An audience of in-house and private practice lawyers gathered to celebrate the achievements of those firms setting the standard in terms of female-friendly work practices, and women leading the field in the legal sector across Europe.
Those in attendance heard speeches from Constanze Ulmer-Eilfort of Baker & McKenzie who collected the Outstanding Practitioner award, and The Hon Mrs Justice Carr who received the Lifetime Achievement award.
In the firm categories, DLA Piper was named the best international firm for women in business law, and also received the prize for best international gender diversity firm. In other international categories, Baker & McKenzie won the award for most innovative firm, Allen & Overy was rewarded for best firm for work-life balance, Hogan Lovell was named the best firm for minority women lawyers, and White & Case was declared the best firm for talent management.
A full list of winners is detailed below. For more information, please contact Alissa Rozen on arozen@euromoneyny.com.
INDIVIDUAL AWARDS
Best in aviation
Vonnick Le Guillou, DLA Piper
Best in banking & finance
Jay Sadanandan, Latham & Watkins
Best in capital markets: Debt
Elaine Keats, Linklaters
Best in capital markets: Equity
Natalie Walter, Covington & Burling
Best in commercial arbitration
Wendy Miles QC, Boies Schiller & Flexner
Best in competition & antitrust
Jacquelyn MacLennan, White & Case
Best in copyright
Lisa Peets, Covington & Burling
Best in corporate governance
Marta Frąckowiak, DLA Piper
Best in energy, natural resources & mining
Nina Bowyer, Herbert Smith Freehills
Best in environment
Vanessa Havard-Williams, Linklaters
Best in financial regulation
Helen Marshall, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
Best in insolvency & restructuring
Jennifer Marshall, Allen & Overy
Best in insurance & reinsurance
Dorothy Cory-Wright, Sidley Austin
Best in international trade
Lourdes Catrain, Hogan Lovells
Best in investment funds
Tara Doyle, Matheson
Best in labour & employment
Mirjam de Blécourt, Baker & McKenzie
Best in life sciences
Marianne Schaffner, Dechert
Best in litigation
Carol Plunkett, William Fry
Best in mergers & acquisitions
Louise Nash, Covington & Burling
Best in offshore
Zillah Howard, Bedell
Best in patent
Morag Peberdy, Covington & Burling
Best in private equity
Annelies van der Pauw, Allen & Overy
Best in product liability
Cécile Derycke, Hogan Lovells
Best in real estate
Françoise Maigrot, Linklaters
Best in shipping & maritime
Vivienne Pitroff, Holman Fenwick Willan
Best in structured finance (incl securitisation & derivatives)
Angela Clist, Allen & Overy
Best in tax
Nicole Looks, Baker & McKenzie
Best in tax dispute resolution
Sonia Velasco, Cuatrecasas Gonçalves Pereira
Best in technology, media & telecommunications
Zoë Butler, Powell Gilbert
Best in trade mark
Marie-Aimée de Dampierre, Hogan Lovells
Best in transfer pricing
Ágata Uceda, KPMG Meijburg & Co
Best in trusts & estates
Nora Lillis, William Fry
Best in white collar crime
Judith Seddon, Clifford Chance
Rising star: Corporate
Caroline-Lucy Moran, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
Rising star: Finance
Linda Taylor, Linklaters
Rising star: IP
Bethan Hopewell, Powell Gilbert
Rising star: Litigation
Nathalie Allen Prince, Boies Schiller & Flexner
Rising star: Tax
Susanne Schreiber, Bär & Karrer
COUNTRY AWARDS
Best firm in Austria
Wolf Theiss
Best firm in Baltics
Tark Grunte Sutkiene
Best firm in Belgium
Allen & Overy
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
Plesner
Best firm in Finland
White & Case
Best firm in France
Bird & Bird
Best firm in Germany
King & Wood Mallesons
Best firm in Greece
Karatzas & Partners Law Firm
Best firm in Hungary
bpv Jádi Németh Attorneys at Law
Best firm in Ireland
Arthur Cox
Best firm in Israel
S Friedman & Co
Best firm in Italy
Portolano Cavallo Studio Legale
Best firm in Kazakhstan
Dentons
Best firm in Luxembourg
Arendt & Medernach
Best firm in Malta
Fenech & Fenech Advocates
Best firm in Netherlands
Bird & Bird
Best firm in Norway
Thommessen
Best firm in Poland
DLA Piper
Best firm in Portugal
Abecasis Azoia Moura Marques & Associados
Best firm in Romania
Wolf Theiss
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
Pestalozzi Attorneys at Law
Best firm in Turkey
White & Case
Best firm in Ukraine
DLA Piper
Best firm in UK (national firm)
Boodle Hatfield
Best firm in UK (international firm)
Allen & Overy
Best firm in Middle East
Latham & Watkins
IN-HOUSE AWARDS
International Financial Law Review in-house award
Caroline Boey, Bank of America Merrill Lynch
International Tax Review in-house award
Carolina Graterol, Rosen Group
Managing IP in-house award
Gill Smith, Dyson
Best in-house team (under 50 lawyers)
Mars
Best in-house team (over 50 lawyers)
Goldman Sachs
INDIVIDUAL WINNERS
Lifetime achievement
The Hon. Mrs Justice Carr
Outstanding practitioner
Constanze Ulmer-Eilfort, Baker & McKenzie
FIRM AWARDS
Best gender diversity initiative by national firm
Cuatrecasas Gonҫalves Pereira
Best gender diversity initiative by international firm
DLA Piper
Best national firm for minority women lawyers
Advokatfirman Lindahl
Best international firm for minority women lawyers
Hogan Lovells
Most innovative international firm
Baker & McKenzie
Best national firm mentoring programme
Arthur Cox
Best international 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
Abecasis Azoia Moura Marques & Associados
Best international firm for pro bono work
Baker & McKenzie
Best national firm for talent management
Portolano Cavallo Studio Legale
Best international firm for talent management
White & Case
Best national firm for women in business law
Arthur Cox
Best international firm for women in business law
DLA Piper
