An audience of in-house and private practice lawyers gathered to celebrate the achievements of those firms setting the standard in terms of women-friendly work practises, and women leading the field in the legal sector across Europe.
This year's outstanding practitioner award went to Karen Seward of Allen & Overy.
In the firm categories, Baker McKenzie was named the best international firm for women in business law and Arthur Cox took home the national prize. Other major winners included: DLA Piper; Dentons; Cuatrecasas Gonҫalves Pereira; and Borenius Attorneys.
A full list of winners is detailed below. For more information, please contact Melanie Petch on mpetch@euromoneyplc.com.
INDIVIDUAL AWARDS
Best in aviation
Catherine Deane
McCann FitzGerald
Best in banking & finance
Annette Kurdian
Linklaters
Best in capital markets: Debt
Elaine Keats
Linklaters
Best in capital markets: Equity
Natalie Walter
Covington & Burling
Best in commercial arbitration
Tanya Landon
Sidley Austin
Best in competition & antitrust
Anne Wachsmann
Linklaters
Best in copyright
Lisa Peets
Covington & Burling
Best in corporate governance
Beatriz Pessôa de Araújo
Baker McKenzie
Best in energy, natural resources & mining
Lorraine Bayliss
Allen & Overy
Best in environment
Cate Sharp
Greenberg Traurig
Best in financial regulation
Floortje Nagelkerke
Norton Rose Fulbright
Best in insolvency & restructuring
Mei Lian
Shearman & Sterling
Best in insurance & reinsurance
Sharon Daly
Matheson
Best in international trade
Miriam Gonzalez
Dechert
Best in investment funds
Kate Simpson
Proskauer Rose
Best in labour & employment
Naomi Feinstein
Greenberg Traurig
Best in life sciences
Laëtitia Bénard
Allen & Overy
Best in litigation
Nathalie Voser
Schellenberg Wittmer
Best in mergers & acquisitions
Linda Davies
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
Best in patent
Zoë Butler
Powell Gilbert
Best in privacy and data protection
Kate Brimsted
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
Best in private equity
Katja Butler
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
Best in product liability
Cécile Derycke
Hogan Lovells
Best in real estate
Joanne Owen
Proskauer Rose
Best in shipping & maritime
Vivienne Pitroff
HFW
Best in structured finance (incl securitisation & derivatives)
Angela Clist
Allen & Overy
Best in tax
Véronique Millischer
Baker McKenzie
Best in tax dispute resolution
Sonia Velasco
Cuatrecasas Gonçalves Pereira
Best in technology, media & telecommunications
Alexandra Neri
Herbert Smith Freehills
Best in trade mark
Isabelle Leroux
Dentons
Best in transfer pricing
Caroline Silberztein
Baker McKenzie
Best in trusts & estates
Zillah Howard
Bedell Cristin
Best in white collar crime
Elizabeth Robertson
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
Rising star: corporate
Ani Kusheva
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
Rising star: finance
Kate Sumpter
Allen & Overy
Rising star: IP
Mine Güner
Baker McKenzie
Rising star: litigation
Maria Kennedy
Matheson
Rising star: tax
Deirdre Barnicle
McCann Fitzgerald
COUNTRY AWARDS
Austria
Wolf Theiss
Baltics
Sorainen
Belgium
White & Case
Bulgaria
Djingov Gouginski Kyutchukov & Velichkov
Croatia
Wolf Theiss
Cyprus
Chrysses Demetriades & Co
Czech Republic
DLA Piper
Denmark
Bird & Bird
Finland
White & Case
France
Dentons
Germany
Gleiss Lutz
Greece
Karatzas & Partners Law Firm
Hungary
bpv Jádi Németh Attorneys at Law
Ireland
Arthur Cox
Israel
Fischer Behar Chen Well Orion & Co
Italy
Portolano Cavallo Studio Legale
Kazakhstan
Dentons
Luxembourg
Dentons
Malta
Fenech & Fenech Advocates
Netherlands
Baker McKenzie
Norway
DLA Piper
Poland
DLA Piper
Portugal
Vieira de Almeida & Associados
Romania
DLA Piper
Russia
White & Case
Slovak Republic
CMS Ružička Csekes
Spain
Cuatrecasas Gonçalves Pereira
Sweden
Vinge
Switzerland
Schellenberg Wittmer
Turkey
Balcıoğlu Selçuk Akman Keki Attorney Partnership (Dentons)
Ukraine
DLA Piper
UK (national firm)
Powell Gilbert
UK (international firm)
Baker McKenzie
Middle East
Latham & Watkins
IN-HOUSE AWARDS
International Financial Law Review in-house award
Avisha Sookhee
Citi
International Tax Review in-house award
Louisa Gonzalez
ConvaTec
Best in-house team (under 50 lawyers)
Expedia
Best in-house team (over 50 lawyers)
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Outstanding practitioner
Karen Seward
Allen & Overy
FIRM OF THE YEAR NOMINEES
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
Arthur Cox
Best international firm for minority women lawyers
Dentons
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 Moura Marques & Associados
Best international firm for pro bono work
Dentons
Best national firm for talent management
Portolano Cavallo Studio Legale
Best international firm for talent management
Baker McKenzie
Best national firm for women in business law
Arthur Cox
Best international firm for women in business law
Baker McKenzie
