Citi Japan's Akiko Yamahara has won the best financial legal in-house award at Euromoney Legal Media Group’s inaugural Asia Women in Business Law Awards.
The SFC’s Alice Law collected the outstanding achievement award and
Robyn Chalmers, former managing partner of Mallesons Stephen Jacques,
picked up the lifetime achievement prize.
Asia’s leading female lawyers descended on Hong Kong’s Jockey Club on December 8 to recognise achievements within the field of corporate, intellectual property and tax law.
Keynote speaker Christine Wong of HKEx, along with representatives from the HKCCA, IPBA and the Hong Kong Federation of Women Lawyers, were among the guests who joined in celebrating 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 Asia.
While in the firm categories, Baker & McKenzie was named best international firm for women in business law and Allen & Overy secured the best gender diversity initiative by an international firm. Allen & Overy’s initiative is its Improving the Partnership Pool project, which enables partners to work more flexibly while still remaining full members of the partnership.
A full list of winners is detailed below.
For more information contact Melanie Petch at mpetch@euromoneyplc
Individual Awards
Banking and finance
Wang Ling, King & Wood
Capital markets
Teresa Ko, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Competition/ antitrust
Gina Cass-Gottlieb, Gilbert + Tobin
Corporate governance
Kelly S Austin, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
Dispute resolution
Pallavi Shroff, Amarchand Mangaldas
Energy and natural resources
Brigid McArthur, Greenwood Roche Chisnall
Insolvency and restructuring
Karen O'Flynn, Clayton Utz
IP litigation
Odette Gourley, Corrs Chambers Westgarth
Labour and employment
Fiona Loughrey, Simmons & Simmons
M&A/PE
Lee Suet-Fern, Stamford Law
Offshore
Christine Chang, Maples and Calder
Patent and trade mark prosecution
Michelle Ma, Liu Shen & Associates
Real estate
Sue Kench, Mallesons Stephen Jaques
Rising star
Bingna Guo, O'Melveny & Myers
Shipping
Vivian Ang, Allen & Gledhill
Structured finance
Yvonne Siew, Allen & Overy
Tax
Teresa Farac, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu
TMT
Gabriela Kennedy, Hogan Lovells
Transfer pricing
Eunice Kuo, Deloitte & Touche
Outstanding Achievement Award
Alice Law, Securities and Futures Commission
Lifetime Achievement Award
Robyn Chalmers, Mallesons Stephen Jaques
Country Awards
Australia
Gilbert + Tobin
China
Jun He Law Offices
Hong Kong
Wilkinson & Grist
India
Dua Associates
Indonesia
Soewito Suhardiman Eddymurthy Kardono
Japan
Atsumi & Sakai
Malaysia
Shearn Delamore & Co
New Zealand
Chapman Tripp
Philippines
SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan
Singapore
WongPartnership
South Korea
Bae Kim & Lee
Sri Lanka
FJ&G de Saram
Taiwan
LCS & Partners
Thailand
Tilleke & Gibbins
Vietnam
Vilaf
In-house Awards
IFLR In-House Award
Akiko Yamahara, Citi Japan
MIP In-House Award
Rhonda Steele, Mars Inc
ITR In-House Award
Jocelyn Lam, Goldman Sachs
CLP In-House Award
Li Ling, State Grid
Asialaw In-House Award
Edith Shih, Hutchison Whampoa
Best In-House Team Award (under 50 lawyers)
ANZ Bank
Best In-House Team Award (over 50 lawyers)
Telstra
Firm Awards
Best gender diversity initiative by national firm
Harry Elias
Best gender diversity initiative by international firm
Paul Hastings
Best international firm China practice
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Most innovative international firm
Latham & Watkins
Best firm for talent management
Allen & Overy
Best national firm for women in business law
WongPartnership
Best international firm for women in business law
Baker & McKenzie