Carol Frohlinger, co-founder of Negotiating Women, gave the keynote speech to an audience of in-house and private practice lawyers 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 the Americas.
Guests also heard statements and speeches from the outstanding practitioner winner Kathleen Sullivan of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, and the lifetime achievement winner Judge Carol Bagley Amon.
In the firm categories, O’Melveny & Myers was named best international firm for women in business law, and also received the prize for best international mentoring program. In other international categories, Latham & Watkins collected the award for most innovative firm, Morrison & Foerster was named the best firm for work-life balance, Davis Polk & Wardwell was rewarded for the best gender diversity initiative and White & Case picked up the award for best international firm for talent management.
A full list of winners is detailed below. For more information, please contact Stephanie Stevenson.
INDIVIDUAL AWARDS
Best in antitrust/competition
Christine Varney, Cravath Swaine & Moore
Best in aviation
Anita Mosner, Holland & Knight
Best in banking & finance (inc. project finance)
Jennifer Hobbs, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Best in capital markets
Stacy Kanter, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
Best in commercial arbitration
Julie Bédard, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
Best in copyright
Annette Hurst, Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe
Best in corporate governance
Alison Ressler, Sullivan & Cromwell
Best in energy, natural resources & mining
Karen Wong, Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy
Best in environment
Adriana Mathias Baptista, TozziniFreire Advogados
Best in financial regulation
Sharon Nelles, Sullivan & Cromwell
Best in insolvency & restructuring
Carole Neville, Dentons
Best in insurance & reinsurance
Robin Cohen, Kasowitz Benson Torres & Friedman
Best in investment funds
Kathleen Walsh, Latham & Watkins
Best in labor & employment
Elise Bloom, Proskauer Rose
Best in life sciences
Elizabeth Holland, Kenyon & Kenyon
Best in litigation
Judy Barrasso, Barrasso Usdin Kupperman Freeman & Sarver
Best in media & entertainment
Randi Singer, Weil Gotshal & Manges
Best in mergers and acquisitions
Catherine Dargan, Covington & Burling
Best in patent
Rachel Krevans, Morrison & Foerster
Best in private equity
Eileen Nugent, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
Best in real estate
Janis Boyarsky Schiff, Holland & Knight
Best in structured finance (incl securitization & derivatives)
Laura Palma, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Best in tax
Erika Nijenhuis, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Best in tax dispute resolution
Jennifer Fuller, Fenwick & West
Best in trademark
Dale Cendali, Kirkland & Ellis
Best in transfer pricing
Patricia Gimbel Lewis, Caplin & Drysdale
Best in wealth management
Diana Zeydel,Greenberg Traurig
Best corporate lawyer in Latin America
Claudia Barrero, Prietocarrizosa
Best finance lawyer in Latin America
María Gabriela Grigioni, PAGBAM
Best intellectual property lawyer in Latin America
Laura Collada, Dumont Bergman Bider & Co
Best litigator in Latin America
Eliane Cristina Carvalho, Machado Meyer Sendacz e Opice Advogados
Best tax lawyer in Latin America
Carolina Flores, Arias & Muñoz
Rising star: corporate
Harriet Pearson, Hogan Lovells
Rising star: IP
Kristen Fancher, Greenberg Traurig
Rising star: litigation
Catherine Schumacher, Kaye Scholer
Rising star: tax
Amy Rubin, Weil Gotshal & Manges
REGIONAL AWARDS
Latin America
Argentina
Beretta Godoy
Brazil
Machado Meyer Sendacz & Opice Advogados
Central Americas
Arias & Muñoz
Chile
CorreaGubbins
Colombia
Prietocarrizosa
Ecuador
Romero Arteta Ponce Abogados
Mexico
Dumont Bergman Bider & Co
Panama
Arias & Muñoz
Peru
Delmar Ugarte Abogados
Uruguay
Hughes & Hughes
Venezuela
Estudio Antequera Parilli & Rodríguez
North America
Canada
Cassells Brock & Blackwell
US Midwest
Dentons
US Northeast
Latham & Watkins
US South
Barrasso Usdin Kupperman Freeman & Sarver
US West
Sullivan & Cromwell
IN-HOUSE AWARDS
Benchmark Litigation in-house award
Ellen Agress, News Corporation
IFLR in-house award
Leslie Gardner, JPMorgan
Managing IP in-house award
Sarah Deutsch, Verizon
International Tax Review in-house award
Sarah McGill, PepsiCo
Best in-house team (over 50 lawyers)
Best in-house team (under 50 lawyers)
Questcor Pharmaceuticals
Outstanding practitioner award
Kathleen Sullivan, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
Lifetime achievement award
Judge Carol Bagley Amon, Chief Judge, US District Court for the Eastern District of New York
FIRM AWARDS
Best gender diversity initiative by national firm (Latin America)
Machado Meyer Sendacz & Opice Advogados
Best gender diversity initiative by national firm (North America)
McCarthy Tétrault
Best gender diversity initiative by international firm
Davis Polk & Wardwell
Best international firm Latin America practice
Shearman & Sterling
Most innovative international firm
Latham & Watkins
Best firm for diversity (Latin America)
Beretta Godoy
Best national firm for diversity (North America)
Haynes and Boone
Best international firm for diversity
Sidley Austin
Best national mentoring program (Latin America)
TozziniFreire Advogados
Best national mentoring program (North America)
Fenwick & West
Best international mentoring program
O’Melveny & Myers
Best national firm for work-life balance (Latin America)
Galicia Abogados
Best national firm for work-life balance (North America)
McCarthy Tétrault
Best international firm for work-life balance
Morrison & Foerster
Best national firm for pro bono work (Latin America)
PAGBAM
Best national firm for pro bono work (North America)
Fenwick & West
Best international firm for pro bono work
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Best national firm for talent management (Latin America)
Consortium
Best national firm for talent management (North America)
Thompson Hine
Best international firm for talent management
White & Case
Best national firm for women in business law (Latin America)
Beretta Godoy
Best national firm for women in business law (North America)
McCarthy Tétrault
Best international firm for women in business law
O’Melveny & Myers
