The Legal Benchmarking Group is thrilled to announce the 2025 shortlist for the Women in Business Law EMEA Awards
Now in its 15th year, the Women in Business Law Awards strives to recognise the most outstanding women legal practitioners across a broad swathe of corporate finance, corporate/commercial, IP, tax and disputes practice areas.
The awards celebrate those women who are not only outperforming in their areas of expertise but those who have also stood out among peers in actively championing women in the profession.
Following months of in-depth research, the 2025 shortlist honours the exceptional achievements of individual lawyers and the law firms that provided the best platforms and environments to support legal talent across Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
The awards team reviewed direct written entries and firm data from across Legal Benchmarking Group's brands. Judged internally, the panel considered professional accomplishments in dealmaking and client advisory; advocacy and industry leadership; thought leadership; and policies that nurture and retain diverse talent.
All winners are to be announced on the evening, including the recipient of the Outstanding Achievement Award and the winners of the in-house awards.
For any questions related to the research please contact the Women in Business Law team at: wibl@legalbenchmarkinggroup.com.
Upcoming Ceremony
Winners will be announced at the Women in Business Law EMEA Awards ceremony, taking place on Wednesday, June 25 2025 at The Waldorf Hilton in London. Join us to find out which law firms and practitioners are paving the way towards a more inclusive industry!
To find out more about the Awards Ceremony, please contact: Tanya Gujral.
Congratulations to all of those shortlisted!
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Firm of the Year
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- Al Tamimi & Company
- CK Legal – Chabasiewicz Kowalska i Wspólnicy
- DORDA
- Kyriakides Georgopoulos Law Firm
- Olaniwun Ajayi
- Popescu & Asociatii
- Wolf Theiss
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- CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang
- EY Law Poland
- Greenberg Traurig
- Olaniwun Ajayi
- The Luzzatto Group
- Wolf Theiss
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- DORDA
- Herzog Fox & Neeman
- Port Town Legal
- Saxinger
- Schoenherr
- Wolf Theiss
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- Arthur Cox
- Baker McKenzie
- Bär & Karrer
- Bird & Bird
- Castrén & Snellman
- Cuatrecasas
- Dentons
- Schellenberg Wittmer
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- Baker McKenzie
- Herbert Smith Freehills
- PLMJ
- Schellenberg Wittmer
- Uría Menéndez
- Weil Gotshal & Manges
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- Arthur Cox
- Baker McKenzie
- Bär & Karrer
- Elvinger Hoss Prussen
- Kyriakides Georgopoulos Law Firm
- Schellenberg Wittmer
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- Bernitsas Law
- DORDA
- Hedman Law Firm
- Olaniwun Ajayi
- PLMJ
- Port Town Legal
- Saxinger
- Yungo Law
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- AVER LEX Attorneys at law
- AYR – Amar Reiter Jeanne Shochatovitch & Co. law firm
- EBN - Erdinast Ben Nathan Toledano
- Ellex Valiunas
- Karatzas & Partners
- LCF Law Group
- MLL Legal
- PLMJ
- Yungo Law
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- Arthur Cox
- Cuatrecasas
- DORDA
- Karatzas & Partners
- Portolano Cavallo
- Schellenberg Wittmer
- SPS Advogados
- Wolf Theiss
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- Arthur Cox
- DORDA
- Matheson
- MLL Legal
- Olaniwun Ajayi
- PLMJ
- Schellenberg Wittmer
- VdA
- Wolf Theiss
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- A&O Shearman
- Baker McKenzie
- Bird & Bird
- Clifford Chance
- Dentons
- Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
- Herbert Smith Freehills
- White & Case
Jurisdiction Awards
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- ADNA
- ALN Aluko & Oyebode
- Baker McKenzie
- Banwo & Ighodalo
- Bowmans
- N Dowuona & Company | ALN Ghana
- Olaniwun Ajayi
- Udo Udoma & Belo-Osagie
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- Binder Grösswang
- Cerha Hempel
- CMS Reich-Rohrwig Hainz Rechtsanwälte
- DORDA
- Saxinger
- Schoenherr
- Wolf Theiss
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- Cobalt
- Ecovis ProventusLaw
- Ellex
- Hedman Law Firm
- Law Firm WALLESS
- RockBridge Legal
- Sorainen
- TGS Baltics
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- Bird & Bird
- Cresco
- De Clercq & Partners
- DLA Piper
- Elvinger Hoss Prussen
- Loyens & Loeff
- Lydian
- Stibbe
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- August Debouzy
- CMS Francis Lefebvre
- Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
- Gide Loyrette Nouel
- Reed Smith
- Regimbeau
- Weil Gotshal & Manges
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- Baker McKenzie
- Gleiss Lutz
- Hengeler Mueller
- Hogan Lovells
- Milbank
- PwC Legal
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- Bernitsas Law
- Karatzas & Partners
- Koutalidis Law Firm
- Kyriakides Georgopoulos Law Firm
- Papapolitis and Papapolitis
- PotamitisVekris
- Zepos & Yannopoulos
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- A&L Goodbody
- Arthur Cox
- Dentons
- Matheson
- William Fry
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- Agmon with Tulchinsky
- EBN - Erdinast Ben Nathan Toledano
- Herzog Fox & Neeman
- H-F & Co
- Lipa Meir & Co
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- A&O Shearman
- Bird & Bird
- Legance
- Portolano Cavallo
- Simmons & Simmons
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- Al Tamimi & Company
- BLK Partners
- Clyde & Co
- Greenberg Traurig
- Morgan Lewis & Bockius
- Norton Rose Fulbright
- Pinsent Masons
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- CK Legal – Chabasiewicz Kowalska i Wspólnicy
- Clifford Chance
- EY Law Poland
- Greenberg Traurig Nowakowska-Zimoch Wysokiński
- Kochanski & Partners
- Penteris
- Wolf Theiss
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- Abreu Advogados
- Cuatrecasas
- Morais Leitão
- NLP
- PLMJ
- SPS Advogados
- SRS Legal
- VdA
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- Antico & Partners
- CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang
- Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen
- Popescu & Asociatii
- Schoenherr & Asociaţii
- Suciu Partners
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- Bird & Bird
- Borenius
- Castrén & Snellman
- Cederquist
- Hannes Snellman
- Mannheimer Swartling
- Thommessen
- Vinge
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- BDK Advokati
- JPM & Partners
- KFadvokati
- Law Office of Miroslav Stojanović cooperating law office of Wolf Theiss
- Petrikić & Partneri AOD in cooperation with CMS Reich-Rohrwig Hainz
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- Cuatrecasas
- Deloitte Legal
- ECIJA
- Garrigues
- Pérez-Llorca
- Uría Menéndez
- Watson Farley & Williams
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- Advestra
- Bär & Karrer
- Homburger
- MLL Legal
- Niederer Kraft Frey
- Pestalozzi
- Schellenberg Wittmer
- VISCHER
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- Akol Law
- Çakmak Attorney Partnership
- CE Partners in association with Clifford Chance
- Ergün Avukatlık Bürosu
- Esin Attorney Partnership, member firm of Baker & McKenzie International, a Swiss Verein
- Hergüner Bilgen Üçer
- KDK – Kolcuoğlu Demirkan Koçaklı Attorneys
- Paksoy
- Pekin Bayar Mizrahi
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- Aequo
- Arzinger Law Firm
- Doubinsky & Osharova
- Integrites
- PwC Ukraine
- Sayenko Kharenko
- Sergii Koziakov & Partners Law Firm
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- A&O Shearman
- Baker McKenzie
- Bird & Bird
- Clifford Chance
- Dentons
- Herbert Smith Freehills
- Linklaters
- Weil Gotshal & Manges
Lawyer of the Year Individual Awards
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- Anna-Marie Curran, A&L Goodbody
- Marina Androulakakis, Bernitsas Law
- Jackie Holland, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
- Frances Dethmers, Davis Polk & Wardwell
- Deirdre Taylor, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
- Kate McKenna, Matheson
- Nicole Kar, Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
- Natasha Tardif, Reed Smith
- Sara Estima Martins, SRS Legal
- Kasia Czapracka, White & Case
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- Victoria Koob, Holland & Knight
- Manuela Krach, Morgan Lewis & Bockius
- Alexandra Somerset, Norton Rose Fulbright
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- Denise Gibson, A&O Shearman
- Smridhi Gulati, Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft
- Amanda Bevan-de Bernède, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
- Maud Bischoff, Mayer Brown
- Nichola Foley, Morgan Lewis & Bockius
- Reena Gogna, Paul Hastings
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- Yona Goshen-Gottstein, Agmon with Tulchinsky
- Athanasia Tsene, Bernitsas Law
- Niina Nuottimäki, Borenius
- Siobhan Carlin, Dentons
- Irit Roth, Herzog Fox & Neeman
- Caroline Clemetson, Schellenberg Wittmer
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- Anna Masser, A&O Shearman
- Khushboo Shahdadpuri, Al Tamimi & Company
- Kristiina Liljedahl, Borenius
- Vilija Vaitkutė Pavan, Ellex Valiunas
- Penny Madden KC, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
- Stefanie Pfisterer, Homburger
- Anya George, Schellenberg Wittmer
- Mariana França Gouveia, VdA
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- A&K Metaxopoulos & Partners
- Bird & Bird
- Jacobacci Avocasts
- Latham & Watkins
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- Afra Casiraghi, Bird & Bird
- Duygu Gültekin, Esin Attorney Partnership, member firm of Baker & McKenzie International, a Swiss Verein
- Gráinne Boyle, Matheson
- Diane Lamarche, White & Case
- Athina Skolarikou, Zepos & Yannopoulos
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- Kate Vyvyan, Clifford Chance
- Jennife Rees, Dechert
- Elaine Keats, Linklaters
- Rebecca Marques, Milbank
- Dalia Augaitė, TGS Baltic
- Olga Fedosova, White & Case
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- Claire Dietz-Polte, Baker McKenzie
- Dovilė Greblikienė, Ellex Valiunas
- Anna Howell, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
- Elisabeth Moseley, McDermott Will & Emery
- Folashade Oluyadi, Olaniwun Ajayi
- Cleopatra Leahu, Suciu Partners
- Agnese Hartpenga, TGS Baltic
- María Pilar García Guijarro, Watson Farley & Williams
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- Alison Fanagan, A&L Goodbody
- Anzhelika Livitska, Arzinger Law Firm
- Hanna Lehtinen, Borenius
- Helen Bowdren, Dentons
- Tatjana Katalan, DORDA
- Ruxandra Cana, Steptoe
- Assunção Cristas, VdA
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- Annette Weber, Advestra
- Claire Keast-Butler, Cooley
- Connie Milonakis, Davis Polk & Wardwell
- Pam Shores, Linklaters
- Deirdre Ní Annracháin, Niederer Kraft Frey
- Elena Papachristou, Papapolitis & Papapolitis
- Raquel Azevedo, PLMJ
- Laura Sizemore, White & Case
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- Jodi Norman, A&O Shearman
- Ferdisha Snagg, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
- Caroline Meinertz, Clifford Chance
- Ana García, Cone Marshall Iberia
- Marina Reason, Herbert Smith Freehills
- Liat Maidler, Herzog Fox & Neeman
- Lisa Cawley, Kirkland & Ellis
- Renate Prinz, McDermott Will & Emery
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- Sinéad Lynch, A&L Goodbody
- Virginia Martínez Fernánde, Bird & Bird
- Raghad Hammad, BLK- Khalid El Tamimi
- Sandra Lodewijckx, Lydian
- Aisling Kavanagh, Matheson
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- Jennifer Revis, Baker McKenzie
- Anna Dias, DLA Piper
- Aline Doussin, Hogan Lovells
- Sabine Naugès, McDermott Will & Emery
- Anzhela Makhinova, Sayenko Kharenko
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- Ellen Cramer-de Jong, A&O Shearman
- Tara O’Reilly, Arthur Cox
- Alexandra Davidson, Clifford Chance
- Kate Downey, Fried Frank Harris Shriver and Jacobson
- Clare Baker, Linklaters
- Emily Brown, White & Case
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- Katarina Åhlberg, Bird & Bird
- Edyta Defańska-Czujko, Deloitte Legal Gizicki i Wspólnicy
- Meira Ferziger, Greenberg Traurig
- Moria Tam-Harshoshanim, Herzog Fox & Neeman
- Kato Aerts, Lydian
- Valerie Meyer Bahar, Niederer Kraft Frey
- Mariana Caldeira Sarávia, SRS Legal
- Katarína Matulníková, Wolf Theiss
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- Marta Sroka-Maleta, DBS Law Firm
- Laura Orlando, Herbert Smith Freehills
- Eveline Van Keymeulen, Latham & Watkins
- Elisa Stefanini, Portolano Cavallo
- Lorenza Ferrari Hoffer, Schellenberg Wittmer
- Leonor Pissarra, SRS Legal
- Alison Dennis, Taylor Wessing
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- Aurélie Conrad Hari, Bär & Karrer
- Julie Pasternak, Darrois Villey Maillot Brochier
- Karyn Harty, Dentons
- Racheli Pry-Reichman, Herzog Fox & Neeman
- Andreea Mihalache, Popescu & Asociatii
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- Nallini Puri, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
- Ani Kusheva, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
- Agathe Soilleux, Weil Gotshal & Manges
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- Lydia Shadrach-Razzino, Baker McKenzie
- Anna Manda, Karatzas & Partners
- Katia Protopapa, Koutalidis Law Firm
- Andrea Sieber, MLL Legal
- Bárbara Godinho Correia, PLMJ
- Miruna Suciu, Suciu Partners
- Andra Rubene, TGS Baltic
- Sonia Abdul-Rahman, White & Case
- Myra Garrett SC, William Fry
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- Ann De Clercq, De Clercq & Partners
- Victoria Sopilnyak, Doubinsky & Osharova
- Amira Mangelus, Liad Whatstein & Co
- Ulrike Ciesla, MLL Legal
- Laura Scott, William Fry
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- Eija Warma-Lehtinen, Castrén & Snellman
- Guadalupe Sampedro, Cooley
- Miglė Petkevičienė, Ellex Valiunas
- Vera Lukic, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
- Sarah Pearce, Hunton Andrews Kurth
- Vered Zlaikha, Lipa Meir & Co
- Clara Hainsdorf, White & Case
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- Dipali Maldonado, Al Tamimi & Company
- Phyllis Townsend, Baker McKenzie
- Tina Wüstemann, Bär & Karrer
- Alexa Saunders, Carey Olsen
- Maeve Lochrie, Matheson
- Patricia Guerra, MLL Legal
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- Julia Braun, Baker McKenzie
- Alice Brogi, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
- Eleanor Shanks, Herbert Smith Freehills
- Fatema Orjela, McDermott Will & Emery
- Antonia Verna, Portolano Cavallo
- Katja Butler, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
- Emmanuelle Henry, Weil Gotshal & Manges
- Claire McDaid, Willkie Farr & Gallagher
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- Kate Corby, Baker McKenzie
- Louisa Caswell, Dentons
- Anna Hedwig Pfarr, Gleiss Lutz
- Valerie Kenyon, Hogan Lovells
- Michaela Herron, Mason Hayes & Curran
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- Burcu Baltacıoğlu, Ergün Avukatlık Bürosu
- Lamyaa Gadelhak, Helmy Hamza & Partners – Baker McKenzie
- Ayesha Waheed, Hunton Andrews Kurth
- Rachel Croft, Milbank
- Ibi Ogunbiyi, Olaniwun Ajayi
- Maria Zagallo, PLMJ
- Caroline Miller Smith, White & Case
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- Patrícia Viana, Abreu Advogados
- Galia Suesskind-Spiegel, Agmon with Tulchinsky
- Helen Alexiou, AKL Law Firm
- Vered Halperin, AYR – Amar Reiter Jeanne Shochatovitch & Co. law firm
- Keri Watkins, Baker McKenzie
- Antonella Ceschi, Bird & Bird
- Magdalena Brandstetter, DORDA
- Olga Petroševičienė, Ellex Valiunas
- Sarah Mahood, Greenberg Traurig
- Hilda Wrixon, Matheson
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- Dorit Karny, AYR – Amar Reiter Jeanne Shochatovitch & Co. law firm
- Lisa Stevens, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
- Charlotte Wheeler, Kirkland & Ellis
- Shirley Ifrach-Azor, Lipa Meir & Co
- Caroline Texier, Paul Hastings
- Liz Osborne, Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
- Jenny Davidson, Weil Gotshal & Manges
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- Maria Borg Barthet, Campbell Johnston Clark
- Marion Coukidou-Madella, Chrysses Demetriades
- Lara Saguna Axiaq, Fenech + Fench
- Antonia Panayides, Reed Smith
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- Iona Misheva, A&O Shearman
- Aisling Kelly, Arthur Cox
- Suzanne Bell, Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft
- Jessica Littlewood, Clifford Chance
- Annalisa Dentoni-Litta, Hogan Lovells
- Theresa Kradjian, Morgan Lewis & Bockius
- Sarah Caldwell, Reed Smith
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- Janet Gooi, Al Tamimi & Company
- Virusha Subban, Baker McKenzie
- Susanne Schreiber, Bär & Karrer
- Vania Petrella, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
- Niamh Keogh, Dentons
- Agata Dziwisz-Moshe, Kochanski & Partners
- Maria Gouveia, Morais Leitão
- Elina Filippou, Zepos & Yannopoulos
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- Ariane Calloud, Baker McKenzie
- Johanne Hague, CMS Prism in association with CMS
- Joana Lobato Heitor, MFA Legal
- Conceição Gamito, VdA
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- Krishna Jhala, Al Tamimi & Company
- Roelien van Neck, Bird & Bird
- Alison Beal, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
- Viola Bensinger, Greenberg Traurig
- Adi Gillat, H-F & Co
- Nicola Benz, MLL Legal
- Deborah Kirk, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
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- Eva-Maria Strobel, Baker McKenzie
- Rita Tardiolo, Bird & Bird
- Tatyana Shpakovich, Doubinsky & Osharova
- Michaela Ring, Hoffmann Eitle
- Claudia Festen, Kilburn & Strode
- Toyosi Alabi, Olaniwun Ajayi
- Sandra Cabanne, SCAN Avocats
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- Vittoria Segre, CMS
- Annette Schrickel, EY
- Karolina Viberg, KPMG
- Janneke Versantvoort, KPMG Meijburg & Co
- Olga Trifonova, PwC Ukraine
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- Sharon Kohane, AYR – Amar Reiter Jeanne Shochatovitch & Co. law firm
- Eveliina Tammela, Castrén & Snellman
- Katharina Humphrey, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
- Susannah Cogman, Herbert Smith Freehills
- Ophélia Claude, Paul Hastings
- Adina Vlaicu, Popescu & Asociatii
- Ilaria Curti, Portolano Cavallo
- Simone Nadelhofer, Schellenberg Wittmer
Rising Star Awards
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- Chiara Capalti, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
- Nicol Schneider, DORDA
- Maria Teder, Ellex
- Raeesa Rawal, Herbert Smith Freehills
- Rute Alves, PLMJ
- Betyna Jaques, VdA
- Emiko Singh, White & Case
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- Mary Gong, Holland & Knight
- Olamide Falomo, Hunton Andrews Kurth
- Jessica Ling, Paul Hastings
- Rui (Sese) Qi, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
- Jenny Choi, Weil Gotshal & Manges
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- Jill Winter, Borenius
- Katrin Repic, DORDA
- Öykü Su Karahan, Ergün Avukatlık Bürosu
- Lisa Tait, Matheson
- Justyna Jóźwiak, Penteris
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- Nastasia Dumitru, Baker McKenzie
- Amelia Bowring, Bracewell
- Joanna Roberts, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
- Laura Godard, Dentons
- Sunandini Das, King & Spalding
- Kaisa Kuusk, Sidley Austin
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- Oluwatomilola Tobun, ALN Nigeria|Aluko & Oyebode
- Sinead Crowley, Arthur Cox
- Tanya Seitz, Baker McKenzie
- Aleksandra Rogalska, Penteris
- Ânia Cruz, PLMJ
- Solange Fernandes, SRS Legal
- Elin Brännström, White & Case
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- Sabrina Lodder, Bird & Bird
- Piia Raappana, Castrén & Snellman
- Sarah Thysen, De Clercq & Partners
- Gina Loko-Idoko, Dentons ACAS-Law
- Ida Woltran, DORDA
- Yana Yaroshevska, Doubinsky & Osharova
- Andrea Schäffler, MLL Legal
- Aslı Çetin, Orbis IP & Law
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- Kate O’Donohoe, Arthur Cox
- Kseniia Prokhur, Baker McKenzie
- Izabela Szponar, Greenberg Traurig
- Kateryna Frolova, King & Spalding
- Emma Trainor, Matheson
- Renata Madariaga, White & Case
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- Jenni Korhonen, Castrén & Snellman
- Medina Torabally, CMS Prism in association with CMS
- Anna Crowley, Matheson
- Solange Dias Nóbrega, Morais Leitão
- Kara Heggs, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
- Rita Pereira de Abreu, VdA
Individual Spotlight Awards
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- Sarah Thompson, Arthur Cox
- Lerisha Naidu, Baker McKenzie
- Maria Nefeli Bernitsa, Bernitsas Law
- Madalena Perestrelo de Oliveira, PLMJ
- Rachel Lowe, Proskauer Rose
- Natasha Tardif, Reed Smith
- Cleopatra Leahu, Suciu Partners
- Assunção Cristas, VdA
- Dora Gaži Kovačević, Wolf Theiss
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- Sara Khoja, Clyde & Co
- Merlin Liis-Toomela, Ellex
- Tuğba Aksoy Bozkurt, Ergün Avukatlık Bürosu
- Sarah Mahood, Greenberg Traurig
- Galyna Zagorodniuk, Imagine Lawyers
- Izabela Zielińska-Barłożek, Wolf Theiss
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- Anahita Thoms, Baker McKenzie
- Emma Niemistö, Borenius
- Tone Myhre-Jensen, Cederquist
- Teresa Pereyra, ECIJA
- Catherine Karatzas, Karatzas & Partners
- Kate Stephenson, Kirkland & Ellis
- Magda Viçoso, Morais Leitão
- Anne Seibel, Regimbeau
- Strati Sakellariou-Witt, White & Case
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