Inaugural Euromoney Legal Media Group Europe Rising Stars Awards

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Inaugural Euromoney Legal Media Group Europe Rising Stars Awards

Euromoney Legal Media Group has announced the shortlist for its inaugural Europe Rising Stars Awards.

The Awards celebrate rising star lawyers across 20 practice areas, which are listed below. There will also be awards for the best rising stars from 19 European countries and attendees from the best in-house rising stars from across the continent to collect trophies.

For the purposes of these awards, “rising stars” are defined as lawyers under the age of 40 on November 1 2019. Please email Nick Pettifer on npettifer@legalmediagroup.com if you require any changes.

The Europe ceremony follows the success of the second annual Euromoney LMG Americas Rising Stars Awards on September 19 this year. Please click here to see photos from that event.

Euromoney Legal Media Group, a division of Euromoney Institutional Investor, comprises a wide range of legal publications including: Managing Intellectual Property; International Financial Law Review; IFLR1000; International Tax Review; Expert Guides; and Benchmark Litigation. It has also managed the successful Women in Business Law Awards in London, Hong Kong and New York since 2011.

The Europe Awards will be presented at a ceremony at The Bulgari Hotel in London on Thursday, November 7 2019. If you would like to attend the awards dinner, please email Melanie Petch on mpetch@euromoneyplc.com or call +44 207 779 8836.


Practice area awards

Aviation

Luke Elliott, Allen & Overy

Nicholas Harding, Clyde & Co

Caroline Joyce, Herbert Smith Freehills

Stuart Kennedy, Matheson

Chris Knight, Pillsbury

Laetitia Kunst, Stek Advocaten

Ashleigh Standen, Reed Smith

Thomas van der Wijngaart, Clyde & Co

Mark Waters, HFW

Banking and finance

Blanca Arlabán, Uría Menéndez

Mariella Både-Landell, Castrén & Snellman

Lyn Brennan, William Fry

Eugenio Fernández-Rico, Clifford Chance

Tarek Houdrouge, Schellenberg Wittmer

Amy Kennedy, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher

Alexander Klein, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher

Halvor Klingenberg, Simonsen Vogt Wiig

Maria Lehtimäki, Waselius & Wist

Benjamin Leisinger, Homburger

Petra Myšáková, Allen & Overy

Albert Wållgren, Vinge

Capital markets inc. structured finance

Menno Baks, Linklaters

Ülkü Cibik, Meyerlustenberger Lachenal

Peter Crossan, Allen & Overy

Mark Dickinson, Herbert Smith Freehills

Jacqueline Heng, Norton Rose Fulbright

Richard Kelly, Matheson

Andrew McCann, Clifford Chance

Leona McManus, Shearman & Sterling

Commercial arbitration

Rute Alves, PLMJ

Alba Briones, Hogan Lovells

Fabio Cozzi, Paul Hastings

Emily Fox, Herbert Smith Freehills

Amy Roebuck Frey, King & Spalding

Sarah Ganz, WilmerHale

Thomas Granier, McDermott Will & Emery

Paul Hauser, Clifford Chance

Olivier Mosimann, Kellerhals Carrard

Flavio Ponzano, Arblit

Samantha Rowe, Debevoise & Plimpton

Anna-Maria Tamminen, Hannes Snellman

Simon Vorburger, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan

Competition and antitrust

Frank Bremer, Schellenberg Wittmer

Marjolein De Backer, Dechert

Clémence Macé de Gastines, Eversheds Sutherland

Bart de Rijke, De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek

Athanasia Gavala, Arnold & Porter

David Little, Latham & Watkins

Christoff Henrik Soltau, CMS Hasche Sigle

Ermelinda Spinelli, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Jennifer Storey, Clifford Chance

Lena Vanmali, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Elena Wiese, Hogan Lovells

Thomas Wilson, Kirkland & Ellis

Energy and natural resources

David Antón, Hogan Lovells

Nicholas Antonas, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld

Emily Barlass, Vinson & Elkins

Rob Butler, Baker Botts

Valentina Canalini, Gianni Origoni Grippo Cappelli & Partners

Catarina Brito Ferreira, Morais Leitão Galvão Teles Soares da Silva & Associados

Jörg Meinzenbach, Hengeler Mueller

Alexandra Rotar, Morgan Lewis & Bockius

Ceren Su, Balcioglu Selçuk Akman Keki

Daniel Zimmer, Hengeler Mueller

Insurance and reinsurance

Nicolas Bouckaert, Kennedys

Kathrin Feldmann, Clyde & Co

Ciara Jackson, HFW

Sinéad Lynch, A&L Goodbody

Virginia Martínez, Hogan Lovells

Alaina Wadsworth, CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang

Intellectual property

Paul Abbott, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Joel Coles, Powell Gilbert

Anneka Dalton, Hogan Lovells

Tjibbe Douma, Dentons Boekel

Jelle Drok, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Ruben Laddé, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Stephan Neuhaus, Hogan Lovells

Carlos van Staveren, De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek

Annsley Merelle Ward, Bristows

International trade

Yongqing Bao, Steptoe & Johnson

Katja Göcke, GvW Graf von Westphalen

Maria Krestiyanova, Dentons

Eva Monard, Jones Day

Jennifer Paterson, Herbert Smith Freehills

Nicoleta Tuominen, Dentons

Florian Wolf, Blomstein

Labour and employment

Zuzana Ferianc, Baker McKenzie

Louise Harrison, William Fry

Dino Kalamujic, DLA Piper

Agathe Løwenborg, Arntzen de Besche

Danielle Pinedo, Baker McKenzie

Daniel Read, Walkers

Anne Roux-Fouillet, Schellenberg Wittmer

Johan Zetterström, Baker McKenzie

Life sciences

Rafi Allos, Allen & Overy

Christel Brion, NautaDutilh

Charles-Henri Caron, Hogan Lovells

Mette Hygum Clausen, Plesner

Emma Fulton, Hogan Lovells

Daniel Lim, Kirkland & Ellis

Sergei Lomakin, Baker McKenzie

Tom Oliver, Powell Gilbert

Josefine Sommer, Sidley Austin

Koen T'Syen, Van Bael & Bellis

Litigation

Roman Baechler, Homburger

Alexandre Bisch, Debevoise & Plimpton

Louis Burrus, Schellenberg Wittmer

Delphine Dendievel, Allen & Overy

Nicolas Nohlen, Ashurst

Shail Patel, 4 New Square

Diogo Castaheira Pereira, CMS Rui Pena & Arnaut

M&A/private equity

Tom Bartram, Kirkland & Ellis

Martin Allan Christensen, Bech-Bruun

Slawomir Czerwinski, Clifford Chance

Espen Furuholt, Sands

Andrea Giger, Niederer Kraft Frey

Andreas Hinsen, Loyens & Loeff

Dominik Moser, Morrison & Foerster

Daniel Raun, Bär & Karrer

Adam Runcorn, Sidley Austin

Alexander Stefanov, Penkov Markov & Partners

Ciprian Timofte, Tuca Zbârcea & Asociatii

Christopher Winn, Dentons

Privacy and data protection

Joke Bodewits, Hogan Lovells

Hannah Crowther, Bristows

Andrea Jarolímková, Bird & Bird

Marcin Lewoszewski, Kobylanska Lewoszewski Mednis

Lore Lieve Leitner, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Jan Spittka, DLA Piper

Nikolaos Theodorakis, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Chantal van Dam, Hogan Lovells

Real estate

Janusz Dzianachowski, Linklaters

Déborah Gelblat, Mayer Brown

Sabrina Handke, Hogan Lovells

Jacek Jezierski, Dentons

Olle Källström, Mannheimer Swartling

Leif Laitinen, HPP Attorneys

Milan Rákosník, Clifford Chance

Tim Regis, Ashurst

Anna Wisniewska, Greenberg Traurig Grzesiak

Payam Yoseflavi, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Restructuring and insolvency

John Chetwood, Herbert Smith Freehills

Ben Davies, White & Case

Valle-Veikko Eronen, Krogerus

Robert Peldán, Borenius

Elina Pesonen, Castrén & Snellman

Ruairi Rynn, William Fry

Tax

Mehmet Onur Çeliker, Pekin & Pekin

Fabrizio Alimandi, CMS Adonnino Ascoli & Cavasola Scamoni

Ruth Bloch-Riemer, Bär & Karrer

Miguel Cortez Pimentel, Morais Leitão Galvão Teles Soares da Silva & Associados

Lynn Cramer, Maples Group

Sophie Donnithorne-Tait, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld

Laura Hoyland, White & Case

Serena Lee, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld

David López, Uría Menéndez

Yannick Schuerman, Norton Rose Fulbright

TMT

John Brunning, Fieldfisher

Lukas Feiler, Diwok Hermann Petsche Rechtsanwälte (Baker McKenzie)

Jan Kleiner, Bär & Karrer

Marta Lahuerta Escolano, Jones Day

Florian Tannen, Baker McKenzie

Transfer pricing

Tom Braukmann, NERA Economic Consulting

Antoine Faure, CMS Francis Lefebvre Avocats

Valentin Lescroart, Fidal

Olga Shambaleva, EY

Benjamin Tempelaere, Arendt & Medernach

Sampo Viding, Borenius

White collar crime

Louise Byrne, A&L Goodbody

Ophélia Claude, Antonin Lévy & Associés

Delphine Dendievel, Allen & Overy

Elizabeth Head, Herbert Smith Freehills

Nicolas Herren, Pestalozzi Attorneys at Law

Dirce Rente, PLMJ

Roland Ryser, Schellenberg Wittmer

Tine Schauenburg, White & Case

Neyah van der Aa, Allen & Overy

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