The best female lawyers from across the region, gathered at the Island Shangri-La in Hong Kong on November 8 to celebrate the advancement of women in the legal profession in the seventh annual Euromoney Legal Media Group Asia Women in Business Law Awards.
Ferheen Mahomed from HKEX began the evening with a keynote speech to an audience of in-house and private practitioners. The attendees had gathered to celebrate the achievements of law firms and in-house individuals and teams setting the standard in female-friendly working practices, and women leading the field in practice areas across Asia.
In the firm categories, Hogan Lovells received the prize for best firm for pro bono work, and the prizes for best in-house teams were awarded to Marriott and JP Morgan. WongPartnership and Baker McKenzie received the best national and international firm for women in business law awards respectively.
A full list of winners is detailed below.
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Individual Winners
Best in banking and finance
Lorna Xin Chen, Shearman & Sterling
Best in capital markets
Anna-Marie Slot, Ashurst
Best in competition and antitrust
Fay Zhou, Linklaters
Best in compliance and regulatory
Mini vandePol, Baker McKenzie
Best in dispute resolution
May Tai, Herbert Smith Freehills
Best in energy and natural resources
Meredith Campion, Allen & Overy
Best in insolvency and restructuring
Kelly Naphtali, Kirkland & Ellis
Best in IP litigation
Charmaine Koo, Deacons
Best in labour and employment
Andrea Randall, Gall
Best in M&A and private equity
Psyche Tai, Norton Rose Fulbright
Best in offshore
Judy Lee, Appleby
Best in patent and trade mark prosecution
Alison Wong, Bird & Bird
Best in privacy and data protection
Anna Gamvros, Norton Rose Fulbright
Best in real estate
Pauline Tan, Ashurst
Best in shipping
Wendy Tan, Morgan Lewis Stamford
Best in structured finance
Sonia Lim, Linklaters
Best in tax
Adeline Wong, Wong & Partners
Best in TMT
Gabriela Kennedy, Mayer Brown
Best in transfer pricing
Tae-Yeon Nam, Kim & Chang
Rising Star Winners
Rising star: Corporate
Tina LeDinh, Allen & Overy Legal (Vietnam)
Rising star: Finance
Caroline Smart, Ashurst
Rising star: IP
Serena Lim, Hogan Lovells
Rising star: Litigation
Jodi Wu, Kirkland & Ellis
Rising star: Tax
Maria Chang, Bae Kim & Lee
Country Awards
Australia
Bird & Bird
Brunei
Abrahams Davidson & Co
China - PRC firm
JunHe
China - international firm
Herbert Smith Freehills
Hong Kong - independent firm
Deacons
Hong Kong - international firm
Simmons & Simmons
India
Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co
Indonesia
Hadiputranto Hadinoto & Partners
Japan
White & Case
Malaysia
Wong & Partners
New Zealand
MinterEllisonRuddWatts
Pakistan
Kabraji & Talibuddin
Philippines
Quisumbing Torres
Singapore
WongPartnership
South Korea
Lee & Ko
Sri Lanka
FJ&G de Saram
Taiwan
LCS & Partners
Thailand
Baker McKenzie
Vietnam
Tilleke & Gibbins
Firm Awards
Best gender diversity initiative by national firm
Lee & Ko
Best gender diversity initiative by international firm
Hogan Lovells
Best firm for diversity by national firm
WongPartnership
Best firm for diversity by international firm
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
Most innovative firm
Linklaters
Best international firm China practice
King & Wood Mallesons
Best national firm mentoring programme
MinterEllisonRuddWatts
Best international firm mentoring programme
Latham & Watkins
Best national firm for work-life balance
Charltons
Best international firm for work-life balance
Lipman Karas
Best firm for pro bono work
Hogan Lovells
Best national firm for talent management
WongPartnership
Best international firm for talent management
White & Case
Best national firm for women in business law
WongPartnership
Best international firm for women in business law
Baker McKenzie
In-house/individual categories
Outstanding practitioner award
Effie Vasilopoulos, Sidley Austin
Lifetime achievement award
The Honourable Justice Lai Siu Chiu
In-house team of the year (under 50 lawyers)
Marriott
In-house team of the year (over 50 lawyers)
JP Morgan
Asialaw In-house award
Gillian Cheong, GLP
Benchmark Litigation in-house award
Sharon Nye, Morgan Stanley
International Financial Law Review in-house award
Fiona Phillips, HSBC
International Tax Review in-house award
Annie Pan, RELX
Managing IP in-house award
Catherine Yao, Applied Materials
