The evening will celebrate the advancement of women in the legal profession throughout the region. During the evening, there will be rewards for individuals in practice area categories and firm awards highlighting the best initiatives for gender diversity, innovation, work-life balance, pro-bono work and talent management.
To reserve your place, please email James Murray at james.murray@euromoneyasia.com or call +852 2842 6936.
Individual Awards
Aviation
Marylou Bilawala, Wadia Ghandy & Co
Sarah Catchpole, Kennedys
Peng Lim, Kennedys
Kate Seaton, HFW
H.K. Helen Sohn, Lee & Ko
Ling Wang, King & Wood Mallesons
Ashley Wong, King & Wood Mallesons
Jia Hui Yip, Tay & Partners
Banking and finance
Janelene Chen, Norton Rose Fulbright
Yuen-Yee Cho, King & Wood Mallesons
Nathalie Hobbs, Linklaters
Satoko Kuwabara, Mori Hamada & Matsumoto
Vicki Liu, Allen & Overy
Indri Pramitaswari Guritno, Hadiputranto Hadinoto & Partners
Shirley Wang, FenXun Partners
Capital markets: Debt
Margaret Chin, Allen & Gledhill
Pallavi Gopinath-Aney, Allen & Overy
Hyunjoo Oh, Lee & Ko
Kaya Proudian, White & Case
Anna-Marie Slot, Ashurst
Capital markets: Equity
Miyuki Ishiguro, Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu
Teresa Ko, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Celia Lam, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Amy Lo, Clifford Chance
Philippa Stone, Herbert Smith Freehills
Zheng Su, King & Wood Mallesons
Ivy Wong, Baker McKenzie
Commercial arbitration
Sheila Ahuja, Allen & Overy
Ritu Bhalla, Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co
Elodie Dulac, King & Spalding
Brenda Horrigan, Herbert Smith Freehills
Swee Yen Koh, WongPartnership
Yoshimi Ohara, Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu
Helen Shi, Fangda Partners
Huawei Sun, Zhong Lun Law Firm
May Tai, Herbert Smith Freehills
Competition / antitrust
Kala Anandarajah, Rajah & Tann
Elizabeth Avery, Gilbert + Tobin
Liza Carver, Herbert Smith Freehills
Fiona Crosbie, Allens
Lynsey Edgar, Baker McKenzie
Hannah Ha, Mayer Brown
Belinda Harvey, Norton Rose Fulbright
Yung Yung Janet Hui, JunHe
Sarah Keene, Russell McVeagh
Shweta Shroff Chopra, Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co
Energy, natural resources & mining
Kate Axup, Allens
Emma Covacevich, Clayton Utz
Monalisa Dimalanta, Puyat Jacinto & Santos
Linh Doan, Watson Farley & Williams
Carolyn Dong, DLA Piper
Sawanee Sethsathira, Baker McKenzie
Jihong Wang, Zhong Lun Law Firm
Financial services regulatory
Stephanie Magnus, Baker McKenzie
Charlotte Robins, Allen & Overy
Jill Wong, Howse Williams Bowers
Wendy Wysong, Clifford Chance
Insurance & reinsurance
Rehana Box, Ashurst
Louise Cantrill, Mills Oakley
Carmel Green, RPC
Shailaja Lall, Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co
Summer Montague, RPC
Elaine Tay, Rajah & Tann
Anna Tipping, Norton Rose Fulbright
Mun Yeow, Clyde & Co
Intellectual property
Sung-Nam Kim, Kim & Chang
Patsy Lau, Deacons
Lorraine Anne Tay, Bird & Bird
Archana Shanker, Anand and Anand
Grace Shao, Baker McKenzie Taipei
Lena (Lanying) Shen, Sanyou IP Group
Say Sujintaya, Baker McKenzie
Lisa Ritson, Ashurst
Andrea Sui Yi Fong, Wilkinson & Grist
IP dispute resolution
Kate Hay, Corrs Chambers Westgarth
Charmaine Koo, Deacons
Vera Eun Woo Lee, Lee & Ko
Nguyet Dzung Nguyen, Vision & Associates
Katrina Rathie, King & Wood Mallesons
Darani Vachanavuttivong, Tilleke & Gibbins
Kherk Ying Chew, Wong & Partners
Catherine Zheng, Deacons
International trade
Maggie Cheung, Mayer Brown
Koon Huan Lim, Skrine
Tatman Savio, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
Junko Suetomi, Baker McKenzie (Gaikokuho Joint Enterprise)
Melisa Uremovic, Rajah & Tann Asia
Vivian Wang, East & Concord Partners
Investment funds
Lorna Chen, Shearman & Sterling
Anne-Marie Godfrey, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
Sharon Hartline, White & Case
Shagoofa Rashid Khan, Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas
Eriko Sakata, Linklaters
Lisa Simmons, Ashurst
Labour and employment
Hongjuan Bai, JunHe
Cynthia Chung, Deacons
Kylie Dunn, Russell McVeagh
K Lesli Ligorner, Morgan Lewis & Bockius
Fiona Loughrey, Simmons & Simmons
Jennifer Van Dale, Eversheds Sutherland
Pattie Walsh, Bird & Bird
Akiko Yamakawa, Vanguard Lawyers Tokyo
Patricia Yeung, Howse Williams
Life sciences
Karen Bentley, FPA Patent Attorneys
Emma Davies, Clifford Chance
Simone Mitchell, MinterEllison
Teresa Nicoletti, Mills Oakley
Zaraihan Shaari, Shearn Delamore & Co
Min Son, Hanol IP & Law
Katherine Wang, Ropes & Gray
Alison Wong, Bird & Bird
Litigation
Gitanjali Bajaj, DLA Piper
Lillian Chu, Tsar & Tsai
Georgia Dawson, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Emma Hodgman, Dentons
Rani John, DLA Piper
Wendy Lin, WongPartnership
Haidi Teng, King & Wood Mallesons
Lisa Wright, Dentons
M&A
Reeba Chacko, Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas
Ira Eddymurthy, SSEK Legal Consultants
Bernardine Lam, Allen & Overy
Jackie Lin, Tsar & Tsai
Zia Mody, AZB & Partners
Cathy Quinn, MinterEllisonRuddWatts
Ai Ai Wong, Baker McKenzie Wong & Leow
Nicola Yeomans, Herbert Smith Freehills
Offshore
Vivien Fung, Conyers Dill & Pearman
Kate Hodson, Ogier
Judy Lee, Appleby
Ann Ng, Maples Group
Danielle Roman, Mourant Ozannes
Denise Wong, Walkers
Privacy and data protection
Adlin Abdul Majid, Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill
Carolyn Bigg, DLA Piper
Sophie Dawson, Bird & Bird
Anna Gamvros, Norton Rose Fulbright
Sheena Jacob, JurisAsia
Adlin Abdul Majid, Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill
Karen Ngan, Simpson Grierson
Kylie Peh, WongPartnership
Private equity
Connie Cheung, Morgan Lewis & Bockius
Tracey Cross, DLA Piper
Marcia Ellis, Morrison & Foerster
Alex Elser, King & Wood Mallesons
Ling Huang, King & Wood Mallesons
Gunjan Shah, Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co
Stephanie Tang, Hogan Lovells
Shirin Tang, Morrison & Foerster
Project finance
Lina Amran, Makarim & Taira S
Anna Chung, Shearman & Sterling
Jo Crew, Norton Rose Fulbright
Patricia Tan Openshaw, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
Hyunju Helen Pak, Shin & Kim
Claire Rogers, King & Wood Mallesons
Shirley Wang, FenXun Partners
Sarah Wilson, Allen & Overy
Fang Yi, JunHe
Real estate
Lilian Chiang, Deacons
Carolyn Chudleigh, HFW
Anna Crosbie, Russell McVeagh
Catherine Hallgath, Mills Oakley
Rahayu Ningsih Hoed, Makarim & Taira S
Jane Holland, Bell Gully
Yee Ling Lee, Rahmat Lim & Partners
Susheela Rivers, DLA Piper
Sau Yee Sar, Shearn Delamore & Co
Monica Yip, WongPartnership
Restructuring and insolvency
Rossana Chu, LC Lawyers
Blossom Hing, Drew & Napier
Sushma Jobanputra, Jones Day
Mei Lin Khong, Shook Lin & Bok
Naomi Moore, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
Kelly Naphtali, Kirkland & Ellis
Maria O'Brien, Baker McKenzie
Karen O'Flynn, Clayton Utz
Paralee Techajongjintana, Baker McKenzie
Shipping
Maggie Cheung, Mayer Brown
Mei Lin Goh, Watson Farley & Williams
Rosita Lau, Ince Gordon Dadds
Gina Lee-Wan, Allen & Gledhill
Shirley Li, Ince Gordon Dadds
Hui Tsing Tan, Gurbani & Co
Michelle Taylor, Colin Biggers & Paisley
Danella Wilmshurst, Thomas Miller Law
Michelle Yong, Stephenson Harwood
Structured finance and securitisation
Sook Kwan Chin, Zaid Ibrahim & Co
Rosabel Ng, WongPartnership
Eriko Ozawa, Mori Hamada & Matsumoto
Yvonne Siew, Allen & Overy
Minny Siu, King & Wood Mallesons
Michelle Taylor, Tiang & Partners
Tax
Bijal Ajinkya, Khaitan & Co
Mekhla Anand, Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas
Sarah Chin, Deloitte China
Makiko Kawamura, DLA Piper
Becky Lai, EY
Nancy Lai, Baker McKenzie
Carmen McElwain, MinterEllison
Siew Moon Sim, EY
Pauline Zhang, Deloitte China
Tax dispute resolution
Kirsty Keating, EY
Carmen McElwain, MinterEllison
Ken Loon Ong, Drew & Napier
Josephine Peng, Lee & Li
Ay Tjhing Phan, PwC
Angela Wood, KPMG
Julie Zhang, Deloitte
TMT
Anne-Marie Allgrove, Baker McKenzie
Michelle Chan, Bird & Bird
Nicole Heller, King & Wood Mallesons
Gabriela Kennedy, Mayer Brown
Sheila McGregor, Gilbert + Tobin
Charmayne Ong Poh Yin, Skrine
Transfer pricing
Felicia Chia, KPMG
Helen Fazzino, PwC
Eunice Kuo, Deloitte
Lilly Li, KPMG
Natalya Marenina, BDO
Tae-Yeon Nam, Kim & Chang
Ay Tjhing Phan, PwC
Shantini Ramachandra, Deloitte
Joanne Su, EY
Trusts and estates
Stacy Choong, Withersworldwide
Divi Dutta, Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co
Silvia On, Stephenson Harwood
Dawn Quek, Baker McKenzie Wong & Leow
Bock Eng Sim, WongPartnership
Patricia Woo, Squire Patton Boggs
Valerie Wu, Pinsent Masons
White collar crime
Kelly Austin, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
Barbara Chiu, King & Wood Mallesons
Anita Chow, Morley Chow Seto
Georgia Dawson, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Bingna Guo, White & Case
Cori Lable, Kirkland & Ellis
Yuet Ming Tham, Sidley Austin
Mini vandePol, Baker McKenzie
Rising Star nominees
Corporate
Xue Han, JunHe
Tuanh Nguyen, PwC Australia
Tabitha Saw, White & Case
Natashaa Shroff, Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co
Taoye Ye, Allen & Overy
Finance
Danielle Delbridge, Clifford Chance
Sue Ann Gan, Norton Rose Fulbright
Safita Narthfilda, Oentoeng Suria & Partners
Cara Stevens, Ashurst
Saloni Thakkar, AZB & Partners
Jaclyn Yeap, Allen & Overy
IP
Tomoe Takahashi, Hogan Lovells
Vivien Teo, Baker McKenzie Wong & Leow
Yuka Teraguchi, Morrison & Foerster
Alexandra Yang, Fangda Partners
Litigation
Joyce Leung, Hogan Lovells
Wendy Lin, WongPartnership
Jiadi Liu, JunHe
Amy Ngan, Kirkland & Ellis
Sylvia Tee, Lipman Karas
Tax
Krystal Ng, Wong & Partners
Emma Malou Lim, Baniqued Layug & Bello
Sharon Tan, EY
Country Awards
Australia
Allen & Overy
Ashurst
Baker McKenzie
Bird & Bird
DLA Piper
Gilbert + Tobin
Hogan Lovells
Lipman Karas
White & Case
Brunei
Abrahams Davidson & Co
CCW Partnership
Ridzlan Lim
China – PRC firm
Dacheng Law Offices
East & Concord Partners
Fangda Partners
Jingtian & Gongcheng
JunHe
Zhong Lun Law Firm
China – international firm
Allen & Overy
Ashurst
Baker McKenzie FenXun FTZ Joint Operation Office
DLA Piper
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Herbert Smith Freehills
Hogan Lovells
King & Wood Mallesons
Latham & Watkins
Linklaters
Simmons & Simmons
White & Case
Hong Kong SAR – independent firm
Charltons
Deacons
Gall
Vivien Chan & Co.
Hong Kong SAR – international firm
Allen & Overy
Ashurst
Baker McKenzie
DLA Piper
Hogan Lovells
Linklaters
Lipman Karas
Mayer Brown
Simmons & Simmons
White & Case
India
Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas
J Sagar Associates
Khaitan & Co
Phoenix Legal
Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co
Trilegal
Indonesia
Ashurst
Hadiputranto Hadinoto & Partners
Hogan Lovells
Linklaters
Makarim & Taira S
SSEK Legal Consultants
Tilleke & Gibbins
White & Case
Japan
Hogan Lovells
Mori Hamada & Matsumoto
Nishimura & Asahi
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
White & Case
Malaysia
Albar & Partners
Azmi & Associates
Chooi & Company + Cheang & Ariff
Herbert Smith Freehills
Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill
Wong & Partners
New Zealand
Bell Gully
Chapman Tripp
MinterEllisonRuddWatts
Russel McVeagh
Simpson Grierson
Pakistan
Akhund Forbes Hadi
Kabraji & Talibuddin
Liaquat Merchant Associates
Mohsin Tayebaly & Co
Orr Dignam & Co
Philippines
Castillo Laman Tan Pantaleon & San Jose
PJS Law
Quisumbing Torres
Romulo Mabanta Sayoc Buenaventura & de los Angeles
Sycip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan
Singapore
Allen & Overy
Ashurst
Baker McKenzie Wong & Leow
Bird & Bird ATMD
Latham & Watkins
Linklaters
Morgan Lewis Stamford
TSMP Law
White & Case
WongPartnership
South Korea
Bae Kim & Lee
Baker McKenzie
Kim & Chang
Lee & Ko
Yulchon
Sri Lanka
FJ & G de Saram
John Wilson Partners
Julius & Creasy
Nithya Partners
Taiwan
Baker McKenzie
LCS & Partners
Lee and Li
Lexcel Partners
Tsai & Tsar
Thailand
Allen & Overy
Baker McKenzie
DLA Piper
Linklaters
Mayer Brown
Tilleke & Gibbins
Vietnam
Baker McKenzie
Hogan Lovells
Mayer Brown
Tilleke & Gibbins
Vision & Associates
Firm Awards
Best gender diversity initiative by national firm
Charltons
Gilbert + Tobin
LCS & Partners
Lee & Ko
MinterEllisonRuddWatts
Russell McVeagh
Tilleke & Gibbins
WongPartnership
Best gender diversity initiative by international firm
Baker McKenzie
DLA Piper
Hogan Lovells
King & Wood Mallesons
Linklaters
Lipman Karas
Mayer Brown
Morgan Lewis & Bockius
Simmons & Simmons
White & Case
Best firm for diversity by national firm
Clayton Utz
Gilbert + Tobin
LCS & Partners
Phoenix Legal
WongPartnership
Best firm for diversity by international firm
Allen & Overy
Baker McKenzie
Bird & Bird
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
DLA Piper
Dorsey & Whitney
Hogan Lovells
King & Wood Mallesons
Linklaters
White & Case
Most innovative firm
Allen & Overy
Dorsey & Whitney
Herbert Smith Freehills
Hogan Lovells
Linklaters
White & Case
Best mentoring programme by national firm
Deacons
Gilbert + Tobin
LCS & Partners
Lee & Ko
MinterEllisonRuddWatts
Rajah & Tann
WongPartnership
Best mentoring programme by international firm
Allen & Overy
Baker McKenzie
Bird & Bird
DLA Piper
Herbert Smith Freehills
Hogan Lovells
Latham & Watkins
Linklaters
Best national firm for work-life balance
Charltons
Deacons
Kim & Chang
Lee & Ko
Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co
WongPartnership
Best international firm for work-life balance
Allen & Overy
Herbert Smith Freehills
Linklaters
Lipman Karas
Mayer Brown
PwC Legal
Simmons & Simmons
White & Case
Best national firm for talent management
Gilbert + Tobin
LCS & Partners
Lee & Ko
Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co
Tilleke & Gibbins
WongPartnership
Best international firm for talent management
Allen & Overy
Baker McKenzie
Dorsey & Whitney
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Herbert Smith Freehills
Hogan Lovells
King & Wood Mallesons
Linklaters
White & Case
Best firm for pro bono work
Allen & Overy
Baker McKenzie
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Herbert Smith Freehills
Hogan Lovells
Linklaters
Mayer Brown
Reed Smith
WongPartnership
Best international firm China practice
Allen & Overy
Baker McKenzie
Herbert Smith Freehills
Hogan Lovells
King & Wood Mallesons
Linklaters
Latham & Watkins
Mayer Brown
Simmons & Simmons
Best national firm for women in business law
Charltons
Deacons
Gilbert + Tobin
LCS & Partners
Lee & Ko
MinterEllisonRuddWatts
Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co
Tilleke & Gibbins
WongPartnership
Best international firm for women in business law
Allen & Overy
Baker McKenzie
Bird & Bird
DLA Piper
Herbert Smith Freehills
Hogan Lovells
King & Wood Mallesons
Linklaters
Mayer Brown
Simmons & Simmons
White & Case
