The Rising Stars Awards EMEA 2022 has announced rising stars from across a wide array of practice area specialisms throughout the region, including in-house emerging leaders.
Join with us as we celebrate the achievements of the Rising Stars for 2022.
If you have any questions about the awards, please contact our lead researcher John Harrison.
We are keen to fulfill any promotions that firms would like to undertake on the back of their success and request that you contact Nick Heath with any queries.
Without further ado the winners are…
In-House Awards
Agriculture
Denys Dutchat – Astarta
Automotive
Daniela Vogel – Eaton
Markus Twele – Volkswagen
Oliver Vietze – BMW Group
Yvonne Herr – Daimler Truck AG
Aviation
Martin Dubach – Swiss Airlines
Banking & Finance
Mortimer Berlet – Deutsche Bank
Roman Huber – Credit Suisse
Simon Fleißner – Erste Group Bank AG
Construction
Kasper Theiler – Holcim
Michele Casale – Holcim
Susanne Weber – Bilfinger
Consumer Goods
Andreea Zlat – Lidl Romania SRL
Gabriela-Diana Baltatescu – Lidl Romania SRL
Guillaume De Wilde – Henkel
Katharina Neumann – Lässig GmbH
Kyra Brinkmann – WayFair
Michał Bohaczewski – Richemont International
Mihaela Racles – Profi Rom Food
Patrycja Brzostowska – Zelando
Entertainment
Caroline Hooper – Netflix
Florent Lallemant – Deezer
Food & Drink
Carla Lang – Migros
Healthcare
Alex Hillback – L1
Caterina Lomiento – STADA
Dariush Bahreini – Merck
Katharina Jedek – VAMED Aktiengesellschaft
Liselotte Cortenraad - MSD
Patrizia Schäuble
Industrials & Manufacturing
Daniel Wörheide – Volkswagen
Joann Kahn – Arrow Resources
Maarten Sturm – Tata Steel
Patrik Leisi – V-Zug Holding
Philippe Fuchs – Sulzer Management
Insurance & Reinsurance
Annapoorna Jayaseelan – Mounument Re Limited
Malik Abbassi-Antoine – AXA
Marc Poltera – Zürich Versicherungs-Gesellschaft
Intellectual Property
Sara Yng -Proctor & Gamble
Investment Management & Funds
Doaa Yassin – MSMEDA
Kevin Bergenhenegouwen – PGB Pensioendiensten
Marc Schütt – Capvis
Logistics
Ana Maria Uribe Cardenas – Boston Consulting Group
Media
Ariella Rosenberg – Amazon Prime
Karin Mülchi – Ringier
Sabrina Frank – Axel Springer
Vladimir Yaroshevskiy - Audible
Mining
Alexios van der Slikke-Kirillov – Guineau Alumina Corporation
Pharmaceuticals & Life Sciences
Caroline Gutmann – Lilly Deutschland
Deshni Naidoo – Viatris
Georg Frey – Vifor Pharma Management
Laura Harandt-Wüst – Fresenius SE & Co
Maximilian Stöhr – Boehriniger Ingelheim
Melanie Eckhardt – Merck Group
Misja Boeken – IPD Analytics
Robert Fitt – Viatris
Wojciech Olszewski – Align Technology
Power
Christian Nielsen – Blue Power Partners
Ida Jacobsen – Ørsted
Leena Kujansuu-Tikkanen – Hitachi Energy Finland Oy
Real Estate
Anna Julia Kuoni – Ghelamco
Sally El Shalakany – Emaar Misr
Tamer Elwakeel – Dar Al Mimaar-Mountain View
Technology & Telecommunications
Adrian Ciesielski – LG Energy Solution
Alexandra Linder – Swiss Post Solutions
Benjamino Blok – Meta
Carmen Martínez – Meta
Hubert Gmünder – Avaloq
Kai Althaus – Google
Katerina Maniadaki – Nova
Philipp Estermann – Conga
Sarah de Morant – Meta
Transport
Mantraraj Budhdev – DP World
Nikolas Winter – Deutsche Bahn
Thureya Al Ali – DP World
Practice Area Awards
Antitrust & Competition
Christian Ritz – Hogan Lovells
Jennifer Mellott – Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Jennifer Storey – Clifford Chance
Naasha Loopoo – Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyer
Sam Hare – Squire Patton Boggs
Aviation
Alexandra Somerset – Norton Rose Fulbright
Donal Keane – Dentons
Johannes Vogel – Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Manuela Krach – K&L Gates
Matthew Xerri – Ganando Advocates
Banking & finance
Adam Zacharia – Allen & Overy
Adrian Koller – Niederer Kraft Frey
Hamed Afzal – Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
Kate McCaffrey – Ogier
Sait Eryilmaz – CIFTCI Law Firm
Commercial Arbitration
Anja Vogt – Niederer Kraft Frey
Clea Bigelow-Nuttall – Pinsent Masons
Michael Nueber – Gasser Partner Attorneys at Law
Nania Owusu-Ankomah Sackey – Bentsi-Enchill Letsa & Ankomah
Tom Christopher Pröstler – CMS Hasche Sigle
Copyright
Elena Nikolarea – A & K Metaxopoulos and Partners Law Firm
João Peixe – Vasconcelos Arruda & Associados
Mordechay (Moti) Sorek – Sanford T Colb & Co
Nina Dorenbosch – Bird & Bird
Patty de Leeuwe – Visser Schaap & Kreijger
Corporate Governance
Caroline Hagg – Herbert Smith Freehills
Lucina Berger – Hengeler Mueller
Michael Albrecht vom Kolke – Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
Mykhailo Grynshyn – Sayenko Kharenko
Willem Bijveld – De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
Debt Capital Markets
Jacqueline Heng – Addleshaw Goddard
Nikolaus Dinhof-Renezeder – Wolf Theiss
Soline Louvigny – Allen & Overy
Vishal Mawkin – Norton Rose Fulbright
Yvette Voermans – Hogan Lovells
Energy, Natural Resources, & Mining
Daniel Zimmer – Hengeler Mueller
Maria de Athayde Tavares – Linklaters
Mathias Dantin – Herbert Smith Freehills
Nertila Qenani – Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
Rob Butler – Baker Botts
Environment
Afonso Cuco – VdA
Ann Apers – Stibbe
Brendan Curran – A&L Goodbody
Fee Gossens – Allen & Overy
Jesús Andrés Sedano – Uría Menéndez
Equity Capital Markets
Bob Lehner – White & Case
Deirdre Ní Annracháin – Niederer Kraft Frey
Hamed Afzal – Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
Menno Baks – Loyens & Loeff
Yves Mauchle – Baker McKenzie
Financial Services Regulation
Janelle de Ruiter – Hogan Lovells
Michael Schmiedinger – Schönherr Rechtsanwälte
Nikki Johnstone – Allen & Overy
Stefan Härtner – Niederer Kraft Frey
Victoria Ferres – Allen & Overy
Information Communication Technology (ICT)
Marília Frias – VdA
Marta Lahuerta Escolano – Jones Day
Sonia Cissé – Linklaters
Insurance & Reinsurance
Benjamin Schumacher – Nater Dallafior Rechtsanwälte
Em-Lee Polakiewicz – Levitan Sharon & Co
Jendrik Böhmer – Bach Langheid Dallmayr
Luc Bigel – DLA Piper
Merel van Asch – Loyens & Loeff
International Trade
Christopher Wolters – Blomstein
Florian Wolf – Blomstein
Katjia Göcke – Graf von Westphalen
Maria Krestsiyanova – Dentons
Morris Schonberg – Herbert Smith Freehills
Investment Funds
Catriona Cole – Matheson
Claire Bentley – Dechert
Maame Yaa Kwafo-Akoto – Allen & Overy
Robert Nield – White & Case
Veronica Aroutiunian – Loyens & Loeff
Labour & Employment
Danielle Pinedo – Baker McKenzie
David Palmer – Herbert Smith Freehills
Jan Heuer – Kliemt.Arbeitsrecht
Mariana Paiva – PLMJ
Peter Lockwood – Simmons & Simmons
Life sciences
Chyreene Truluck – Spoor & Fisher
Deniz Tschammler – McDermott Will & Emery
Dicle Doğan – Gün + Partners
Rachel Mumby – Bristows
Sarah-Jane Dobson - Kennedys
Litigation
Cécile Burgess – Addleshaw Goddard
Delphine Dendievel – Apostrophe Avocats
Dominik Elmiger – Lalive
Elad Offek – Avraham Lalum & Co
William Foubister – Hogan Lovells
Media & Entertainment
Anke Strijbos – Brinkhof
Jonas Gassmann – Vischer
Lucas Brost – Brost Claßen Rechtsanwälte
Sophie Goossens – Reed Smith
Xuyang Zhu – Taylor Wessing
Mergers & Acquisitions
Emma Ghaffari – Allen & Overy
Johannes Goossens – Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
Sami Jebbour – Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Tomás Almeida Ribeiro – PLMJ
Vera Naegeli – Bär & Karrer
Patent
Amanda Granqvist – Sandart & Partners
Bolko Ehlgen – Linklaters
Emma Fulton – Hogan Lovells
Isobel Barry – Carpmaels & Ransford
Loïc Lemercier – Dentons
Privacy & Data Protection
Andrea Jarolímková – Bird & Bird
Christian Kunz – Bär & Karrer
Lore Leitner – Goodwin
Marit Stubø Jorde – Simonsen Vogt Wiig
Mona Wrobel – Taylor Wessing
Private Equity (including Venture Capital)
Dominik Moser – Lupp + Partner
Félicien Bardsley – Goodwin
Mark Evans – Dechert
Steven Hannah – Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
Teresa Madeira Afonso – PLMJ
Product Liability
Anna Hedwig Karpf – Gleiss Lutz
Janine Reudt-demont – Niederer Kraft Frey
Karen Jelsma – Hogan Lovells
Lisa Ottinger – Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Sarah-Jane Dobson – Kennedys
Project Finance
Elliott Sawford – Allen & Overy
Federico Fruhbeck – Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
Jon Goirigolzarri – Garrigues
Mona Hammadi – DLA Piper
Zara Gold – Herzog Fox & Neeman
Real Estate
Lucie Smrkovska – CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang
Magdalena Brandstetter – DORDA
Matryna Racz-Suchocka – Dentons
Sarah Winter – Ashurst
Sofia Coutinho – PLMJ
Restructuring & Insolvency
Brian O'Malley – A&L Goodbody
Hannah Crawford – Kirkland & Ellis
James Angus – Ogier
Morvyn Radlow – White & Case
Robert Peldán – Borenius
Shipping & Maritime
Eleanor Midwinter – Wikborg Rein
Hannah de Bustos – Avante Legal
Kate Law – Campbell Johnston Clark
Matthew Xerri – Ganado Advocates
Shaan Burton – Kennedys
Structured Finance & Securitisation
Alexander Collins – Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft
Christine Hohl – Niederer Kraft Frey
Leona McManus – Squire Patton Boggs (September 2022)
Luisa Federica Scialpi – Chiomenti
Shanthi Maria Vignasen – Allen & Overy
Tax
Ben Fryer – Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
Clemens Willvonseder – Binder Grösswang
Gunther Wagner – Hengeler Mueller
Julie Carbiener – Simmons & Simmons
Miguel Cortez Pimentel – Garrigues
Tax Dispute Resolution
Aleksander Brzozowski – Dentons
Andrew Stuart – Baker McKenzie
Daan van Schaik – Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Jaume Bonet – Cuatrecasas
Lauren Redhead – DLA Piper
Technology
Alexandra Ciarnau – DORDA
John Groom – Baker McKenzie
Nadim Bardwil – BSA Ahmand Bin Hazeem & Associates
Theresa Ehlen – Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Trademark
Alicja Zalewska – CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang Pośniak I Bejm
Giles Parsons – Browne Jacobson
Leigh Smith – Clifford Chance
Marta Rodríguez Aguado – Elzaburu
Patricia Collis – DLA Piper
Transfer Pricing
Aoife Murray – EY
Dagmara Cisowska – Dentons
Maximilian Tenberge – PwC
Rabia Gandapur – Deloitte
Tom Braukmann – NERA Economic Consulting
Wealth Management
Emma Holland – Stewarts
Fritha Ford – Collas Crill
Louise Lutz Sciamanna – CMS von Erlach Partners
Paul Levy – Druces
Ragnar Baderschneider – Schmidt, v.Buttlar & Partner
White collar crime
Angelina Leder – Hogan Lovells
Chris Roberts – Mayer Brown
Delphine Dendievel – Apostrophe Avocats
Elizabeth Head – Herbert Smith Freehills
Neyah van der Aa – Van Doorne
Jurisdiction Awards
Austria
Magdalena Brandstetter – DORDA
Nikolaus Dinhof-Renezeder – Wolf Theiss
Belgium
Jennifer Mellott – Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Morris Schonberg – Herbert Smith Freehills
Bulgaria
Hristina Dzhevlekova – Wolf Theiss
Channel Islands
James Angus – Ogier
Kate McCaffrey – Ogier
Czech Republic
Andrea Jarolímková – Bird & Bird
Lucie Smrkovska – CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang Pośniak I Bejm
Denmark
Mathias Kjærsgaard Larsen – Plesner
Rikke Falk Dambo – Norrbom Vinding
Finland
Benjamin Bade – Castrén & Snellman
Robert Peldán – Borenius
France
Delphine Dendievel – Apostrophe Avocats
Mathias Dantin – Herbet Smith Freehills
Germany
Katjia Göcke – Graf von Westphalen
Tom Christopher Pröstler – CMS Hasche Sigle
Greece
Amalia Xeini - PotamitisVekris
Hungary
János Csáki – Dentons
Ireland
Brian O'Malley – A&L Goodbody
Catriona Cole – Matheson
Israel
Elad Offek – Avraham Lalum & Co
Em-Lee Polakiewicz – Levitan Sharon & Co
Italy
Flavio Ponzano – ARBLIT
Luisa Federica Scialpi – Chiomenti
Luxembourg
Julie Carbiener – Simmons & Simmons
Veronica Aroutiunian – Loyens & Loeff
Netherlands
Merel van Asch – Loyens & Loeff
Neyah van der Aa – Van Doorne
Norway
Fredrik Klebo-Espe – KPMG
Marit Stubø Jorde – Simonsen Vogt Wiig
Poland
Dagmara Cisowska – Dentons
Wojciech Olszewski – Gide Loyrette Nouel
Portugal
Miguel Cortez Pimentel – Garrigues
Teresa Madeira Afonso – PLMJ
Romania
Adrian Rusu – Enache Pirtea & Associates
Mateea Predescu – Muşat & Asociaţii
Slovakia
Marek Holka – Čechová & Partners
Tomáš Melišek – Kinstellar
South Africa
Chyreene Truluck – Spoor & Fisher
Naasha Loopoo – Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyer
Spain
Hannah de Bustos – Avante Legal
Reyes Bermejo – Uría Menéndez
Sweden
Jeppa Persson – Linklaters
Amanda Granqvist – Sandart & Partners
Switzerland
Adrian Koller – Niederer Kraft Frey
Vera Naegeli – Bär & Karrer
Turkey
Dicle Doğan – Gün + Partners
Sait Eryilmaz – CIFTCI Law Firm
Ukraine
Krystyna Khripkova - Integrites
Oksana Daskaliuk – Sayenko Kharenko
United Arab Emirates
Emma Ghaffari – Allen & Overy
Rabia Gandapur – Deloitte
United Kingdom
Adam Zacharia – Allen & Overy
Jennifer Storey – Clifford Chance
