The European Women in Business Law (WIBL) Awards recognise the firms advancing diversity in the profession and the lawyers providing exemplary services and driving success for their practices.
The awards are organised by Legal Media Group, which contains IFLR, ITR and Managing IP.
We are proud to announce the 2020 finalists for the awards. Lawyers from across a spectrum of practice areas, jurisdictions and sectors are represented on the shortlist. International firms and national practices provide a snapshot of the most advanced teams working in the legal profession.
Firms from across the continent are celebrated for their efforts to drive success for women in the profession in this year’s WIBL shortlist.
The award winners will be announced on September 10 2020. During the current environment we will sadly not be hosting a live ceremony this year, but keep an eye on our new website for updates on our plans for a virtual awards presentation.
For more information on the shortlist, business development and marketing solution, please send us an email
Firm Awards
Gender Diversity – National Firm
Agmon & Co. Rosenberg Hacohen & Co
Bär & Karrer
DORDA
Herzog Fox & Neeman
Portolano Cavallo
Toffoletto De Luca Tamajo e Soci
Wolf Theiss
Mentorship Programme – National Firm
Bär & Karrer
Borenius
DORDA
Hengeler Mueller
Herzog Fox & Neeman
Matheson
McCann FitzGerald
Portolano Cavallo Wolf Theiss
Minority Women Lawyer – National Firm
A&L Goodbody
Advokatfirman Lindahl
Arthur Cox
Herzog Fox & Neeman
Schellenberg Wittmer
Pro bono – National Firm
Agmon & Co. Rosenberg Hacohen & Co.
Arthur Cox
Efrat Deutsch & Co.
Herzog Fox & Neeman
Moalem Weitemeyer Bendtsen
Schellenberg Wittmer
Tadmor Levy & Co.
Vinge
Wolf Theiss
Talent Management – National Firm
Agmon & Co. Rosenberg Hacohen & Co.
Arthur Cox
Bär & Karrer
Cuatrecasas
Herzog Fox & Neeman
Niederer Kraft Frey
Schellenberg Wittmer
Vinge
Wolf Theiss
Work-Life Balance – National Firm
Arthur Cox
Borenius
Cuatrecasas
DORDA
Schellenberg Wittmer
Wolf Theiss
Women in Business Law – National Firm
Agmon & Co. Rosenberg Hacohen & Co.
Bär & Karrer
Cuatrecasas
DORDA
Herzog Fox & Neeman
Portolano Cavallo
Vinge
Wolf Theiss
Gender Diversity – International Firm
Arthur Cox
Baker McKenzie
Bird & Bird
Dentons
DLA Piper
Linklaters
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
White & Case
Mentorship Programme – International Firm
Baker McKenzie
Dechert
Dentons
DLA Piper
Hogan Lovells
Reed Smith
Sidley Austin
Slaughter and May
White & Case
Minority Women Lawyer – International Firm
Allen & Overy
Baker McKenzie
Clifford Chance
Dechert
Hogan Lovells
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
White & Case
Pro bono – International Firm
Allen & Overy
Baker McKenzie
Dechert
Dentons
Hogan Lovells
Simmons & Simmons
White & Case
Talent Management – International Firm
Baker McKenzie
Bird & Bird
Dentons
Latham & Watkins
Linklaters
Schellenberg Wittmer
Sidley Austin
White & Case
Work-Life Balance – International Firm
Allen & Overy
Baker McKenzie
Bird & Bird
Clifford Chance
DLA Piper
Holland & Knight
Sidley Austin
White & Case
Women in Business Law – International Firm
Arthur Cox
Baker McKenzie
Bird & Bird
Dentons
DLA Piper
Eversheds Sutherland
Greenberg Traurig
Holland & Knight
Schellenberg Wittmer
Practice Area Awards
Best in Aviation
Claudia Hess, Unwantschky Dangel Borst
Debra Erni, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman
Gwyn O’Flynn, Holland & Knight
Hilary Marren, McCann FitzGerald
Maria Cetta, Clyde & Co.
Marie O’Brien, A&L Goodbody
Victoria Koob, Holland & Knight
Best in Banking and Finance
Alexandra Hageluken, Latham & Watkins
Barbara Mayer-Trautmann, Clifford Chance
Caroline Clemetson, Schellenberg Wittmer
Denise Diallo, White & Case
Emanuela Da Rin, BonelliErede
Emma Folds, Clifford Chance
Helen Burton, Ashurst
Kathleen Garrett, Arthur Cox
Tanja Tornkvist, White & Case
Best in Capital Markets – Debt
Amanda Thomas, Allen & Overy
Anna M Frankowska, Weil Gotshal & Manges
Farmida Bi, Norton Rose Fulbright
Jeanette Cruz, Allen & Overy
Karolina Dunin-Wiczynska, Greenberg Traurig
Lene Malthasen, Latham & Watkins
Maria Soares do Lago, Morais Leitão Galvão Teles Soares da Silva & Associados
Veronique Delaittre, Linklaters
Best in Capital Markets – Equity
Amanda Thomas, Allen & Overy
Christina Papanikolopoulou, Zepos & Yannopoulos
Claudia Parzani, Linklaters
Karolina Dunin-Wiczynska, Greenberg Traurig
Lena Hodge, Brown Rudnick
Magda Viçoso, Morais Leitão Galvão Teles Soares da Silva & Associados
Maura McLaughlin, Arthur Cox
Melissa Butler, White & Case
Petra Zijp, NautaDutilh
Best in Commercial Arbitration
Emmanuelle Cabrol, Ashurst
Gisela Knuts, Roschier
Isabelle Michou, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart
Rajinder Bassi, Kirkland & Ellis
Sandra De Vito Bieri, Bratschi
Sarah Vasani, Addleshaw Goddard
Sherina Petit, Norton Rose Fulbright
Sylvia Noury, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Wendy J Miles QC, Debevoise & Plimpton
Yas Banifatemi, Shearman & Sterling
Best in Competition and Antitrust
Anne Federle, Bird & Bird
Astrid Waser, Lenz & Staehelin
Daniela Seeliger, Linklaters
Ingrid Vandenborre, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
Isabella Hartung, Barnert Egermann Illigasch
Kim Dietzel, Herbert Smith Freehills
Marta Sendrowicz, Allen & Overy
Suyong Kim, Hogan Lovells
Best in Copyright
Laëtitia Bénard, Allen & Overy
Lydia Mendola, Portolano Cavallo
Manon Rieger-Jansen, Bird & Bird
Maria Luísa Cyrne, Morais Leitão Galvão Teles Soares da Silva & Associados
Marilena Nikolaraki, A. & K. Metaxopoulos & Partners Law Firm
Mine Güner, Baker McKenzie
Best in Corporate Governance
Barbara Corsetti, Portolano Cavallo
Catherine Grun-Meyer, Niederer Kraft Frey
Dovilė Burgienė, Walless
Elvan Aziz, Paksoy
Judith Aron, Dentons
Magda Viçoso, Morais Leitão Galvão Teles Soares da Silva & Associados
Maura McLaughlin, Arthur Cox
Myra Garrett, William Fry
Nieves Briz, Dentons
Best in Energy, Natural Resources, and Mining
Anna P Howell, Gibson Dunn
Carola Antonini, Chiomenti
Catarina Cunha e Tavora, Miranda & Associados
Cecilia van der Weijden, CMS
Helene Gelas, LPA – CGR avocats
Jennifer A Josefson, Morgan Lewis
Monica Colombera, Legance
Patricia Lawless, McCann FitzGerald
Best in Environment
Caroline May, Norton Rose Fulbright
Deborah Spence, Arthur Cox
Diana Ettner, Morais Leitão Galvão Teles Soares da Silva & Associados
Ewa Rutkowska-Subocz, Dentons
Isabelle Larmuseau, LDR
Maria Kennedy, Matheson
Nicolien van den Biggelaar, De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
Ursula Schliessler, Jones Day
Vanessa Havard-Williams, Linklaters
Best in Financial Regulation
Corinne Schot, Baker McKenzie
Ezra Zahabi, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
Ilanit Landesman Yogev, Herzog Fox Neeman
Karen Reynolds, Matheson
Kate Sumpter, Allen & Overy
Best in Insurance and Reinsurance
April McClements, Matheson
Aisling Gannon, Eversheds Sutherland
Helen Faulkner, DAC Beachcroft
Gunbritt Kammerer-Galahn, Taylor Wessing
Magdalena Nitsche, DORDA
Sandra Lodewijckx, Lydian
Severine Hotellier, Dentons
Sharon Daly, Matheson
Tanja Schramm, Clyde & Co.
Best in International Trade
Aline Doussin, Hogan Lovells
Anahita Thoms, Baker McKenzie
Claudia Santos Cruz, Morais Leitão Galvão Teles Soares da Silva & Associados
Davina Garrod, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
Lourdes Catrain, Hogan Lovells
Tatjana Sachse, Sidley Austin
Best in Investment Funds
Caroline Clemetson, Schellenberg Wittmer
Deirdre McIlvenna, Maples Group
Diala Minott, Paul Hastings
Ellen Cramer de-Jong, Allen & Overy
Gayle Bowen, Pinsent Masons
Isabelle Lebbe, Arendt & Medernach
Nathalie Duguay, Willkie Farr & Gallagher
Tara Doyle, Matheson
Tara O’Riley, Arthur Cox
Best in Labour and Employment
Anne Kleffmann, Latham & Watkins
Brechtje Nollen, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Doris-Maria Schuster, Gleiss Lutz
Geraldine Carr, Matheson
Henriette Stakemann, Plesner
Katell Deniel-Allioux, Dentons
Margarita Karpenko, DLA Piper
Orly Gerbi, Herzog Fox & Neeman
Pernille Nørkær, Moalem Weitemeyer Bendtsen
Best in Life Sciences
Adela Williams, Arnold & Porter
Emannuelle Trombe, McDermott Will & Emery
Francine Borogyanyi, DORDA
Genevieve Michaux, King & Spalding
Ina vom Feld, Herbert Smith Freehills
Karina Hellbert, Polak & Partner
Liz Cohen, Bristows
Manja Epping, Taylor Wessing
Sarah Hanson, CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang
Best in Litigation
Christine Sévère, Dentons
Eileen Roberts, A&L Goodbody
Eve Mulconry, Arthur Cox
Evelyn Tjon-En-Fa, Bird & Bird
Helen Carty, Clifford Chance
Karyl Nairn QC, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
Manon Cordewener, Hogan Lovells
Sara Biglieri, Dentons
Sharon Daly, Matheson
Best in Mergers & Acquisitions
Aedamar Comiskey, Linklaters
Alyssa Auberger, Baker McKenzie
Catarina Brito Ferreira, Morais Leitão Galvão Teles Soares da Silva & Associados
Deborah Janssens, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Elisabet Lundgren, Linklaters
Helen Rodwell, CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang
Kate Romain, Bredin Prat
Katinka Middelkoop, Allen & Overy
Maura McLaughlin, Arthur Cox
Best in Patents
Anna Wolters-Hohne (Dr), Bird & Bird
Anne Katrin Schon, Hoffmann Eitle
Claudia Milbradt, Clifford Chance
Elisabetta Papa, Societa Italiana Brevetti
Marjan Noor, Allen & Overy
Miriam Gundt, Hogan Lovells
Nicola Dagg, Kirkland & Ellis
Penny Gilbert (Dr), Powell Gilbert
Best in Privacy and Data Protection
Ariane Mole, Bird & Bird
Bridget Treacy, Hunton Andrews Kurth
Cynthia O’Donoghue, Reed Smith
Elisabeth Thole, Van Doorne
Hazel Grant, Fieldfisher
Henriette Tielemans, Covington & Burling
Jane Finlayson-Brown, Allen & Overy
Nicola Fulford, Hogan Lovells
Undine von Diemar, Jones Day
Best in Private Equity
Amy Mahon, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Christina Kokko, Vinge
Diana Ribeiro Duarte, Morais Leitão Galvão Teles Soares da Silva & Associados
Emma Danks, Taylor Wessing
Emmanuelle Henry, Weil Gotshal & Manges
Karine Kodde, Allen & Overy
Katja Butler, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
Malin Leffler, Roschier
Best in Product Liability
Alison Newstead, Shook Hardy & Bacon
Carolina Revenga, Hogan Lovells
Francesca Rolla, Hogan Lovells
Louisa Caswell, Addleshaw Goddard
Mariana Soares David, Morais Leitão Galvão Teles Soares da Silva & Associados
Sarah L Croft, Shook Hardy & Bacon
Valerie Kenyon, Hogan Lovells
Best in Project Finance
Caroline Miller Smith, White & Case
Filipa Morais Alcada, Morais Leitão Galvão Teles Soares da Silva & Associados
Paule Biensan, White & Case
Teresa Empis Falcao, VdA
Vanda Cascao, VdA
Victoria Westcott, Reed Smith
Best in Real Estate
Agata Jurek-Zbrojska, Greenberg Traurig
Agnieszka Stankiewicz, Greenberg Traurig
Cecile Berger Meyer, Lenz & Staehelin
Imogen Moss, Allen & Overy
Jackie Newstead, Hogan Lovells
Klara Stepankova, Kinstellar
Sally Anne Stone, Matheson
Sibylle Schnyder, CMS von Erlach Poncet
Best in Restructuring & Insolvency
Alexandra E Bigot, Latham & Watkins
Anna Maria Pukszto, Dentons
Caroline Texier, DLA Piper
Elaine Nolan, Kirkland & Ellis
Fedra Valencia, Cuatrecasas
Filipa Cotta, PLMJ
Joanna Gumpelson, De Pardieu Brocas Maffei
Rebecca Jarvis, Linklaters
Sigrid Jansen, Allen & Overy
Tanja Luginbuhl, Lenz & Staehelin
Best in Shipping and Maritime
Catia Fernandes, Morais Leitão Galvão Teles Soares da Silva & Associados
Elinor Dautlich, HFW
Lindsey Keeble, Watson Farley & Williams
Vivienne Pittroff, HFW
Best in Structured Finance and Securitisation
Corinne Schot, Baker McKenzie
Jacky Kelly, Weil Gotshal & Manges
Maria Soares do Lago, Morais Leitão Galvão Teles Soares da Silva & Associados
Mariette van’t Westeinde, Loyens & Loeff
Rachel Kelly, Addleshaw Goddard
Sally Onions, Allen & Overy
Sarah Caldwell, Reed Smith
Best in Tax
Anne-Sophie Kerfant Orrick Rambaud Martel
Brenda A Coleman, Ropes & Gray
Catarina Belim, Belim Legal Services
Emmanuelle Pontnau Faure, Ashurst
Helen Lethaby, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Lydia Challen, Allen & Overy
Marieke Bakker, Loyens & Loeff
Maura Dineen, DLA Piper
Best in Tax Litigation
Andreia Gabriel Pereira, Morais Leitão Galvão Teles Soares da Silva & Associados
Liesl Fichardt, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart
Sandra Hazan, Dentons
Serena Cabrita Neto, PLMJ
Veronique Millischer, Baker McKenzie
Best in Technology, Media, and Telecommunications
Almudena Arpon Arpón de Mendivil Aldama, Gomez-Acebo & Pombo
Daniela De Pasquale, Ughi e Nunziante
Diane Mullenex, Pinsent Masons
Frederique Dupuis-Toubol, Bird & Bird
Ines Ferrari Careto, Morais Leitão Galvão Teles Soares da Silva & Associados
Jacqueline Schaap, Visser Schaap & Kreijger
Lisbeth Savill, Latham & Watkins
Ruth Hunter, Matheson
Best in Trademarks
Anne Marie Verschuur, NautaDutilh
Imogen Fowler, Hogan Lovells
Jessica Le Gros, Baker McKenzie
Karin Cederlund, Sandart & Partners
Manon Rieger-Jansen, Bird & Bird
Maria Luisa Cyrne, Morais Leitão Galvão Teles Soares da Silva & Associados
Maureen Daly, Beauchamps
Sara Ashby, Wiggin
Vanessa Marsland, Clifford Chance
Best in Transfer Pricing
Astrid Pieron, Mayer Brown
Catherine Galvin, Matheson
Catherine O’Meara, Matheson
Natalie Reypens, Loyens & Loeff
Sandra Hazan, Dentons
Best in Trusts and Estates
Andrea Dorjee-Good, Schellenberg Wittmer
Ceris Gardner, Maurice Turnor Gardner
Clare Maurice, Maurice Turnor Gardner
Kinga M Weiss, Walder Wyss
Line-Alexa Glotin, UGGC & Associes
Natalie Peter, Blum & Grob Attorneys at Law
Patricia Guerra, Meyerlustenberger Lachenal
Roberta Harvey, Forsters
Stephanie Auferil, Arkwood SCP
Susan O’Connell, O’Connell Brennan
Tina Wüstemann, Bär & Karrer
Best in White Collar Crime
Anne-Marie Ottaway, Greenberg Traurig
Caroline Black, Dechert
Christine Braamskamp, Jenner & Block
Joanna Rickards, Mishcon de Reya
Lisa van der Wal, de Roos & Pen
Sara George, Sidley Austin
Simone Kämpfer, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Stephanie Schott, Kipper + Dirth
Susannah Cogman, Herbert Smith Freehills
Rising Star Awards
Corporate
Andrea Giger, Niederer Kraft Frey
Claire Coppel, Allen & Overy
Ella Omelchenko, Clifford Chance
Margarida Torres Gama, Morais Leitão Galvão Teles Soares da Silva & Associados
Michelle Tong, Sidley Austin
Finance
Emma Danforth, Allen & Overy
Iona Misheva, Allen & Overy
Maria Soares do Lago, Morais Leitão Galvão Teles Soares da Silva & Associados
Mitchell Ikoghode, Allen & Overy
Niamh O’Shea, Maples Group
Nikki Johnstone, Allen & Overy
IP
Andrea Jarolímková, Bird & Bird
Bethan Hopewell (Dr), Powell Gilbert
Denisa Švecová, Bird & Bird
Miriam Ballhausen, Bird & Bird
Litigation
Aoife McCluskey, Matheson
Aurélie Conrad Hari, Bär & Karrer
Deirdre O’Mahony, Arthur Cox
Joana Galvão Teles, Morais Leitão Galvão Teles Soares da Silva & Associados
Tax
Andrea Nordin, Niederer Kraft Frey
Caroline Austin, Matheson
Elga Reana Tozzi, Niederer Kraft Frey
Ines Pinto Leite, Morais Leitão Galvão Teles Soares da Silva & Associados
Ruth Bloch Riemer, Bär & Karrer
Jurisdiction Awards
Austria
DORDA Rechtsanwälte
Barnert Egermann Illigasch
Wolf Theiss
Benelux
Arendt & Medernach
De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
Lydian
NatuaDuith
Van Doorne
Visser Schaap & Kreijger
France
Debevoise & Plimpton
LPA-CGR avocats
Shearman & Sterling
Willkie Farr & Gallagher
Germany
Hengeler Mueller
Gleiss Lutz
Hoffmann Eitle
Urwantschky Dangel Borst
Iberian
Belim
CRS Advogados
Cuatrecasas
Gomez-Acebo & Pombo
Miranda & Associados
Morais Leitão Galvão Teles Soares da Silva & Associados
PLMJ
VdA
Ireland
A&L Goodbody
Arthur Cox
Beauchamps
Eversheds Sutherland
Matheson
McCann FitzGerald
Israel
Agmon Co & Rosenberg Hacohen & Co
Efrat Deutsch & Co.
H-F & Co Law Offices
Herzog Fox & Neeman
Lipa Meir & Co.
Pearl Cohen
Tadmor Levy
Italy
BonelliErede
Chiomenti
Legance
Portolano Cavallo
Societa Italiana Brevetti
Toffoletto De Luca Tamajo e Soci
Ughi e Nunziante
Nordic
Haavind
Moalem Weitemeyer Bendtsen
Plesner
Roschier
Sandart & Partners
Vinge
Switzerland
Bar & Karrer
Bratschi
Niederer Kraft Frey
Schellenberg Wittmer
UK (International Firms)
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
Allen & Overy
Baker McKenzie
Bird & Bird
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Clifford Chance
Dechert
Dentons
DLA Piper
Greenberg Traurig
Holland & Knight
Paul Hastings
Sidley Austin
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
