Welcome to the 2019 edition of Managing Intellectual Property’s Top 250 Women in IP. This special list, which we launched in 2013, recognises the leading female IP practitioners in private practice who have performed exceptionally for their clients and firms in the past year. During the selection process, we also factored in activities in the IP community and corporate social responsibility initiatives. The Top 250 Women in IP list we published last year can be found here.
We know there are other individuals who deserve to be featured so please do get in touch with your feedback or suggestions and we will can consider them next year. Please send your feedback or questions to research@managingip.com
Congratulations to all the practitioners featured this year.
Methodology
The individuals recognised this year were selected from our general IP Stars list for 2019, which can be found on ipstars.com. The list is based on the information obtained during the research for the 2019 edition of IP STARS (September 2018 to January 2019). IP STARS publications are available in print (IP STARS Handbook) and online at ipstars.com. The handbooks are widely distributed and copies can be found at industry events such as the INTA Annual Meeting. This year's Top 250 Women in IP, Corporate IP Stars (for in-house counsel) and the general IP Stars can also be found in the handbooks. The Rising Stars list for 2019 will be published later this year; in the meantime, readers can find the 2018 list here. Learn more about our research methodology here.
AMERICAS
| NAME | FIRM NAME | COUNTRY |
| Laura de Achával | Ferrer Reyes Tellechea & Bouché | Argentina |
| Iris Quadrio | Marval O’Farrell & Mairal | Argentina |
| Elisabeth Siemsen do Amaral | Dannemann Siemsen | Brazil |
| Laetitia Maria Alice d'Hanens | Gusmão & Labrunie | Brazil |
| Elisabeth Kasznar Fekete | Kasznar Leonardos | Brazil |
| Dominique Hussey | Bennett Jones | Canada |
| Micheline Gravelle | Bereskin & Parr | Canada |
| Justine Wiebe | Borden Ladner Gervais | Canada |
| Alison Hayman | Cassels Brock & Blackwell | Canada |
| Julie Desrosiers | Fasken | Canada |
| Shelagh Carnegie | Gowling WLG | Canada |
| Sana Halwani | Lenczner Slaght | Canada |
| Lisa Melanson | McCarthy Tétrault | Canada |
| Judith Robinson | Norton Rose Fulbright | Canada |
| May Cheng | Osler Hoskin & Harcourt | Canada |
| Nancy Pei | Smart & Biggar/Fetherstonhaugh | Canada |
| Keltie Sim Luft | Smart & Biggar/Fetherstonhaugh | Canada |
| Eileen McMahon | Torys | Canada |
| Alicia Lloreda | Lloreda Camacho & Co | Colombia |
| Maria Cecilia Romoleroux | Corral Rosales | Ecuador |
| Heidi Lindner | Arochi & Lindner | Mexico |
| Consuelo Gonzalez Rodriguez | Uhthoff Gómez Vega & Uhthoff | Mexico |
| Adriana Barrera | Barrera & Asociados (BARLAW) | Peru |
| Deanna Tanner Okun | Adduci Mastriani & Schaumberg | United States |
| Dianne Elderkin | Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld | United States |
| Cristina Carvalho | Arent Fox | United States |
| Deborah Fishman | Arnold & Porter | United States |
| Jennifer Sklenar | Arnold & Porter | United States |
| Rhonda Trotter | Arnold & Porter | United States |
| Margaret Sampson | Baker Botts | United States |
| Helen Hill Minsker | Banner & Witcoff | United States |
| Felicia Boyd | Barnes & Thornburg | United States |
| Denise De Mory | Bunsow De Mory | United States |
| Amy Sullivan Cahill | Cahill IP | United States |
| Leah Reimer | Cantor Colburn | United States |
| Brenda Jarrell | Choate Hall & Stewart | United States |
| Heidi Keefe | Cooley | United States |
| Michelle Rhyu | Cooley | United States |
| Mika Mayer | Cooley | United States |
| Eleanor Lackman | Cowan DeBaets Abrahams & Sheppard | United States |
| Nancy Wolff | Cowan DeBaets Abrahams & Sheppard | United States |
| Roxanne Elings | Davis Wright Tremaine | United States |
| Marcia Paul | Davis Wright Tremaine | United States |
| Bindu Donovan | Desmarais | United States |
| Lisa Haile | DLA Piper | United States |
| Mercedes Meyer | Drinker Biddle & Reath | United States |
| Lisa Dunner | Dunner Law | United States |
| Daralyn Durie | Durie Tangri | United States |
| Sonal Mehta | Durie Tangri | United States |
| Amy Everhart | Everhart Law Firm | United States |
| Stephanie Skaff | Farella Braun + Martel | United States |
| Sally Abel | Fenwick & West | United States |
| Karen Webb | Fenwick & West | United States |
| Erika Harmon Arner | Finnegan | United States |
| Leslie McDonell | Finnegan | United States |
| Juanita Brooks | Fish & Richardson | United States |
| Janis Fraser | Fish & Richardson | United States |
| Teresa Lavoie | Fish & Richardson | United States |
| Dorothy Whelan | Fish & Richardson | United States |
| Barbara Fiacco | Foley Hoag | United States |
| Julia Huston | Foley Hoag | United States |
| Allison Strickland Ricketts | Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu | United States |
| Jane Love | Gibson Dunn & Crutcher | United States |
| Elizabeth Holland | Goodwin Procter | United States |
| Susan Heller | Greenberg Traurig | United States |
| Susan Glovsky | Hamilton Brook Smith Reynolds | United States |
| Lisabeth Coakley | Harness Dickey & Pierce | United States |
| Purvi Patel Albers | Haynes and Boone | United States |
| Lisa Evert | Hitchcock Evert | United States |
| Arlene Chow | Hogan Lovells | United States |
| Julia Anne Matheson | Hogan Lovells | United States |
| Andrea Anderson | Holland & Hart | United States |
| Cheryl Burbach | Hovey Williams | United States |
| Karen Artz Ash | Katten Muchin Rosenman | United States |
| Christa Anderson | Keker Van Nest & Peters | United States |
| Lynn Jordan | Kelly IP | United States |
| Linda McLeod | Kelly IP | United States |
| Tina McKeon | Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton | United States |
| Lisa Pearson | Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton | United States |
| Lori Gordon | King & Spalding | United States |
| Kathleen McCarthy | King & Spalding | United States |
| Leora Ben-Ami | Kirkland & Ellis | United States |
| Patricia Carson | Kirkland & Ellis | United States |
| Dale Cendali | Kirkland & Ellis | United States |
| Claudia Ray | Kirkland & Ellis | United States |
| Salima Merani | Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear | United States |
| Susan Natland | Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear | United States |
| Sherry Knowles | Knowles Intellectual Property Strategies | United States |
| Lisa Kobialka | Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel | United States |
| Pamela Ruschau | Leydig Voit & Mayer | United States |
| Claudia Stangle | Leydig Voit & Mayer | United States |
| Leslie Lott | Lott & Fischer | United States |
| Pamela Cox | Marshall Gerstein & Borun | United States |
| Heather Kissling | Marshall Gerstein & Borun | United States |
| Lisa Ferri | Mayer Brown | United States |
| Sasha Rao | Maynard Cooper & Gale | United States |
| Sarah Chapin Columbia | McDermott Will & Emery | United States |
| Karen Jacobs | Morris Nichols Arsht & Tunnell | United States |
| Catherine Polizzi | Morrison & Foerster | United States |
| Stefani Shanberg | Morrison & Foerster | United States |
| Stephanie Sharron | Morrison & Foerster | United States |
| Heather Meeker | O'Melveny & Myers | United States |
| Lisa Pensabene | O'Melveny & Myers | United States |
| Claudia Wilson Frost | Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe | United States |
| Annette Hurst | Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe | United States |
| Denise Mingrone | Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe | United States |
| Cynthia Parks | Parks IP Law | United States |
| Shannon Bloodworth | Perkins Coie | United States |
| Grace Han Stanton | Perkins Coie | United States |
| Kecia Reynolds | Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman | United States |
| Anna Kuhn | Pirkey Barber | United States |
| Victoria Maroulis | Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan | United States |
| Colleen Tracy James | Quinn Emanuel Uruquhart & Sullivan | United States |
| Li-Hsien (Lily) Rin-Laures | RinLaures | United States |
| Irene Lee | Russ August & Kabat | United States |
| Jill Pietrini | Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton | United States |
| Sabrina Stavish | Sheridan Ross | United States |
| Sharon Israel | Shook Hardy & Bacon | United States |
| Ching-Lee Fukuda | Sidley Austin | United States |
| Lori Lesser | Simpson Thacher & Bartlett | United States |
| Tracy-Gene Durkin | Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox | United States |
| Eldora Ellison | Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox | United States |
| Monica Riva Talley | Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox | United States |
| Mandy Wilson Decker | Stites & Harbison | United States |
| Meredith Martin Addy | Tabet DiVito & Rothstein | United States |
| Pamela Fulmer | Tactical Law Group | United States |
| Elizabeth Weiswasser | Weil Gotshal & Manges | United States |
| Shamita Etienne-Cummings | White & Case | United States |
| Anita Varma | White & Case | United States |
| Lisa Pirozzolo | WilmerHale | United States |
| Mindy Sooter | WilmerHale | United States |
| Cynthia Vreeland | WilmerHale | United States |
| Amy Wigmore | WilmerHale | United States |
| Mercedes Castells | Fischer Abogados | Uruguay |
| Maria Milagros Nebreda | Hoet Pelaez Castillo & Duque | Venezuela |
ASIA
| NAME | FIRM NAME | COUNTRY |
| Miriam Stiel | Allens | Australia |
| Lisa Ritson | Ashurst | Australia |
| Kate Hay | Corrs Chambers Westgarth | Australia |
| Marion Heathcote | Davies Collison Cave | Australia |
| Melinda Upton | DLA Piper | Australia |
| Joanne Martin | FB Rice | Australia |
| Daneta Crump | FPA Patent Attorneys | Australia |
| Lisa Lennon | Gilbert + Tobin | Australia |
| Rosie Stramandinoli | Griffith Hack | Australia |
| Sue Gilchrist | Herbert Smith Freehills | Australia |
| Katrina Rathie | King & Wood Mallesons | Australia |
| Alyssa Telfer | Phillips Ormonde Fitzpatrick | Australia |
| Ai-Leen Lim | AWA Asia | China |
| Christine Yiu | Bird & Bird | China |
| Spring Chang | Chang Tsi & Partners | China |
| Tian Tian | Fangda Partners | China |
| Zhen (Katie) Feng | Hogan Lovells | China |
| Xiaoli Yang | King & Wood Mallesons | China |
| Lily Changxin Lei | Liu Shen & Associates | China |
| Linda Chang | Rouse | China |
| Haiyan Ren | Wanhuida Peksung | China |
| Maria Smith | Baker McKenzie | Hong Kong |
| Charmaine Koo | Deacons | Hong Kong |
| Archana Shanker | Anand & Anand | India |
| Deepa Tiku | K & S Partners | India |
| Samta Mehra | Remfry & Sagar | India |
| Niti Dewan | RK Dewan & Co | India |
| Monica Datta | Saikrishna & Associates | India |
| Bitika Sharma | Singh & Singh | India |
| Prudence Jahja | Januar Jahja & Partners | Indonesia |
| Fortuna Alvariza | K&K Advocates | Indonesia |
| Nidya Kalangie | SKC Law | Indonesia |
| Mitsuko Miyagawa | TMI Associates | Japan |
| Naho Ebata | Abe Ikubo & Katayama | Japan |
| Azlina Aisyah Khalid | Henry Goh & Co | Malaysia |
| Karen Abraham | Shearn Delamore & Co | Malaysia |
| Charmayne Ong | Skrine | Malaysia |
| Kherk Ying Chew | Wong & Partners (Baker McKenzie) | Malaysia |
| Kate McHaffie | AJ Park | New Zealand |
| Penny Catley | Baldwins Intellectual Property | New Zealand |
| Jenni Rutter | Kensington Swan | New Zealand |
| Susan Villanueva | Cruz Marcelo & Tenefrancia | Philippines |
| Pei Lin Low | Allen & Gledhill | Singapore |
| Winnie Tham | Amica Law | Singapore |
| Lorraine Anne Tay | Bird & Bird ATMD | Singapore |
| Ai Ming Lee | Dentons Rodyk & Davidson | Singapore |
| Michelle Ng | Donaldson & Burkinshaw | Singapore |
| Siau Wen Lim | Drew & Napier | Singapore |
| Ee Lin Soo | Spruson & Ferguson | Singapore |
| Audrey Goh | Viering Jentschura & Partner | Singapore |
| Jihyun Kim | Bae Kim & Lee | South Korea |
| Catherine Eunkyeong Lee | Bae Kim & Lee | South Korea |
| Jeong Won Lee | FirstLaw PC | South Korea |
| Young Kim | Kim & Chang | South Korea |
| Vera Eun Woo Lee | Lee & Ko | South Korea |
| Grace Shao | Baker McKenzie | Taiwan |
| Gloria Lu | Lee and Li | Taiwan |
| Crystal J Chen | Tsai Lee & Chen | Taiwan |
| Say Sujintaya | Baker McKenzie | Thailand |
| Darani Vachanavuttivong | Tilleke & Gibbins | Thailand |
EUROPE, MIDDLE EAST & AFRICA
| NAME | FIRM NAME | COUNTRY |
| Ann De Clercq | De Clercq & Partners | Belgium |
| Carina Gommers | Hoyng Rokh Monegier | Belgium |
| Florence Verhoestraete | NautaDutilh | Belgium |
| Anette Rasmussen | AWA | Denmark |
| Susie Arnesen | Løje Arnesen & Meedom | Denmark |
| Camilla Rendal Nielsen | Zacco | Denmark |
| Tarja Tchernych | Berggren | Finland |
| Ella Mikkola | Bird & Bird | Finland |
| Asa Krook | Borenius | Finland |
| Hanna-Maija Elo | Properta Attorneys | Finland |
| Laëtitia Bénard | Allen & Overy | France |
| Catherine Mateu | Armengaud Guerlain | France |
| Anne-Charlotte Le-Bihan | Bird & Bird | France |
| Josée-Anne Bénazéraf | Cabinet Artlaw | France |
| Aurélia Marie | Cabinet Beau de Loménie | France |
| Florence Gaullier | Cabinet Vercken & Gaullier | France |
| Marianne Schaffner | Dentons | France |
| Sabine Agé | Hoyng Rokh Monegier Véron | France |
| Cordula Schumacher | Arnold Ruess | Germany |
| Nadine Heiartz | Bardehle Pagenberg | Germany |
| Sandra Pohlman | df-mp | Germany |
| Karin Sandberg | Harmsen Utescher | Germany |
| Christine Kanz | Hoyng Rokh Monegier | Germany |
| Miriam Kiefer | Kather Augenstein | Germany |
| Dorothea Renesse | König Szynka Tilmann von Renesse | Germany |
| Natalia Berryman | Vossius & Partner | Germany |
| Helen Papaconstantinou | Dr Helen G Papaconstantinou & Partners | Greece |
| Judit Lantos | Danubia | Hungary |
| Zsófia Lendvai | Hegymegi-Barakonyi & Partner Baker McKenzie | Hungary |
| Ásdís Magnúsdóttir | Arnason Faktor | Iceland |
| Hazel Tunney | Tomkins | Ireland |
| Aoife Murphy | Whitney Moore | Ireland |
| Laura Scott | William Fry | Ireland |
| Hadassa Waterman | Ehrlich & Fenster | Israel |
| Karen Elburg | Herzog Fox & Neeman | Israel |
| Cynthia Webb | Luthi + Webb | Israel |
| Dor Cohen Zedek | Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer Baratz | Israel |
| Ena Pugatsch | Reinhold Cohn & Partners | Israel |
| Gabriella D Modiano | Modiano & Partners | Italy |
| Lilian Hesselink | De Vries & Metman | Netherlands |
| Adonna Alkema | Hofhuis Alkema Groen | Netherlands |
| Uche Nwokocha | Aluko & Oyebode | Nigeria |
| Uwa Ohiku | Jackson Etti & Edu | Nigeria |
| Ida Gjessing | GjessingReimers | Norway |
| Anne Marie Sejersted | Kvale | Norway |
| Ann-Cathrin Hoel | Onsagers | Norway |
| Camilla Vislie | Thommessen | Norway |
| Dorota Rzążewska | JWP | Poland |
| Alicja Piotrowicz | Kulikowska & Kulikowski | Poland |
| Ewa Skrzydlo-Tefelska | Sołtysiński Kawecki & Szlezak | Poland |
| Maria Cruz Garcia | J Pereira da Cruz | Portugal |
| Raluca Vasilescu | Cabinet M Oproiu | Romania |
| Ana-Maria Baciu | Simion & Baciu | Romania |
| Elena Nazina | Gorodissky & Partners | Russia |
| Natalia Gulyaeva | Hogan Lovells | Russia |
| Mariëtte du Plessis | Adams & Adams | South Africa |
| Nola Bond | Kisch IP | South Africa |
| Louise Myburgh | Spoor & Fisher | South Africa |
| Megan Reimers | Spoor & Fisher | South Africa |
| Leanne Mostert | Webber Wentzel | South Africa |
| Patricia Koch | Balder | Spain |
| Verena Von Bomhard | BomhardIP | Spain |
| Sonia Santos | Grau & Angulo | Spain |
| Imogen Fowler | Hogan Lovells | Spain |
| Laura Alonso | Hoyng Rokh Monegier | Spain |
| Anna Barlocci | ZBM Patents & Trademarks | Spain |
| Inga-Lill Andersson | AWA | Sweden |
| Monique Wadsted | Bird & Bird | Sweden |
| Karin Cederlund | Sandart & Partners | Sweden |
| Lara Dorigo | Lenz & Staehelin | Switzerland |
| Barbara Müller | Wild Schnyder | Switzerland |
| Özge Atilgan Karakulak | Gün + Partners | Turkey |
| Yasemin Kenaroğlu | Kenaroğlu | Turkey |
| Işik Özdoğan | Moroğlu Arseven | Turkey |
| Selma Ünlü | NSN Law Firm | Turkey |
| Sara Holder | Rouse | United Arab Emirates |
| Marjan Noor | Allen & Overy | United Kingdom |
| Jessica Le Gros | Baker McKenzie | United Kingdom |
| Catherine Wiseman | Barker Brettell | United Kingdom |
| Katharine Stephens | Bird & Bird | United Kingdom |
| Emma Pitcher | Boult Wade Tennant | United Kingdom |
| Laura Anderson | Bristows | United Kingdom |
| Susan Kirsch | Carpmaels & Ransford | United Kingdom |
| Mary Bagnall | Charles Russell Speechlys | United Kingdom |
| Tamsin Holman | D Young & Co | United Kingdom |
| Alexandra Brodie | Gowling WLG | United Kingdom |
| Carrollanne Lindley | Kilburn & Strode | United Kingdom |
| Nicola Dagg | Kirkland & Ellis | United Kingdom |
| Sally Britton | Mishcon de Reya | United Kingdom |
| Arty Rajendra | Osborne Clarke | United Kingdom |
| Clare Tunstall | Pinsent Masons | United Kingdom |
| Penny Gilbert | Powell Gilbert | United Kingdom |
| Susie Middlemiss | Slaughter and May | United Kingdom |
| Alexandra Pygall | Stephenson Harwood | United Kingdom |
| Anna Carboni | Wiggin | United Kingdom |
| Tania Clark | Withers & Rogers | United Kingdom |