The best women lawyers from across the continent gathered at The Savoy in London last night to celebrate Euromoney Legal Media Group's ninth annual Europe Women in Business Law Awards.
The audience of private practice and in-house lawyers celebrated the best women across 35 practice areas and heard from this year's outstanding practitioner winner, Farmida Bi of Norton Rose Fulbright.
Baker McKenzie once again won the best international firm for women in business law prize. The firm also collected a special recognition award for Paul Rawlinson – a champion of diversity who passed away earlier this year.
Arthur Cox retained its status as the best national firm for women in business law and other major winners included: Allen & Overy; Borenius Attorneys; Cuatrecasas; Dechert; Dentons; DLA Piper; Latham & Watkins; and McCann FitzGerald.
A full list of winners is detailed below. For more information, please contact Melanie Petch on mpetch@euromoneyplc.com
INDIVIDUAL AWARDS
Best in aviation
Yvonne McWeeney, Matheson
Best in banking & finance
Sinead O'Shea, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Best in capital markets: Debt
Amy Geddes, Herbert Smith Freehills
Best in capital markets: Equity
Laura Sizemore, White & Case
Best in commercial arbitration
Rajinder Bassi, Kirkland & Ellis
Best in competition & antitrust
Strati Sakellariou-Witt, White & Case
Best in copyright
Rachel Alexander, Wiggin
Best in corporate governance
Joanna Hewitt, Baker McKenzie
Best in energy, natural resources and mining
Agnieszka Klich, Covington & Burling
Best in environment
Nicolien van den Biggelaar, De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
Best in financial regulation
Kate Sumpter, Allen & Overy
Best in insolvency & restructuring
Liz Osborne, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
Best in insurance & reinsurance
Eva-Maria Barbosa, Norton Rose Fulbright
Best in international trade
Anzhela Makhinova, Sayenko Kharenko
Best in investment funds
Kate Downey, Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson
Best in labour & employment
Pascale Lagesse, Bredin Prat
Best in life sciences
Marie Manley, Sidley Austin
Best in litigation
Dorothy Cory-Wright, Dechert
Best in mergers & acquisitions
Lisa O'Neill, McDermott Will & Emery
Best in offshore
Frances Watson, Mourant Ozannes
Best in patent
Ann De Clercq, De Clercq & Partners
Best in privacy & data protection
Georgina Kon, Linklaters
Best in private equity
Clare Gaskell, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Best in product liability
Sylvie Gallage-Alwis, Signature Litigation
Best in project finance
Ayesha Waheed, Latham & Watkins
Best in real estate
Jolanta Nowakowska-Zimoch, Greenberg Traurig Grzesiak
Best in shipping & maritime
Dharshini Bandara, Fleet Hamburg
Best in structured finance & securitisation
Michaëla Ulrici, NautaDutilh
Best in tax
Sandra Hazan, Dentons
Best in tax dispute resolution
Nicola Shaw QC, Gray's Inn Tax Chambers
Best in technology, media & telecommunications
Sue McLean, Baker McKenzie
Best in trade mark
Catherine Wiseman, Barker Brettell
Best in transfer pricing
Monika Laskowska, PwC
Best in trusts & estates
Tina Wüstemann, Bär & Karrer
Best in white collar crime
Jane Shvets, Debevoise & Plimpton
Rising star: Corporate
Eva Suduiko, Cobalt
Rising star: Finance
Amy Kennedy, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
Rising star: IP
Giulia Varallo, Trevisan & Cuonzo
Rising star: Litigation
Karen Coppens, Dechert
Rising star: Tax
Serena Lee, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
COUNTRY/REGIONAL WINNERS
Best firm in Austria
Wolf Theiss
Best firm in Baltics
Sorainen
Best firm in Belgium
White & Case
Best firm in Bulgaria
Djingov Gouginski Kyutchukov & Velichkov
Best firm in Croatia
Wolf Theiss
Best firm in Cyprus
Chrysses Demetriades & Co
Best firm in Czech Republic
Dentons
Best firm in Denmark
Bech-Bruun
Best firm in Finland
White & Case
Best firm in France
Dentons
Best firm in Germany
Gleiss Lutz
Best firm in Greece
A & K Metaxopoulos
Best firm in Hungary
bpv Jádi Németh Attorneys at Law
Best firm in Ireland
Arthur Cox
Best firm in Israel
Tadmor Levy & Co
Best firm in Italy
Portolano Cavallo Studio Legale
Best firm in Kazakhstan
Dentons
Best firm in Luxembourg
Dentons
Best firm in Malta
Fenech & Fenech Advocates
Best firm in Netherlands
Baker McKenzie
Best firm in Norway
DLA Piper
Best firm in Poland
DLA Piper
Best firm in Portugal
Vieira de Almeida & Associados
Best firm in Romania
Dentons
Best firm in Russia
White & Case
Best firm in Slovak Republic
CMS Ružička Csekes
Best firm in Spain
Cuatrecasas Gonçalves Pereira
Best firm in Sweden
Vinge
Best firm in Switzerland
Schellenberg Wittmer
Best firm in Turkey
Balcıoğlu Selçuk Akman Keki Attorney Partnership
Best firm in Ukraine
DLA Piper
Best firm in UK (national firm)
Powell Gilbert
Best firm in UK (international firm)
Baker McKenzie
Best firm in Middle East
Latham & Watkins
FIRM OF THE YEAR WINNERS
Best gender diversity initiative by national firm
Cuatrecasas
Best gender diversity initiative by international firm
DLA Piper
Best national firm for minority women lawyers
Arthur Cox
Best international firm for minority women lawyers
Baker McKenzie.
Most innovative international firm
Baker McKenzie
Best national firm mentoring programme
Arthur Cox
Best international firm mentoring programme
Dentons
Best national firm for work-life balance
Borenius Attorneys
Best international firm for work-life balance
Allen & Overy
Best national firm for pro bono work
McCann Fitzgerald
Best international firm for pro bono work
Latham & Watkins
Best national firm for talent management
Portolano Cavallo Studio Legale
Best international firm for talent management
Dechert
Best national firm for women in business law
Arthur Cox
Best international firm for women in business law
Baker McKenzie