariann Norrbom, Norrbom Vinding
Karin Bodewes, Baker & McKenzie
Sarah Linton, Dewey & LeBoeuf
Mirjam de Blécourt, Baker & McKenzie
Els de Wind, Van Doorne
Best in litigation
Josanne Rickard, Shearman & Sterling
Mercedes Fernández, Jones Day
Claudine Vartian, DLA Piper
Paula Hodges, Herbert Smith
Valerie Davies, Norton Rose
Lista Cannon, Fulbright & Jaworksi
Sonya Leydecker, Herbert Smith
Helen Kilroy, McCann Fitzgerald
Best in media
Fabienne Brison, Honyg Monegier
Jacqueline Hurt, Olswang
Lisbeth Savill, Olswang
Guendalina Ponti, Guendalina Ponti e Lorenzo de Sanctis
Francesca Lodigiani, Pirola Pennuto Zei & Associati
Best in M&A
Frances Murphy, Slaughter and May
Natalie Diep, Covington & Burling
Vanessa Knapp, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Beatriz Pessoa de Araujo, Baker & McKenzie
Vasilisa Strizh, Dewey & LeBoeuf
Oxana Balayan, Hogan Lovells
Myra Garrett, William Fry
Daniela Favoccia, Hengeler Mueller
Best in patent
Penny Gilbert, Powell Gilbert
Sally Field, Bristows
Sara Ashby, Redd
Diana Sternfeld, Rouse
Morag Macdonald, Bird & Bird
Nicola Dagg, Allen & Overy
Sophie Rich, Herbert Smith
Best in product liability
Ina Brock, Hogan Lovells
Christine Gateau, Hogan Lovells
Francesca Rolla, Hogan Lovells
Lisa Broderick, Beachcroft
Sarah Croft, Shook Hardy & Bacon
Isabel Foley, Arthur Cox
Jacqueline Harris, McGrigors
Anne Ware, Kennedys
Best in real estate
Annerie Ploumen, Van Doorne
Sofia Gomes da Costa, PLMJ
Maria Grazia Lanero, Gianni Origoni Grippo & Partners
Alexandra Lethbridge, Bristows
Malgorzata Pietrzak-Paciorek, Baker & McKenzie Gruszczyñski & Partners
Amanda Howard, Nabarro
Best in shipping and maritime
Helen Noble, Matheson Ormsby Prentice
Eliana Constantinidou, Chrysses Demetriades & Co
Ana Cristina Pimentel, Armando Henriques- Ana Cristina & Pimentel & Associados
Nazli Selek, NSN Law Office
Sabine Rittmeister, Blaum Dettmers Rabstein
Teresa Andrade Dias, Andrade Dias & Associados
Best in structured finance and securitisation
Assia Damianova, Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft
Rachel Kelly, Macfarlanes
Sharon Lewis, Hogan Lovells
Jacky Kelly, Weil Gotshal & Manges
Margaret Boswell, Gide Loyrette Nouel
Tamara Box, Berwin Lerwin Paisner
Best in tax
Sarah Priestly, Weil Gotshal & Manges
Marie Supiot, Landwell & Associés
Fulvia Astolfi, Hogan Lovells
Judith Harger, Dewey & LeBoeuf
Lydia Challen, Allen & Overy
Heather Gething, Herbert Smith
Phillippa Whipple QC, 1 Crown Row Office
Eveline Saupper, Homburger
Sara Luder, Slaughter and May
Sarah Falk , Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Best in telecommunications
Selina Potter, Olswang
Marjolein Geus, Bird & Bird
Natasha Good, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Grace Nacimiento, Kleiner
Frédérique Dupuis-Toubol, Bird & Bird
Florence Guthfreund-Roland, Simmons & Simmons
Best in trademark
Sophie Micallef, Hoyng Monegier
Anna Carboni, Powell Gilbert
Verena Von Bomhard, Hogan Lovells
Helen Newman, Olswang
Katalin Szamosi, SBGK Patent and Law Offices
Angelica von der Decken, Beiten Burkhardt
Isabel Davies, Boyes Turner
Charlotte May, 8 New Square
Carrollanne Lindley, Kilburn & Strode
Andrea Lensing-Kramer, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Best in tax dispute resolution
Helen Buchanan, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Sonya Leydecker, Herbert Smith
Penny Hamilton, Pump Court Tax Chambers
Heather Gething, Herbert Smith
Best in transfer pricing
Monique Van Herksen, Ernst & Young
Svetlana Stroykova, PWC
Doris Bramo-Hackel, PWC
Joan O’Connor, Deloitte
Iwona Georgijew, Deloitte
Deborah Green, KPMG
Erica Howard, KPMG
Aneta Blażejewska-Gaczyńska, Ernst & Young
Agata Uceda, DLA Piper
Best in trusts and estates
Dawn Goodman, Withers
Simone Retter, Etude Simone Retter
Clare Maurice, Maurice Turnor Gardner
Patricia García Mediero, Avantia Asesoramiento Fiscal y Legal
Ceris Gardner, Maurice Turnor Gardner
Susan O’Connell, McCann FitzGerald
Lucy Gibson, Harcus Sinclair
Best in white collar crime
Clare Montgomery QC, Matrix Chambers
Jo Rickards, DLA Piper
Anne Wehnert, Thomas Deckers Wehnert Elsner
Elizabeth Robertson, Addleshaw Goddard
Louise Hodges, Kingsley Napley
Louise Delahunty, Sullivan & Cromwell
Jane Glass, BCL Burton Copeland
Best in-house women lawyer
Emma Slatter, Deutsche Bank
Caroline Carr, Goldman Sachs
Margaret Cole, Financial Services Authority
Erica Handling, Barclays
Georgy Evans, Shell
Evie Kyriakides, Mars
Sam Funnell, ARM
Maria da Cuna, British Airways
Outstanding achievement
Shami Chakrabarti, Liberty
Susan Hazledine, Allen & Overy
Nicola Richards, Macfarlanes
Christine Lagarde, French Minister of Finance
Lifetime achievement
Baroness Hayman, House of Lords Lord Speaker
Lady Justice Hallet, Court of Appeal judge
Dame Judith Mayhew Jonas
Patricia Scotland QC, Baroness Scotland of Asthal, 4 Paper Buildings
FIRM AWARDS
Best gender diversity initiative by international firm
Hogan Lovells
Dewey & LeBoeuf
Linklaters
Latham & Watkins
Morrison & Foerster
Field Fisher Waterhouse
Pinsent Masons
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Baker & McKenzie
Eversheds
Herbert Smith
Best gender diversity initiative by national firm
Van Doorne
NNDKP
Cuatrecasas Gonçalves Pereira
Irwin Mitchell
Addleshaw Goddard
Best gender diversity initiative by regional firm
Pannone
Macfarlanes
Bristows
Castrén & Snellman
Kingsley Napley
Best international firm for women in business law
White & Case
Dewey & LeBoeuf
Latham & Watkins
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Allen & Overy
Bird & Bird
Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft
KPMG
Deloitte
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Norton Rose
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Field Fisher Waterhouse
Baker & McKenzie
Hogan Lovells
Herbert Smith
Best national firm for women in business law
Şenol Hukuk Bürosu
bpv Hügel Rechtsanwälte
Van Doorne
NautaDutilh
Hengeler Mueller
Cuatrecasas Gonçalves Pereira
Addleshaw Goddard
Best regional firm for women in business law
Macfarlanes
Pannone
Powell Gilbert
Addleshaw Goddard
Bristows
Best international law firm for minority women lawyers
Norton Rose
Linklaters
Morrison & Foerster
Herbert Smith
Slaughter and May
Field Fisher Waterhouse
The most innovative international firm
Hogan Lovells
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Allen & Overy
Morrison & Foerster
Pinsent Masons
The talent management award
Hogan Lovells
Norton Rose
Linklaters
Latham & Watkins
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Allen & Overy