The Women in Business Law EMEA Awards 2025 celebrated and recognised elite firms championing inclusion within the workplace and industry with a dinner in London on 25th June.
The winners for the 15th annual WiBL EMEA Awards are announced
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Firm Awards
Jurisdiction
Lawyer of the Year
In-House
Spotlight
Rising Star

Career Development - CEEMEA
Al Tamimi & Company

Career Development - Western Europe
Arthur Cox

Diverse Women Lawyers - CEEMEA
Wolf Theiss

Diverse Women Lawyers - Western Europe
Schellenberg Wittmer

Gender Diversity - CEEMEA
Wolf Theiss

Gender Diversity - Western Europe
Baker McKenzie

Innovative Firm of the Year
Olaniwun Ajayi

Pro Bono Firm of the Year
Ellex Valiunas

Women in Business Law - International Firm
Baker McKenzie

Women in Business Law - National Firm
Arthur Cox

Work-Life Balance
DORDA

US firm in EMEA Women in Business Firm of the Year
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher

Africa
Olaniwun Ajayi

Austria
DORDA

Baltics
Ellex

Benelux
Bird & Bird

France
Regimbeau

Germany
Baker McKenzie

Greece
Karatzas & Partners

Ireland
Matheson

Israel
Herzog Fox & Neeman

Italy
Portolano Cavallo

Middle East & North Africa
Al Tamimi & Company

Poland
EY Law Poland

Portugal
PLMJ

Romania
CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang

Scandinavia
Castrén & Snellman

Serbia
BDK Advokati

Spain
Cuatrecasas

Switzerland
Schellenberg Wittmer

Türkiye
Esin Attorney Partnership, member firm of Baker McKenzie International, a Swiss Verein

Ukraine
Aequo

United Kingdom
Dentons

Antitrust & Competition
Anna-Marie Curran, A&L Goodbody

Aviation
Manuela Krach, Morgan Lewis & Bockius

Banking & Finance - International
Reena Gogna, Paul Hastings

Banking & Finance - National
Yona Goshen-Gottstein, Agmon with Tulchinsky

Commercial Arbitration
Vilija Vaitkutė Pavan, Ellex Valiunas

Copyright
Manon Rieger-Jansen, Bird & Bird

Corporate Governance
Diane Lamarche, White & Case

Debt Capital Markets
Elaine Keats, Linklaters

Energy, Natural Resources & Mining
María Pilar García Guijarro, Watson Farley & Williams

Environment
Alison Fanagan, A&L Goodbody

Equity Capital Markets
Pam Shores, Linklaters

Financial Regulation
Caroline Meinertz, Clifford Chance

Insurance & Reinsurance
Sandra Lodewijckx, Lydian

International Trade
Anzhela Makhinova, Sayenko Kharenko

Investment Funds
Ellen Cramer-de Jong, A&O Shearman

Labour & Employment
Katarina Åhlberg, Bird & Bird

Life Sciences
Laura Orlando, Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

Litigation
Karyn Harty, Dentons

M&A - International
Ani Kusheva, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom

M&A - National
Myra Garrett SC, William Fry

Patent
Ann De Clercq, De Clercq & Partners

Privacy & Data Protection
Guadalupe Sampedro, Cooley

Private Client & Wealth Management
Patricia Guerra, MLL Legal

Private Equity
Eleanor Shanks, Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

Product Liability
Louisa Caswell, Dentons

Project Finance
Caroline Miller Smith, White & Case

Real Estate
Sarah Mahood, Greenberg Traurig

Restructuring & Insolvency
Caroline Texier, Paul Hastings

Shipping & Maritime
Marion Coukidou-Madella, Chrysses Demetriades

Structured Finance & Securitisation
Jessica Littlewood, Clifford Chance

Tax
Susanne Schreiber, Bär & Karrer

Tax Dispute Resolution
Joana Lobato Heitor, MFA Legal

Technology, Media and Telecoms
Roelien van Neck, Bird & Bird

Trademark
Michaela Ring, Hoffmann Eitle

Transfer Pricing
Karolina Viberg, KPMG

White Collar Crime
Simone Nadelhofer, Schellenberg Wittmer

In-House Team of the Year
Grupo Visabeira S.A.

In-House Rising Star
Buğse Kılıç, MAT Filtrasyon Teknolojileri A.S. (MAT Global)

General Counsel of the Year
Alina Dumitrascu, PPC Romania

ESG Leader of the Year
Assunção Cristas, VdA

Outstanding Achievement Award
Penny Gilbert, Powell Gilbert

Thought Leader of the Year - CEEMEA
Izabela Zielińska-Barłożek, Wolf Theiss

Thought Leader of the Year - Western Europe
Catherine Karatzas, Karatzas & Partners

Arbitration
Raeesa Rawal, Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

Banking & Finance - International
Jenny Choi, Weil Gotshal & Manges

Banking & Finance - National
Lisa Tait, Matheson

Corporate/M&A - International
Joanna Roberts, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton

Corporate/M&A - National
Sinéad Crowley, Arthur Cox

Intellectual property
Ida Woltran, DORDA

Litigation
Renata Madariaga, White & Case
