The best female lawyers from across the continent congregated at The Dorchester in London last night to celebrate Euromoney Legal Media Group's third annual Europe Women in Business Law Awards.
Sandie Okoro, general counsel at Barings Asset Management gave the keynote speech to an audience of in-house and private practice attorneys who had 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.
Guests also heard speeches from the outstanding practitioner winner Fiona Woolf of CMS Cameron McKenna, and the lifetime achievement winner Baroness Helena Kennedy QC.
In the firm categories, Linklaters was named best international firm for women in business law, and also received the prize for best international firm for talent management. In other international categories, Reed Smith collected the award for most innovative firm, Hogan Lovells was named the best firm for work-life balance, White & Case was rewarded for the best mentoring programme and Slaughter and May picked up the award for best gender diversity initiative by an international firm.
A full list of winners is detailed below. For more information, please contact Jonathan McReynolds on jmcreynolds@euromoneyny.com
INDIVIDUAL AWARDS
Best in aviation
Maylis Casati-Ollier, Clyde & Co
Best in banking and finance
Farmida Bi, Norton Rose
Best in capital markets: Debt
Elaine Keats, Linklaters
Best in capital markets: Equity
Nilufer von Bismarck, Slaughter and May
Best in commercial arbitration
Nathalie Voser, Schellenberg Wittmer
Best in competition and antitrust
Claire Jeffs, Slaughter and May
Best in copyright
Lisa Peets, Covington & Burling
Best in corporate governance
Pauliina Tenhunen, Castrén & Snellman
Best in energy, natural resources & mining
Penelope Warne, CMS Cameron McKenna
Best in environment
Jacqueline Mailly, Hogan Lovells
Best in financial regulation
Ruth Fox, Slaughter and May
Best in insolvency & restructuring
Yen Sum, Linklaters
Best in insurance and reinsurance
Helena Rempler, Mannheimer Swartling
Best in international trade
Paulette Vander Schueren, Mayer Brown
Best in investment funds
Hilary Prescott, Covington & Burling
Best in labour and employment
Elaine Aarons, Withers
Best in life sciences
Morag Macdonald, Bird & Bird
Best in litigation
Sonya Leydecker, Herbert Smith Freehills
Best in mergers & acquisitions
Farah Ispahani, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Best in offshore
Zillah Howard, Bedell
Best in patents
Nicola Dagg, Allen & Overy
Best in private equity
Amy Mahon, Clifford Chance
Best in product liability
Ina Brock, Hogan Lovells
Best in real estate
Françoise Maigrot, Linklaters
Best in shipping and maritime
Elizabeth Blackburn QC, Stone Chambers
Best in structured finance
Tamara Box, Reed Smith
Best in tax
Heather Gething, Herbert Smith Freehills
Best in tax dispute resolution
Sarah Falk, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Best in TMT
Marjolein Geus, Bird & Bird
Best in trademark
Helen Newman, Olswang
Best in transfer pricing
Ágata Uceda, DLA Piper
Best in trusts and estates
Dawn Goodman,Withers
Best in white collar crime
Louise Delahunty, Sullivan & Cromwell
Rising star: Corporate
Polina Lyadnova, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Rising star: Finance
Sarah Marsden, Linklaters
Rising star: IP
Sarah Turner, Hogan Lovells
Rising star: Litigation
Helen Carty, Clifford Chance
Rising star: Tax
Sylvia Dikmans, Houthoff Buruma
COUNTRY AWARDS
Austria
Wolf Theiss
Baltics
LAWIN
Belgium
NautaDutilh
Bulgaria
Djingov Gouginski Kyutchukov & Velichkov
Croatia
Wolf Theiss
Cyprus
Chrysses Demetriades & Co
Czech Republic
Glatzová & Co
Denmark
Plesner
Finland
Attorneys at law Borenius
France
Bird & Bird
Germany
Hengeler Mueller
Greece
Karatzas & Partners Law Firm
Hungary
bpv JÁDI NÉMETH Attorneys at Law
Ireland
Arthur Cox
Israel
Shibolet & Co
Italy
Portolano Cavallo Studio Legale
Kazakhstan
Linkage & Mind
Luxembourg
Arendt & Medernach
Malta
Fenech & Fenech Advocates
Netherlands
Bird & Bird
Norway
DLA Piper
Poland
DLA Piper
Portugal
PLMJ
Romania
Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen
Russia
White & Case
Slovak Republic
Ružička Csekes (in association with CMS)
Spain
Cuatrecasas Gonçalves Pereira
Sweden
Advokatfirman Lindahl
Switzerland
Pestalozzi Attorneys at law
Turkey
YükselKarkinKücük – DLA Piper
Ukraine
Lavrynovych & Partners Law Firm
UK (national firm)
Boodle Hatfield
UK (international firm)
CMS Cameron McKenna
Middle East
DLA Piper
IN-HOUSE AND SPECIAL AWARDS
International Financial Law Review in-house award
Kate Craven, Barclays
International Tax Review in-house award
Tanya Richards, BSkyB
Managing IP in-house award
Farisha Constable, NBC
Best in-house team (under 50 lawyers)
Swarovski
Best in-house team (over 50 lawyers)
Shell
Outstanding practitioner
Fiona Woolf, CMS Cameron McKenna
Lifetime achievement
Baroness Helena Kennedy QC
FIRM AWARDS
Best gender diversity initiative by national firm
Portolano Cavallo Studio Legale
Best gender diversity initiative by international firm
Slaughter and May
Best national firm for minority women lawyers
Advokatfirman Lindahl
Best international firm for minority women lawyers
Baker & McKenzie
Most innovative international firm
Reed Smith
Best national firm mentoring programme
Attorneys at law Borenius
Best international firm mentoring programme
White & Case
Best national firm for work-life balance
Attorneys at law Borenius
Best international firm for work-life balance
Hogan Lovells
Best national firm for pro bono work
De Gaulle Fleurance & Associés
Best international firm for pro bono work
Simmons & Simmons
Best national firm for talent management
Portolano Cavallo Studio Legale
Best international firm for talent management
Linklaters
Best national firm for women in business law
Boodle Hatfield
Best international firm for women in business law
Linklaters
