The Women in Business Law Awards has released the full list of finalists for its 2022 EMEA awards.
The awards bring together to recognise the leading women lawyers from throughout Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, as well as celebrate the law firms that have impressive initiatives to promote diversity and women in the legal industry.
Winners will be announced on June 23 2022.
A preview of the practice area and Rising Star finalists can be found below and the full list of the finalists for all is available on the awards website.The Women in Business Law Awards research team carefully selected each finalist after a thorough research period which included an analysis of direct submissions, client feedback, and much deliberation
Individual practitioners and Rising Stars are judged not only on the complexity of the work the nominees completed in 2021, but also on their advocacy, influence, and thought leadership in relation to the promotion of women in the practice of law and within their practice area specialisms
Law firm initiatives are recognised across various categories, including for gender diversity and work-life balance.
All of the work accepted for shortlisting closed during the research period, which was from January 1 to December 31 2021.The awards do not recognise cases, deals, or transactions completed outside of the research period.
If you have any questions regarding our research process, please contact John Harrison
The Women in Business Law Awards will be announcing the winners on June 23 at a live awards gala.To find out more – and to find out about how you can promote your success – please contact Tanya Gujral
Preview of the Women in Business Law Awards Americas 2022 shortlist:
Banking & Finance Lawyer of the Year
Alma O’Sullivan - Maples
Ann Lalor – Pinsent Masons
Benedita Aires - VdA
Claire Matheson Kirton – White & Case
Kate Sinclair – Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Marwa Elborai – Shearman & Sterling
Olivia Caddy - Bracewell
Sadaf Buchanan - Dentons
Tereza Courmont Vlkova – Paul Hastings
M&A Lawyer of the Year
Carmen Reyna – Pérez-Llorca
Dora Gaži Kovačević – Wolf Theiss
Duygu Turgut – Esin Attorney Partnership (a member firm of Baker McKenzie International)
Louise Nash – Covington & Burling
Lyndsey Laverack – Sidley Austin
Maria Cunha Matos – VdA
Maura McLaughlin – Arthur Cox
Nathalie Nègre-Eveillard – White & Case
Weronika Achramowicz – Baker McKenzie
Financial Rising Star
Anne Catherine Ingerslev – Plesner
Benedetta Pacifico – Sidley Austin
Emma Butler – Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
Lauren Winter – Shearman & Sterling
Mariella Både-Landell – Castrén & Snellman
Marika Lomashvili – Wolf Theiss
Reem Al Sayegh – Linklaters
Sarah Cloonan – Mayson Hayes & Curran
Victoria Morton – Paul Hastings
